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A few photos of some old, but significant historical models from the dawn of scale brass models. These mid 1950's PFM / Tenshodo brass models were among the first brass Diesel locomotives to be imported to the USA. They were also the first factory painted models to be issued.
Road: Great Northern (GN)
Description: EMD GP20
Importer: Pacific Fast Mail (PFM)
Catalog:
MANUFACTURE
Builder: Tenshodo
Year(s): 1961-1965
Qty Made: 430 (Great Northern ), Total of all GP-20 in all available roads was 2,333 ready to run models and 80 unbuilt kits.
This beauty belongs to my friend Scott, he asked me to give it a weathered look as it was too black to see all the wonderful detail that this model has. Here are a few before & after photos of the weathering paint.
Scale: HO
Category: Steam
Subcategory:
Type: ARTICULATED
Road: Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Whyte: 2-8-8-2
Description: H-7
Importer: Challenger Imports, LTD (CIL)
Catalog: 2063.1
MANUFACTURE
Builder: Samhongsa
Year(s): 1993
A Metra train is modeled in ho Scale at the Museum of Science & Industry. It is seen at the "Bungalow Square" Station. No such station exists on the Metra system. This in in reference to Chicago Bungalows modeled on the layout.
The locomotive is an F59PH. I'm not sure if these are commercially available in HO.
SP 3121 makes its way around the Inland Pacific layout on Sunday at the Great Train Expo at the Fairplex in Pomona.
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Cryo-Trans, Inc. offers the largest fleet of privately-owned, mechanically refrigerated and insulated railcars. By the end of 2018, Cryo-Trans, Inc. had more than 2,000 private railcars on the North American railway network.
I was looking through photos of Kenichi's layout and found so many small details that I had never focused on. So I decided to blow up a few areas and re-post them. All the photos are located in one of my albums. Kenichi took the photos and built the models. He does great work.
A few photos of the dis-assembly, cleaning and reassembly of a C&O H-7a 2-8-8-2. This model was fairly tarnished and had dark spots in the finish. It also was missing a tender step and needed a good cleaning and lube. This shows the original tarnished finish on the tender and the new step prior to final shaping and cleaning.
Here are a few short video clips of the C&O Allegheny engine on the test track. After looking at the photos that I posted yesterday, I noticed a few details that needed attention. The steam pipes to the rear cylinders were not level, I had to make some adjustments there, also, I noticed that I missed the rear handrail loop when feeding the handrail on to the boiler on the engineer's side., another quick fix. My biggest problem now is getting good video, I'm trying to hold my iphone and operate the engine at the same time, it's like texting and driving, they don't mix. The result are terrible quality video, but, I figured I would post them anyway so everyone can suffer along with me! : )
TOBX are reporting marks for the TTX Company, the same company that has the yellow TBOX and RBOX cars as well as auto racks.
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I bought this early hand built brass model recently. It is un-restored, but runs very well. These early hand built models are extremely rare, with only a handful in the world, for me, they are an exciting find for my collection. This model is unmarked, therefore, I am not sure who the maker was, but, I suspect it was made by Tetsudo or Kawai Models sometime between 1950 and 1955. (Sorry for the bad photos, these were the best I could get using my iphone).
You never know what you may find in a train yard. Such was the case when we caught fifty foot box car AGR 8036. Box cars often go through a long series of owners in their life time. This box car is a former Green Bay and Western car now lettered for the Alabama and Gulf Coast Railroad. The Green Bay and Western Railroad (reporting mark GBW) served central Wisconsin for almost 100 years before it was absorbed into the Wisconsin Central in 1993. For much of its history the railroad was also known as the Green Bay Route. At the end of 1970 it operated 255 miles of road on 322 miles of track; that year it reported 317 million ton-miles of revenue freight.
N scale. Basic Oxygen Furnace custom engineering model. Scratch built yellow charging car on code 55 rail. Rotating BOF Vessels on a pivot, pulpit office in center. This image is from the scrap charging side which shows the rail for the slag car trolley's below each furnace.
I spotted tis car in early February 2020 at the NS yard in Columbia with FBOX letter, car number 505742
This is a Custom Brass New York Central P-2A Electric Locomotive in HO scale that I bought recently. I spent this weekend repairing it. It was a basket case and was missing some parts. I still have to find a pantograph shoe for the roof to complete it, but, now it looks much better and runs very well.
Scale: HO
Category: Electric
Road: New York Central (NYC)
Description: P-2A
Importer: NJ Custom Brass (NJCB)
Catalog: 307
Builder: Mizuno
Year(s): 1974
Qty Made: 588
I found this little Narrow Gauge 2-8-0 a couple of days ago. It needs some cosmetic work (the smoke box front is incorrect), but, for the $75 price tag, it was a good buy. It runs great, smooth and quiet. I could use some help identifying this engine, It is made in Korea for Sunset Models and I believe it to be D&RG C class, but, I have no idea if it is C-16, C-19, etc. Also, there may be parts missing like the air tank on the tender deck, maybe someone can confirm?
Thanks,
This is another Wabash F-4 2-6-0 that I bought this past week. I have several of them, but they are scarce models, only 65 were imported to the US in 1965 by AHM. When I see them come up for sale, I pick them up if they priced right. International / Takara imported the same model in 1960. These are the seller's photos from the Ebay listing.
I have just started restoring this Akane C&O 2-6-6-6 for my friend Sean. This is a series of photos showing how it was received (in parts), going through drive modifications and finally, paint and reassembly - This photo shows the boiler mounted on the rear frame in order to check all the clearances of the motor and gear tower.
A few photos of the dis-assembly, cleaning and reassembly of a C&O H-7a 2-8-8-2. This model was fairly tarnished and had dark spots in the finish. It also was missing a tender step and needed a good cleaning and lube. The cab interior with the cab roof removed. Prior to cleaning.
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An Union Pacific genset loco idles in the intermodal yard on Pono's FreeMo modules.
On the HO scale Freemo model railroad, a mix of sections belonging to the Skill Wise organisation and local individuals.
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On the HO scale Freemo model railroad, a mix of sections belonging to the Skill Wise organisation and local individuals.
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In taking this kit and studying it a bit I decided to make it a little more realistic and more true to the original.
So I had to do the following:
1. ignore kit manufacturer's suggested colors
2. combine central shaft to eliminate add on kit ring look
3. etch banding up top on back side as seen. Kit does not come with any provisions for this.
otherwise this kit is is pretty good proportions to the original building I'd say.
The picture above shows the baseline color combination i came up with
I visited the wonderful Schwarzwald-Modellbahn in Hausach. Parts of the Black Forest Railway in miniature!
I picked this little engine up about two weeks ago, it was missing the bear trap cinder pipe, as well as, the tender hatch, tool box and tender railing and stantions. I added the items back on and added a coupler, then cleaned it up a little. It runs like new, very quiet and smooth. Worth the $100 price, I think.