Weekend Update 11/1/26

[up1950s]

https://trpmagazine.com/freight-car-frenzy/

https://www.reddit.com/r/trains/comments/107hzfq/tripledecker_autocar_1976/

https://forum.trains.com/t/has-the-composition-of-freight-trains-changed-where-you-watch-traffic/326822/9

https://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=415342

https://www.american-rails.com/images/10986jh63jauzmqyei485y5.jpg

https://railroadprototypemodeler.com/2017/02/02/steam-era-freight-cars-bo-m-27/

https://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2012/07/05/harolds-pennsylvania-railroad-box-cars/

https://oklahomarailwaymuseum.org/exhibits/union-pacific-58259-flat-car/

https://www.train-museum.org/locomotives-rolling-stock/freight-cars/

[up1950s]

[davefoxx]

Who’s a dirty girl?

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DFF

[VonRyan]

I feel like I’m just going in circles, but I can’t put my finger on why…

[peteski]

I feel like I’m just going in circles, but I can’t put my finger on why…

Looks like MagneTraction^TM will be needed.   

[sirenwerks]

Who’s a dirty girl?



DFF

Nice job, Dave. Definitely catches the look of the NS units in their prime.

[PanAmShay]

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DFF

Dave, looks fantastic.  Any details you can share on method, technique, materials, etc?

[BCR 570]

Last weekend our PGE-BCR Modellers Group displayed at the Chilliwack Train & Hobby Show.  I displayed my Provincial Museum train minus a few pieces currently on the workbench:




I also took it for a run around our show layout (first time) and it actually ran quite well!




Meanwhile, back at home I have been working on the tender for Consolidation 3716, installing the contact strips on the underframe:




And here is the tender with the body mounted on the underframe and trucks:






The cylinder block for the engine is now painted, paving the way for reassembly of the driving mechanism:




Tim

[Mark5]

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DFF

Excellent work! 

[Dave V]

Seriously, Foxxy may have found a new calling. For someone who had been reluctant to weather, he's taken to it like a fish to water. Some damn fine work!

Maybe he needs to start a custom weathering side hustle!

[Jesse6669]

I feel like I’m just going in circles, but I can’t put my finger on why…

Oooh.  Love a good micro-layout.

[rickb773]

From the StarGate SG1 Movie/TV Series
Excellently done!







Wow! This is the way a farm should look.









Some O gauge smoke.



Z Scale with flashing crossing signal.



Suitcase trains. The vendor says he forgot to bring the transformer!



Urban living.

[garethashenden]

I've been working on this B15 class Mogul again. It runs nice and slowly forward and locks up solid in reverse. I've found a twist in the chassis, so it will need to come apart and be corrected.

[nickelplate759]

Slow progress on NKP-ish this week.   DCC is installed (including two PSXX circuit protection boards with annoying beepers added) and about 10' of mainline is laid and wired.

Here's a photo of some old-school Hi-Cubes (all Roco cars from either Atlas or ConCor ) on the mainline for no good reason other than that they were handy.  They won't normally appear on the running layout.

[davefoxx]

Dave, looks fantastic.  Any details you can share on method, technique, materials, etc?

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Thanks, guys!  That means a lot!

@PanAmShay:

I invested in some Pan Pastels, and that’s all that I’ve used here.  The kits come with foam applicators, but I found that an old paintbrush with short stiffer bristles is even better to paint the pastels on and scrub them in.

Hope this helps,
DFF