Here are a few shots of the Richmond NTRAK modules that are set up for the Houston Fall Layout Tour. Still a lot of work to do but chipping away at these modules.
Hey Everybody, I got great news this week from the doctors,so hopefully ,if I keep going in the right paths,I'll be seeing this again for real. The Afternoon/Rush hour Line up.:thumbs_up: ( All painted by Scott Lupia )
Hey, This is for Mr.Pete (Look,I'm on the cover :thumbs_up: :teeth: ) Nolan.Congrats Pete.Very nice pictures & layout.I think Pam,if she keeps up the good work,will have a hit on her hands. Here's a PC SD-40 (painted by Nick Marteens)with a pair of PRR GP-30's.
Pulling up the rear,is a beautiful caboose done by TB's own Bill Denton.The picture doesn't do it justice.Maybe I'll be able to get a better picture soon.
If you haven't seen the Sugarland modules, you really should. Faithful to prototype, scenery, scratchbuilt, kitbashed, etc. It has it all. Here are three more cars I did this week. Western Pacific double door boxcar on an Atlas shell, Micro Scale decals, MT roofwalk. Another Pillsbury car from Micro Scale decals on a Model Power shell. Ft Dodge, Des Moines and Southern (Ft Dodge Line) was a 1904 era railroad. It is a "fantasy" piece of rolling stock; I like the bill board appearance. These are Cloverleaf Dry Transfers on Micro Scale trim film. I was not confident enough to apply the dry transfers directly to the car. Model Power covered hopper shell. Have a good weekend, all.
Here are my 3 finished MoPac geeps with one more scheduled for completion this week hopefully. This week i also started my Trainboard blog which will be used for modeling projects Modeling Blog
Thanks. No, it was the Dinky, don't know the number. Folks refered to any all-stops local as a "Dinky" around here, no matter what railroad it was on. This one came out of Houston along the Sunset Route and went as far west as Eagle Lake before turning around. I talked to one old man who, as a kid, would catch it in Missouri City and ride to Sugar Land for 15 cents. He would go see a movie at the Palms Theatre and get something to eat at the cafe before he caught the train back home.
That steam engine with the three passenger cars was the Dinky? I presume that the "local" was a stop in each town? I guess I am saying it was not at all like a street car that stopped every few blocks. Right? Thanks.
Some of them were Doodle Bugs with trailer cars and some were steam. The MoPac had an old wooden coach that they would tag onto the Sugar Land local freight train. Folks refered to that as a "Dinky" also. It left from the MoPac freight dock at the back of the General Merchantile. Back then, before suburbia, it was how people without cars (or a horse) would travel between the little towns on the outskirts of Houston.
These fotos are not from this weekend. But I was for two weeks in California for vacation. I was very happy to have the great opportunity to visit Bob Smaus and his awesome layout. I think most of you knows Bob, who has written several articles in the "Model Railrailroader Magazine". Enjoy Stefan
Mike: Nice Lineup there. I ran the 4190 on Friday. Nice engine but the cab windows leak like a screen door on a submarine. I got really wet taking that through the wash in Hoboken. My contribution for this week is a shot of a Susquehanna RS1 pulling an Erie Stillwell car. The RS1 has the hood hatches opened up for additional cooling (prototypically speaking, not cooling for the model). The engine is lightly weathered, has the horns mounted on the cab roof and has a crew in the cab. The stillwell car is scratchbuilt. Scott
Is this the same Robert Smaus? How about this? [edit] Here are more pictures of Bob's layout. Wonderful work.
Stefan, that layout must be a real sight to behold. Those are some really great pictures, and they don't even have trains!
