Here is part of the fleet. A pair of helpers returning light. 704 is the last unit purchased new in the old sar paint scheme while 709 represents the latest scheme. The next five 70mac's will get flared rads and the newer scheme. grant
Thanks chessie. I railfan a lot on the NS and I've really taken a liking to the standard cab Dash 9's. So I decided to try to make one for my layout. I picked this unit to copy because of its unique quirks. It has the horsehead scheme but without the white face. The NS painters also labled this unit on the cab as a D9-40CW. So I did too. If you wanted to know more about how the model was made, I wrote a little on that in this thread. http://www.trainboard.com/ultimatebb.php/ubb/get_topic/f/9/t/004614/p/19.html Hope that answered your question.
Grant, I like how your fleet has prototypical scheme differences,a nd how it gets more and more modern. Very plausible, I say. And a nice shot, to boot!
BC Rail B36-7 #3607 Dash 8-40B #3901 CN Rail GP-9RM #7074 GP-9 Slug #234 (still needs some work) SW1200 #1366 (needs repairs) SD-75i #5765 (need repairs) I would like to add to this roster : BC Rail M420W A-B set another big CN unit (SD40-2 or SD70/75 or C44-9W)
This is most of what I have: 8 Rivarossi 4-8-8-4 bigboys 7 Rivarossi 4-6-6-4 challengers 5 Riverossi 2-8-8-2 malleys 2 LL 2-8-8-2 malleys 4 kitbashed 4-12-2 UP 9000 (Kato mikes frames) (not finshed yet) 2 Con Cor 2-10-2 6 CC (Kato) S2 4-8-4 northerns (Soon to be kitbashed into UP 800s with new drivers from CC and cast boilers) 4 CC 4-8-4 Daylights 1 Key 4-8-4 UP 800 2 Key 4-8-4 SP Daylights 4 CC (Kato) 4-6-4 hudsons (don't know what to do with them yet) 10 Kato 2-8-2 mikes 6 Rivarossi 4-6-2 heavy 4 Bachman 4-8-2 moutains 4 Bachman 2-8-0 2 Roundhouse 2-8-0 4 Rivarossi 0-8-0 6 ABBA sets F3 Kato 8 ABBA sets F7 Kato 2 ABB sets E7 Atlas shells on Kato E9 2 ABB sets E8 Kato 2 ABA sets E8 Kato 8 ABBA sets FA1 LL 1 ABBA set F7 Hallmark 1 ABBA set F3 Key 6 RSC's Kato 8 RS 3's Atlas (Kato) 3 Vandy Turbines CC 1 Turbine Overland That all I can think of now
I had the same initial thought when I opened this one. Of course, my count drops pretty quick if we exclude 30 year old Minitrix, Arnold Rapido, etc, or duplicate road numbers (what was I thinking? I'll never get those all renumbered!) and I suppose the meltdown of railimages is totally avoided if I exclude anything that doesn't run. So rather than publish a "shopping list" for thieves, I thought I'd take the high road and just post a few "favorites":
Like my fellow outlaw above, I'm not in a hurry to announce to the world what trains I own. If you check out my site, you can see a few items that hopefully will not be in my collection too much longer...hint, hint. Grant, I also like your paint scheme, and can guess you spent considerable time making it 'look right', well done! [ April 09, 2005, 05:20 PM: Message edited by: Warbonnet-Fan ]
When I was 13, I only had one loco that worked - a Mantua "little six" (0-6-0) that was my first kit-built loco, with help from my Dad. 45 years later, I feel blessed to still have both the loco and my Dad. That die-cast shifter shows the advantage of quality. I also had a bunch of inexpensive plastic HO diesels, but none of them worked all that well new, and none of them had the long productive life of that 0-6-0. Bottom line? I'd rather have one good loco than a whole pile of stuff I can't use. There's nothing pathetic about 7 good locos. But a whole shoebox full of expensive junkers, like I had when I gave up on N Scale and went back to O Scale in the late 1970's, now that's pathetic. ( I should add, that I started dabbling in N Scale again in 1995 and dumped my O Scale for good in 1998. So the story has a happy ending after all. )
Here's my little list. The two shays are still on order, and anything labelled Borracho Canyon is still in process thereof. FA-2/FB-2 Borracho Canyon Shay 1 Borracho Canyon Shay 2 Borracho Canyon GP-20 Borracho Canyon GP-20 Borracho Canyon Mogul DRG SD-7 DRG SW-9 Miller High life GP-9 N&W GP-20 Union Pacific GP-20 Union Pacific GP-20 Union Pacific E-7 Union Pacific 2-8-0 Union Pacific SD-7 Union Pacific SW-9 Union Pacific D-bug Union Pacific Plymouth Black 0-6-0 Western & Atlantic A veritable treasure of Life-Likes! Hmmm... well they were all so darn cheap, and I didn't have any plan in place when I started acquiring.
Lessee......even though I'm primarily in HO, I do have a modest fleet, to wit: 1 GP7 1 GP20 3 GP38-2 1 U25B All but the GP20 are to be repainted in Frisco colors, with the GP7 being black/yellow. Oh yes, forgot my LL E8A in Frisco racehorse colors........ All this to pull 40-50 freight cars, various manufacturers, in mid-conversion from Rapido to MT couplers. Possible Frisco secondary line in my future in N scale...
I agree with Bob and Verne I don't want to disclose all I have but here are a few pics of my favorite. My number 1 and 2 models are these Kato MOPACS that were custom detailed and painted by Mitch Hartman. Now that I have started painting myself these are also favorite models.
Thanks for the welcome, I'm enjoying the form. Hemi I'm modeling Feather River Canyon. Back dated the UP WP meger
Atlas GP30 DRGW 3002 resprayed, large logo Atlas GP40 DRGW 3060 resprayed, small logo Atlas GP40-2 DRGW 3094 resprayed, large logo Atlas GP40-2 DRGW 3111 resprayed, large logo Atlas GP40-2 DRGW 3128 resprayed, large logo Atlas GP40 DRGW 3132 resprayed, large logo Lifelike GP60 DRGW 3154 Kato SD45 DRGW 5324 resprayed, small logo Kato SD45 DRGW 5340 resprayed, large logo Intermountain SD40T-2 DRGW 5342 Intermountain SD40T-2 DRGW 5348 Intermountain SD40T-2 DRGW 5371 Intermountain SD40T-2 DRGW 5373 Intermountain SD40T-2 DRGW 5413 converted from 5372 Atlas SD50 DRGW 5503 renumbered Atlas SD50 DRGW 5506 Atlas SD50 DRGW 5508 resprayed Atlas SD50 DRGW 5516 resprayed Atlas GP40 EMDX 197 built from undecorated body Kato C30-7 BN 5516 KatoSD40-2 BN 6363 Atlas GP40 SP 3059 DRGW sub lettered Atlas GP40M-2 SP 7106 built from undecorated body Kato SD45 SP 7500 Atlas GP40-2 SP 7615 resprayed Intermountain SD45T-2 SP9207Kodachrome livery Intermountain SD45T-2 SP9245 Lifelike GP60 SP 9717 Atlas B40-8 SSW 8076 Intermountain SD40T-2 SSW 8325 Intermountain SD40T-2 SSW 8372 Kato SD40-2 UP 3220 Kato SD40-2 UP 3401 Kato F40PH Amtrak 333 Phase III Kato F40PH Amtrak 339 Phase III Kato P42 Amtrak 34 Phase III Kato P42 Amtrak 94 Phase III Atlas P32-8BW Amtrak 516 Phase III Kato SD45 SF 5426 Plus F9A 5771 and F9B 5763 in the paint shop I think thats the lot
Wow, and I thought only PowerSteamGuy had more steamers than me. I bow to the master!!! Eight BigBoys!!!!!!!! Beats my: 2 Rivarossi 4-8-8-4 bigboys 4 Rivarossi 4-6-6-4 challengers 5 Rivarossi 2-8-8-2 mallets 2 LL 2-8-8-2 mallets 1 Atlas 2-8-8-2 mallet 1 LL 2-8-4 berk 1 Kato 2-8-2 mike 1 Con Cor 2-10-2 4 CC 4-8-4 northerns 1 Key 4-8-4 UP 844 1 Atlas Shay plus a whole lot of german locos......... Dave
I still refrain from listing all my steam loco's, but my fleet keeps growing. I've recently added quite a few N scale brass steamers plus quite a few Micro_Ace Japanese steamers plus some Kato Japanese steam loco's. Stay cool and run steam.....
