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I caught this car in Columbia, South Carolina back in 2012. NDYX are reporting marks used by First Union Rail, a leasing company for railroad locomotives and rolling stock.
A detail shot of a special logo for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad denoting that it was at one time owned by the emplyees of the railroad.
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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
Here are a few older HO scale brass models of articulated steam locomotives. I am not a great photographer, but, I do the best I can with what I have. All photos are of different models, even though you may see several of the same type of engine in this set. Olympic Express - Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 Early Challenger Imported around 1958. (Simple Articulated)
Many people mistake these models for the M.B. Austin import of the same year, however, while very similar, there are differences between the two models. The easiest way to tell the difference is the lead truck. The Olympic Express import has a cast metal (die cast) lead truck, while the MBA import has a built up brass truck in the Tetsudo design. The MBA models are also numbered and only 30 were imported to the USA, while this OLEX import is more common and only valued at about half to the more rare MBA model.
This little engine was in bad shape when I got it. The only thing saving it was that it was dirt cheap. Missing the roof mounted air tanks and air lines, also, someone had used a chemical blacken to mimic a painted surface. This was extremely hard to remove, but, it finally came off after the second or third round in the acid bath. The gears in the trucks had split, so I had to replace them, as well.
Scale: HO
Category: Diesel
Road: New York Central (NYC)
Description: GE DES-3
Importer: NJ Custom Brass (NJCB)
Catalog: DE-100
Builder: Kumata
Year(s): 1972
Qty Made: 750
NOTES: CUSTOM BRASS FIRST MODEL!
Call it graffiti, urban art or vandalism, I admittedly enjoy seeing it on the sides of old rail cars. This time it was on the side of a Rail Box car, RBOX 34952, which I shot sitting in the NS yard in Columbia, South Carolina
This little Gasoline rail car suffered from severe foam damage while stored by a previous owner. The dark areas in the first photos are where the foam deteriorated and ate through the clear coat and etched the brass itself. I had to use paint remover to remove the clear coat, then an acid bath to remove the etching from the brass (actually, re-etching the brass to a uniform finish). Afterward, a good cleaning with a wire wheel on the Dremel and a light coat of brass paint and new clear coat to keep the brass from tarnishing again. This took about two hours to do.
This little Gasoline rail car suffered from severe foam damage while stored by a previous owner. The dark areas in the first photos are where the foam deteriorated and ate through the clear coat and etched the brass itself. I had to use paint remover to remove the clear coat, then an acid bath to remove the etching from the brass (actually, re-etching the brass to a uniform finish). Afterward, a good cleaning with a wire wheel on the Dremel and a light coat of brass paint and new clear coat to keep the brass from tarnishing again. This took about two hours to do.
Photos of the MNFreeMo setup at the Saint Paul RiverCentre for the World's Greatest Hobby Tour.
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A few videos of the 2-6-6-6 after assembling the frames and configuring the drive train. These are on the test track at various speeds. After initially installing a can motor with a flywheel and a back head (shown in previous photos) I ran into an issue with the gear ratio, it was too high. I removed the two gears from the gearbox and replaced them with a 1-1 ratio set. I also replaced the can motor with another Sagami motor that is slightly longer. I ended up moving the back head back about 3/16" in order for the flywheel to clear it. These changes in the design resulted in a good running model. Now it has to come back apart for cleaning and paint.
Scale: HO
Category: Diesel
Switcher
Road: MISC. (MISC.)
Description: ALCO HH-1000
Importer: Hallmark Models Inc. (HALL)
Builder: Kumata (KMT)
Year(s):
A covered hopper railroad car lettered for the Midwest Railcar Corporation was in Columbia, South Carolina several years ago. It was built for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in 1979.
Road: New York Central (NYC)
Description: EMD FT A&B SET
Importer: Pacific Fast Mail (PFM)
Catalog: 106/07
Builder: Tenshodo
Year(s): 1954-1969
An HO scale BNSF coal train passes the fictional Mineral Spring Station and its "Amshack" depot. Great Train Story exhibit, Museum of Science & Industry.
Scale: HO
Category: Diesel
Switcher
Road: MISC. (MISC.)
Description: ALCO HH-1000
Importer: Hallmark Models Inc. (HALL)
Builder: Kumata (KMT)
Year(s):
I bought this model yesterday, I have other versions of this type of gas turbine engine, but, have always liked these engines. These are the seller's photos from the sale listing. I plan to re-power the model at some point since they are not great running models from the maker.
Here are a few older HO scale brass models of articulated steam locomotives. I am not a great photographer, but, I do the best I can with what I have. All photos are of different models, even though you may see several of the same type of engine in this set. Katsumi Models - D&RGW L-105 4-6-6-4 Challenger Type Imported by Max Gray 1962. (Simple Articulated)
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! : )
Started putting this together today live with Kris of Go/Via/orgohome. So if you want to see it being built by me a couple of other people check it out here www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RbcbJtbFEM It is part of a group build.
The banner at the entrance to our layout.
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Togklodsen's exhibition at The Danish Railways Museum in the city of Odense, 2-5 June 2023.
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