When is someone going to make a BQ23-7? No joke.. When I was a young lad I think I remember seeing a couple or three of these. Here a link for the curious. BQ23-7 Is it just me or does this thing look like something from Soviet Russia?
Bachmann used to make a BQ23-7 in HO, with the notorious pancake motor drive.. Rumor has it the drive was designed to fail after 40 hours of running. If you want a good BQ23-7 model, I would try to get a Bachmann off Ebay, then repower it with an Atlas B23-7 mechanism (which needs to be modified since the Atlas mechanism has FB trucks whereas the BQ23-7 uses EMD Blomberg trucks).
Here is an N scale "scale" I made for weighing cars. One rail is visible on the outside of the near rail. The other is glued to the ties in the fashion of a bridge guard rail between the tracks. Just a nice detail for weighing cars at an industry.
Washington State History Museum HO Layout Tacoma, Washington Here's some photos I took during a visit there on March 1, 2006: Overview of the HO layout by the Puget Sound Model RR Engineers: View of Mount Rainier: And following, some absolutely beautifully done model RR scenery: The Northern Pacific's 'High Bridge' on the Stampede Pass line (this is the same bridge shown in the May 2006 Model Railroader Trackside Photos, page 111): Beautiful bridge scene: Another gorgeous scene: Enjoy! [ April 06, 2006, 10:22 AM: Message edited by: atsf_arizona ]
Great pictures John!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wasn't this layout in Great Model RR's ? IIRC,your pictures are as nice as what was in the magazine.
A little something I found in Great Falls today: A better look at the art: I feel bad for anything on the business end of a Jordan spreader, but this one's straight-up intimidating!
I finaly finished my SD9 in California Northern colors. I don't think it ever run together with the Arizona & California GP30 but it actually looks good. Another AC model got the finishing touch in time to make room for my next project that I just one on e-bay. The next one is also a AC 5 unit set but this time in a special Southern Pacific paint sheme I found on the Trainorder forum. Of course no decals available but that is just half of the fun.
Great pics as usual. NYC's only 2 U28B's on an ( SV ) train, Central called them SuperVans. What if's or could have been, SD40-2 & GP38 in trial paint schemes. Again in reverse.
