Russell, thanks for starting us out with a neat Christmas card! Finally got some time to finish my Wabash GP35! Wabash GP35's were delivered in the 1962 scheme of all blue with Silver Trucks, Fuel Tank and Cab Roofs, soon after delivery the railroad was leased to the N&W and at first all that happened was a Norfolk and Western was added above the stripe on the nose then eventually repainted in black and white. I added lift rings and new sand covers to the model. Painted with a Floquil blue paint I mixed from an old Jim Hediger article in MR and Floquil Platinum Mist, then lettered with Microscale Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
Another part of the layout room; in the first picture the duckunder in front has since been replaced with a swing-down with oil facilities seen in the last photo. John
Now that is what I call a "Man Cave". I suppose Candy's layout room could be called a "Woman Cave" unless she prefers a better name.
Merry Christmas to John, Russell and everyone. Really like the Wabash GP 35, Rick. My late uncle was a Wabash engineer at that time, so Probably would have run those. A couple of weeks ago, Paul Liddiard showed us some photos of a very nicely modified CMW 60 Ford truck, which inspired me to post photos of a couple of them that I modified. Modeling a rural area, I needed farm trucks, so designed a 3D printed grain body to fit the CMW flatbed. I made two versions- one with cattle racks and one without. Just for variety, I swapped out the '60 cab for a '54 cab on the second one. Chrome grille and mirrors, pristine rims and excessive cleanliness still need to be done away with as does the ditch running through the scenery.
Working on this to make it more Rio Grandeish. I have a diamond stack, and some other details...and a photograph...we'll see how this works out.
Nothing to show today. I haven't worked on my team track all week. I hate winter. Yes I call it, The Basement
Reminiscent of the CNJ’s March 31, 1972 ‘Funeral Train’ is this scene on my N Scale Delaware, Susquehanna & Northern. The last cars on the line are being gathered up for a final run and line closure. Those are Atlas RS-3s I painted decades ago. The real CNJ train was led by a single RS-3 and included a motley collection of cars collected from their lines in PA as they departed the state for the final time and retrenched to NJ. The good news is that after 30 Years, my railroad will be born again with a completely new layout. Merry Christmas everyone!
That was the last time I was in SC. I can dream, can't I. For my avatar,I had to find a picture of me in my most modest suit. I'm sure you guys appreciate it.
Seeing Josta's train room photos and the man cave comments made me realize some of our train rooms really are like caves, long and narrow. In my case it's because I built mine within half of a garage so it's about 21 ft x 10 ft. Got started on it shortly after I retired in early 2013. By that fall I was closing in on completion but did not actually start the layout until about a year later, fall 2014. And after three years of layout building this is what it looks like today. Still a mess, but it's my mess and I'm enjoying the heck out of it. Here's another shot with some labels showing the progress over the past few years. The green labels indicate a section that is done, the orange is what is in progress right now, and the yellows are ones that I have built bench work for but are still in the future. Eventually I hope to have this layout go all the way around the room. I am building in modular sections because I find it easier to do most of the work with each section sitting on saw horses as the one I am working on now is. Wishing everyone on trainboard.com a Happy holiday.