I can't say they are new, but I just finished a duo of SD40-2s. ILSX 1341 I made for me and CP 5485 was made to sell.
I just pisked up my first modern loco at the Boeing show last weekend. Well not modern, but modern for what I model. This one already has a home in my display case!
Last weekend at the Denver GTE, I picked up a set of Kato PA-1/PB-1 loco's, in the D&RG Aspen Gold scheme. Here is a photo of my PA/PB set next to my son's old. old, old, Con-Cor/Kato PA/PB set that we picked up at a train show years ago. According to Spookshow's website, my son's PA/PB are from the 2nd run, which should be from the 1970's. The old engines run just as good as my new Kato engines, just a little noisier. I guess I have an excuse to get the CZ cars now!
This one was a long time coming. I picked up the Seaboard body several years ago. I recently got a Walthers RS-2 chassis in need of some work. Some clean up, bearing mods and new headlights later, it was running. I got a new sill from a Classic RS-3 and assembled the handrails. they are not fun. Next time I'll try a set of brass handrails. - they could not be harder. It's sort of a foobie. I can't find the road number 1201. 1200 is an RS-3 and 1202 is an RS-11, but no 1201. Close enough for my level. I looked at a lot of pictures and the stripping and safety paint on the rails was coming off every one I looked at except for picture of 1257 straight from the paint shop, so don't guess the paint not sticking well to the handrail material is a problem.
Critter for the mill The project this week was to get the Domtar Containerboard mill's 44 tonner ready for duty. Over 30 years ago I went to the old Domtar mill in East Angus, Quebec and remember seeing a 44 tonner they had; actually, the most vivid memory was it's horn. It had this huge array of chimes and a huge old steam bell on it. I have no idea why; it simply switched the mill and I do not believe it ever hit the CPR mains but I vividly remember the sound it made. I wish I'd photographed it but I was just a teenager accompanying my father to the mill on the way to a cottage trip so I didn't have a camera handy. Memory says it was all blue but I changed the livery slightly for my version; after all, we in BC are far more style oriented... Having researched mill switchers on the internet I found a number of early - mid 70 units had a beacon on the roof, al la the BN practice so we crowded the roof up with a number of appliances....custom decals and a lot of swearing... if you've tried removing Bachmann's handrails from a 44 tonner you'll understand..... By the digesters at the east end of the mill Passing the paper machine buildings. Now the mill has two power units,it's road switcher for interchange with the CPR, an RS 3 and a "critter" for switching....
3 Kato SD70M's NS 2596, 2599, 2608 Found on them seperately on Ebay. Most I payed for one was 58 bucks shipped. Not too bad
Waiting on the delivery of a Bachmann Spectrum SF 2-8-0 Consolidation and Bachmann NW 4-8-4 J Class with the extra tender.
It's the wrong photos Gromit When I posted my photos on the 11th, I only went and posted the wrong photos.
