Weekend Update 6/11/23

[up1950s]

https://yourrailwaypictures.com/oldrollingstock/indexFreight.html

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/early-piggyback-project-19401957-late-steam-early-diesel-some-of-the-very-first-8589-cars-in-19571959--135319163792299692/

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http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2021/09/1906-bnsfgn-trestle-over-midvale-creek.html

http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/2012/03/update-good-news-for-milwaukee-roads.html

[mu26aeh]

Opened up the paint shop this weekend.  Started off by throwing some blue on what will become Gettysburg and Northern 3833.  This is CSX YN2 blue.  Think it's pretty close to the unit.  And I just realized after posting photo that's not the right long hood 





And while I had some paint in the airbrush, I hit some of the Mack tractors I printed on my Photon, files from Cults3D

[packers#1]

I’m just out here JFRTM’ing man. I never really understood switching ops as a kid, but now I get how relaxing it can be! I’ve settled on a simpler plan for two industry spurs, and right now I’m trying to square what I want from the scenery side with what makes sense for operations, but ultimately I’m going to go with two switch-outable pairs of industries where I can have either a food processing plant or plastic film plant, and a lumber industry or a steel coil warehouse. It’ll be similar ops for both, but being able to swap car types will keep it interesting, give me more cars to weather, and let me build more buildings etc for a smaller space. Plus I can plan for a larger modern shortline whenever I get a bigger space.

Here we see ex-CN GP40-2W pulling back the cut of corn syrup tanks just pulled from Palmetto Foods and a coil car retrieved from Neihoff Metals; they’ll get coupled to the off spot tank and boxcar and shuffled back for the return shove to the train left about a mile away on the Greenville and Western mainline before the crew pulls into the CSX River Jct yard to interchange with CSX. The second tank car and coil car will be headed to the Norfolk Southern connection further down the line.

[jpwisc]

Started on a WC scale test car. Chopped up a Kato tender and started adding styrene…
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[CR4100]

I printed the first of several versions of the aluminum sodium chlorate cars frequently seen in Canada. It doesn't look as nice in photos as some of the other models posted here but looks good in real life. I love that the Mono 4k can print the see through walkway.

This car is part of the UNPX 120xxx series with the triangular hopper bays and prominent cross brace on the hopper bays. The ends feature large V-shaped braces as seen on the Procor cars. I also have plans to so the UNPX 127xxx and CGLX 200 to 799? series cars which have different hopper bays and/or ends.

EDIT: Does anybody have a paint suggestion to simulate the bare aluminum body?

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[mu26aeh]

I printed the first of several versions of the aluminum sodium chlorate cars frequently seen in Canada. It doesn't look as nice in photos as some of the other models posted here but looks good in real life. I love that the Mono 4k can print the see through walkway.

This car is part of the UNPX 120xxx series with the triangular hopper bays and prominent cross brace on the hopper bays. The ends feature large V-shaped braces as seen on the Procor cars. I also have plans to so the UNPX 127xxx and CGLX 200 to 799? series cars which have different hopper bays and/or ends.

EDIT: Does anybody have a paint suggestion to simulate the bare aluminum body?

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Yes !  Now that you've done these, Rapido can announce them in N scale

@CR4100 I used Rustoleum High Performance Enamel Aluminum for my Bulk Feed trailers

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Rust-Oleum-Professional-Gloss-Aluminum-Spray-Paint-Actual-Net-Contents-14-oz/3729787

[dnhouston]

JFRTM in the newly sceniced yard area.  Setting a cut at the Icing platform


And the same at night

[johnb]

well, Playa Desnuda 1.0 is gone...I spent A LOT of money at Lowe's this week, but instead of a new layout, I have a new water heater...

[nkalanaga]

Not nearly as much fun, but, in the long run, more important.

[nkalanaga]

I was trying to find the bridge in the opening post, but all CNN gives for identification is "BNSF SD40-2s1683, Marias Pass Summit to East Glacier, Montana".  Not much help, as there are quite a few bridges on Marias Pass.  I wonder if it's the Two Medicine Bridge, east of East Glacier?  They can have some strong winds there.

They also have this photo, identified as "BNSF C44-9W, Horse Thief Lake, Pennington County, South Dakota".


That probably is Horse Thief Lake, but it isn't in Pennington County (Rapid City), or anywhere else in South Dakota!

[craigolio1]

This week I applied decals to one side of the Rocky Mountaineer.









Craig

[altohorn25]

Installing Blue Point turnout controls in Camp Douglas and New Lisbon this morning.

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[spr1955]

Added some trees and stuff to the background/view block in north staging.  The tracks end under the station.

[jpwisc]

Finished up the WC Scale Test car. It will be added to ops today!
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[craigolio1]

Finished up the WC Scale Test car. It will be added to ops today!
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Wow neat build! And it came together quickly too!  Does it follow a prototype or something you just made from the scrap box?

Craig