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Model by Tom Potthast.
Photos from the 2024 St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modelers meet in Collinsville, IL.
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!
This model is a HO scale Atlas Classic series RS11 lettered for DW&P, ROAD #3612. The diesel has been converted to an RSD12 with the replacement of the 2 axle trucks with Atlas 3 axle trucks. The unit houses a Soundtrax decoder professionaly installed by Jacques Thuot. www.railways.incanada.net/Railway_Modelling/ModellerThuot.... This unit sounds great and runs perfect at any speed.. A MBE Alco exhaust stack was added to the long hood. The horn was relocated to the long hood just ahead of the cab roof. A MBE sinclair antenna was added to the cab roof. The unit is lightly weathered and the underframe and trucks are painted and weathered a grimy black, with Kadee #5 couplers front and back.
2304 and 411 pass NY Tower with train POKI-50. It will head to the south side of South Yard and back into the yard.
Custom buildings are not the easiest structures to build for a relative novice like myself. I originally was going to use Walthers' Modulars Kits for this project, but W.K. Walthers discontinued them. Therefore, I used DPM kits instead. The annex is a Pola Pickle Factory kit.
Kato C&NW AC4400CW and C44-9W running on Vancouver TraiNgang N-trak layout at Valley Fair Mall, Maple Ridge, BC, 16 June 2014
This model is a HO scale, kitbashed Athearn SW1200RSm lettered for CN road #7103. The cab and grills are by Canon & Co. Horn antenna and bell by MBE.... JuneCo castings for the pilots, drop steps, truck sideframes and fuel tank assy. Details West for the fans, winter hatches, lift rings and grabs. The exhaust stacks are custom built. The underframe is painted and weathered a grimy black and Kadee #5 couplers installed front and back. This unit is DC operation.
Extra 4279 West comes to a halt at Caliente, on the La Mesa Model Railroad's layout of Tehachapi Pass at the San Diego Railroad Museum. One of the club members gave me a behind the scenes tour of the layout. I was so impressed at the level of detail and research that has gone into this layout. I wish I had more time to enjoy and appreciate their work. La Mesa is an incredible group.
The new RS18u from Rapido trains. Check out the review of one of these units here www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OiSOb7chos
Here are a few recent additions to my brass locomotive collection.
Scale: HO
Category: Steam
Subcategory:
Road: Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Whyte: 4-6-2
Description: K-4S PACIFIC
Importer: Pacific Fast Mail (PFM)
Catalog: P
Builder: ATL/ASAHI
Year(s): 1968
Qty Made: 400
The inspiration for this model was the old AHM Gruesome Casket building. This plant will have an equally gruesome purpose, producing pesticides. I model the day and age when science and chemicals were considered tools for saving the world. How our hopes and aspirations can turn to nightmares!
The layout represents a small industrial line, somewhere in British Columbia, Canada. Featuring a small terminus station where Budd Rail Cars take passengers to work. The line has mixed freight services from both Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP). A small fuel terminal receives fuel tankers thanks to its track access. Cut Lumber is delivered to the Timber yard by truck and departs in mixed freight cars. The larger industrial building receives and dispatches multiple box cars.
We purchased the layout in 2017 as we needed a small layout that could be transported by car to exhibitions. It was named in memory of club member and former Chairman Gregor Williamson. As Gregor had an interest in Canadian Railways, we run mostly CP and CN Railroad locos and freight cars although you will see stock from railroads all over North America.
The club has decided to keep the layout on a longer term and completely refurbish it. This has included building a complete new board (replacing two individual sections), a full rewire, and some new scenery, along with a general overhaul of the layout.
Williamson River was featured in the October 2020 issue of Continental Modeller.
This is a model of a CNR Van #78442 by Truline trains. The model is highly detailed and has metal wheels.
These are poor quality videos of the test runs that I did at various stages of rebuilding this model.
This model is a HO scale, kitbashed Athearn SW1200RSm lettered for CN road #7103. The cab and grills are by Canon & Co. Horn antenna and bell by MBE.... JuneCo castings for the pilots, drop steps, truck sideframes and fuel tank assy. Details West for the fans, winter hatches, lift rings and grabs. The exhaust stacks are custom built. The underframe has been painted and weathered a grimy black and Kadee #5 couplers installed front and back. This unit is DC operation.
This model is a HO scale, kitbashed Athearn SW1200RSm lettered for CN road #7103. The cab and grills are by Canon & Co. Horn antenna and bell by MBE.... JuneCo castings for the pilots, drop steps, truck sideframes and fuel tank assy. Details West for the fans, winter hatches, lift rings and grabs. The exhaust stacks are custom built. The underframe has been painted and weathered a grimy black and Kadee #5 couplers installed front and back. This unit is DC operation.