Private Varnish on a chartered trip riding behind Amtrak. These were kit bashed from Kato N scale cars. A photo of the prototype cars from the Creative Charters web site.
Finished up some cars last night! [/url] Athearn Chemical Tank Car, painted Scalecoat Ii White and lettered with Herald King Decals. [/url] Branchline GARX RBL where I removed the Plug Door and Replaced with an 8' Slider per an article in Railroad Model Journal. Painted with a mixture of Reading Green and Black Floquil Paint and lettered with the decals included in the Magazine with the article. As noted the car was leased to a number of railroads including the GM&O, CB&Q, WAB, PRR, B&O and NYC. Mine is lettered for the PRR and I did a Wabash car a few years ago. The GAEX cars were a joint venture between General American and Evans fo supply loader equiped cars for damage free shipping back in the 1950's, which is the reason for the XME designation on the cars. [/url] Intermountain Railway PS 4750CF Covered Hopper kit, assembled and then painted with Scalecoat II White and Black paints. Lettered with Herald King Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick
4:55 AM, July 23, 1964 as an on-time UP passenger train prepares to depart Davidsville on my HO scale "Gulf & Pacific Railroad". John
So much wonderful modelling so far! Josta, that's simply a beautiful scene...Russell, I think you nailed those cars (now the loco?)...Mark and mikelhh, I hate to say that I've come to expect that kind of craftsmanship, but, well...
Adding Static Grass to Scenery I am adding static grass to my already scenery portions of the layout. Interesting task. You have to be selective about where and how it goes in place. This scene has 12, 6, 4, and 2 mm lengths.
I have my layout set up at the Galveston Railroad Museum train show this weekend. Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks. Yes they are really nice cars. My models of them are getting quite a workout this weekend down here on the layout set up in Galveston. We are set up in the old waiting room of Santa Fe depot. Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2
Candy, Your excellent portrayal of Parsons Varnish is reminiscent of the Lydia Pinkham factory in Lynn, MA, both lovely multi-story brick remnants of 19th Century New England manufacturing. Your artistic creativity is outstanding.
I don't see rail access- just truck or wagon docks. Maybe lack of rail access was reason business had to be abandoned.
WOW! Thank you, Hank ! This was an actual business in Bridgeport Connecticut back in the early 20th century.
Next time I am back in the home territory, I should take a camera and seek out buildings like this one. I really missed out, not thinking of photographing them. There were at one time so many, which this one has me remembering.
Ken, if you make it back to that area, wander around the old (pre-city planning) main streets of Lowell and Lawrence, MA, and Nashua and Manchester, NH for the old knitting mill buildings. Many have been converted to office and/or residential condos, but the wonderful 19th Century facades have been saved. In Manchester, many are still visible from I-93 on the opposite side of the Merrimack River, though please let your wife take the photos or do the driving...ricocheting off into the river ain't too pleasant, doncha know. LOL
