Weekend Update 5/25/25

[up1950s]

https://www.tangentscalemodels.com/general-american-1917-design-10000-gallon-radial-course-tank-car-customization-photos/

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/279856564333823717/

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https://www.american-rails.com/maintenance.html

https://dornob.com/cute-caboose-7-train-cars-transformed-into-tiny-houses/

https://www.hillcrestreedley.com/mow-cars

https://katyrailroad.org/rolling-stock/

https://imgflip.com/i/2b52l5

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https://nucor.com/history

[bbussey]

Six RBB&B seat wagons ready for paint.

[Sumner]

Continuing on with the ‘High Bridge’ design, printing and assembly.

 

The pattern above was first made out of cardboard but it was to flimsy and didn’t give a good indication of where the support’s legs were going to hit the ground. Using the heavier particle-board proved to be a better option since it has some mass to it.

Part of the support that will go here (above) will hit the ground near the tracks. The other side will hit the hill further up and there will be supports that will also go into the hill.


 
I knew that the design work wasn’t going to be finished in a day but has taken a lot longer than anticipated even though Fusion is a huge help in making this project doable.

 

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More CAD work coming…....

More info and images on Railwire url=https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=58208.msg821899#new]( HERE )[/url].

Sumner

[u18b]

Worked on my sandblasting box.

Getting ready to paint a Western Maryland Shay.

[packers#1]

Worked on creating another rust bucket this week, KCS 50’ boxcar #160041. What’s neat is there are photos of both side of this car (check the brake gear and the rust on the number on one side) so I had a good starting point. I also used 160016 for the graffiti treatment. I chose to make the whole roof rusty like 160041 instead of leaving the seams silver like 0016. Maybe I’ll get another car to do that, as it was a fun one! The two things I’m most happy with are the darker spots of rust/car body at the top of the individual panels, as well as the rust patches on the C in KCS. I’m not totally sure about how crooked a few of the reflectors are, but if you look at the prototype pictures they’re also crooked so I was trying to replicate that.





Prototype photos:

160041 http://rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=422701

160016 http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1608735

[Peavine]

I did some 1:1 work this week.  I moved my newly purchased caboose from Durango, CO to Chandler, AZ.

Three days of very expensive and nerve wracking work.

Tomorrow, I’ll use the forklift to get the battery box back on and check that the lights and fridge are working.

[davefoxx]

It’s Memorial Day weekend here in the States.  Thank you to those folks who are or have served in our armed forces.  Let’s all remember those military personnel who sacrificed the greatest gift that we’ve all been given to protect this great country of ours.

Coincidentally, yesterday, I shifted the era on my layout to 1976.  That allows this patriotic-appearing view of railroading in the mid-1970s.



DFF

[u18b]

I did some 1:1 work this week.  I moved my newly purchased caboose from Durango, CO to Chandler, AZ.

Three days of very expensive and nerve wracking work.

Tomorrow, I’ll use the forklift to get the battery box back on and check that the lights and fridge are working.

I love it.
Will this be your future train room?
or something else?

[Peavine]

It’s just going to be left the way it is. It has the full complete original interior in it. Even has the paperwork in the cubbies at the conductors desk. I was going through that paperwork today and even found the car listing from its last trip which shows it going to caboose car disposal on 06apr87.

[Peavine]

I bought it to make sure that it gets preserved. It is my private car but it will be on display at the Arizona railway museum where I can work on it and do any restoration tasks. The interior will only be accessible by the public if I am there and choose to open it up.

[Chris333]

Is that a caboose the Diesel Brothers moved?

Guess not, they were UP:

[packers#1]

Alright, got a second car finished up this weekend. This NS car is pretty clean, as are the prototypes. I used pan pastels mixed in with satin clear for a lot of the darker rust, then used powders for the rest of it. I really want to get the isopropyl alcohol/India ink washes figured out at some point, but for now I’m using powders for rain grime streaks, so they’re a bit heavy. Overall, I wanted a much cleaner car than I typically do, and I think I did a good job of it overall. The photos of these also show minimal graffiti so I’m going to leave it clean for now. We’ll see if anything gets added or not.

[nkalanaga]

Peavine:  How did an ATSF caboose end up in Durango? 

The D&SNG used to have a camera at the depot, and they had a standard gauge stock car there for a while in 2009.  I don't know why, or what happened to it.

[spookshow]

I finally got around to adding some sound to my Kato/Kobo UP Excursion E9's -



So, ding-ding, toot-toot, and off we go 



-Mark

[davefoxx]

So, ding-ding, toot-toot, and off we go 

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