Plywood Plains Railway

[u18b]

drgw0579 just asked about freelance roads.
That reminded my of my Plywood Plains Railway.  Which so far has only been imaginary.   But now I wish I had made a few decals and created at least a few of these cars.   It would still be fun to do one day.

I *thought* I had posted about that road on this board but the search engine turned up nothing.   I also had no photos in my gallery.  So I must have posted this on another board.  (I'm sure it was on the old Atlas Board).

So here it is for your enjoyment.
A collection of painting diagrams.
Some of this dates back to about 1989 when Gary Riccio and I worked together on ideas.

[eja]

I remember this ....


  ... still laughing at some of the "paint jobs" !

[nkalanaga]

I remember the artwork, and suspect that it was on the Atlas forum.

[fcnrwy23]

You didn't add any colors..   



Jerry

[delamaize]

Ok, Add the railroad name spelled out somewhere, and this one, I can get behind this one. 

EDIT:
Had some down time at work tonight, Threw this together. Not my best work but not my worst either. Still trying to get the hang of Gimp, Since I'm at work, and my pirated old version of photoshop doesn't work on my new machines.

[u18b]

haha...
You guys are great.
Love it.

[samusi01]

Is it bad that I find that SD7W an intriguing concept?

[fcnrwy23]

You mean like this...   



Jerry G.

[delamaize]

You mean like this...   



Jerry G.

Ugh....So Weird..... It Begs to be modeled.

Stop giving me ideas. 

[u18b]

You mean like this...   



Jerry G.

Close.   
Actually, mine has a wide AND extended cab.  I think I still have the undec shall somewhere.   I’ll try to dig it out.

[GimpLizard]

You mean like this...   



Jerry G.

That looks like the Dash-2 model.

[fcnrwy23]

Kitbashing the SD7W, would NOT be hard..
You are just, "Grafting-On" the "F" cab. And as long as you get the coupler placed just right.

Reminds me of this one from some years ago.



Its' a "FU-2".  It's HO by the way..   Looks like a "Athearn, "Blue Box" U30B with a "F" cab added.

Jerry

[u18b]

You mean like this...   



Jerry G.

No.... though yours is good in it's own way.  But something is not right.

Here's mine in all it's glory.





You see, Plywood Plains Railway union demands that for all trips over 20 miles, Lazy Boys be installed in the secondary cab for the transfer crew.

[delamaize]

Ok, 2 shifts in a row, I had some down time, which is.....Odd....
Aaaaanyways......
Here is my interpretation of the "SD-7W" and what I am calling the "SD-7WQ"

[ Guests cannot view attachments ]

[ Guests cannot view attachments ]

[thomasjmdavis]

No.... though yours is good in it's own way.  But something is not right.

Here's mine in all it's glory.





You see, Plywood Plains Railway union demands that for all trips over 20 miles, Lazy Boys be installed in the secondary cab for the transfer crew.

Good to see that, on the production unit, your chief engineer got EMD to drop the dynamic brakes included in the original drawings- would have been a waste on the level route, and a maintenance headache.  Plus creating extra heat, making the lounge area in the secondary cab less comfortable..