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This is a rare model, only 50 made by Olympia Models in the early 1960's. I was not able to purchase this model, however, I wanted to post the photos from the Ebay listing for those who may have an interest.
Well before the next club meet the boys wanted to do a service on the power cars and an inspection of them as well. So the cars were disconnected and the power units were put together and sent to the shop. After things were ready they were run slowly into the shop and will be there for the week. Check out the video youtu.be/PAaTX1jETVw
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!
A lineup on the storage tracks of Dave Smithey's HO scale Rio Grande layout. Brendon Groufsky's Athearn Genesis SD75M , my Athearn Genesis Union Pacific Heritage unit UP1983 in the Western Pacific heritage scheme, and at the back an Atlas Silver Series U23B (#2254) in the green Western Pacific scheme. All locos DCC and sound.
This is a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) S-2 type 4-6-2 in HO scale brass by Kumata for LM Blum Models. This model has severe damage due to foam rot in the original box. The paint was ruined by the decaying foam and most likely parts of the brass surface will require repair because of etching of the brass. These are not extremely rare models, but, they don't show up everyday either. There were 562 of them made by Kumata in 1967. PFM also produced 5 of them in 1960. The PFM version is extremely rare.
Scale: HO
Category: Steam
Subcategory:
Road: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
Whyte: 4-6-2
Description: S-2 PACIFIC
Importer: L.M. Blum Models (LMBLUM)
Builder: Kumata
Year(s): 1967
Qty Made: 562
O grabbed some shots of the WECX 800 as it made a few runs through Columbia back in 2013 and 2014 between Charleston and the nuclear statin that was then under construction near Jenkinsville, South Carolina. WECX 800 is a heavy deuty rail car designed for the heaviest of the heavy loads to be delivered by North American railroads. It is called a Schnabel car. It is designed to carry heavy and oversized loads in such a way that the load makes up part of the car. The load is suspended between the two ends of the cars by lifting arms; the lifting arms are connected to an assembly of span bolsters that distribute the weight of the load and the lifting arm
The two largest Schnabel cars in operation are owned and operated by by Kasgro Railcar for Westinghouse Nuclear and are used in North America primarily to transport reactor containment vessels.
This car, WECX 800, has 36 axles. Each half of the car contains nine trucks which are connected by a complex system of span bolsters.over a large number of wheels.
The word Schnabel is from German Tragschnabelwagen, meaning "carrying-beak-wagon", because of the usually tapered shape of the lifting arms, resembling a bird's beak.
The beautiful layout work of Kenichi Matsumoto - Mr. Matsumoto, the former editor of Train Magazine (Japan) and editor of The Art of Brass, The Tenshodo Book and several other publications regarding brass models trains, kindly allowed me to post a few photos from his layout. Kenichi took these photos and sent them to my Friend Sean, and myself recently. I will edit the titles to add information shortly.
Steel Mill Model in N scale as of about mid 2009. Some changes have been made since to improve layout.
TBOX 671074 sits in Andrews Yard in Columbia, SOuth Carolina. It has been tagged with graffiti including the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Wally Gator.
Is it important to have the right apparel to run your new locomotives?
Check out the mailcall video here youtu.be/25rw5oUpv-o
I was happy to buy this model this evening from an Ebay listing. It is a rare "Ruby Signature" model imported to the US by Gem Models in 1964 and made by Olympia Models. Only 50 were ever produced for Gem, this is number 26 of 50. (These photos are from the Ebay Listing)
The beautiful layout work of Kenichi Matsumoto - Mr. Matsumoto, the former editor of Train Magazine (Japan) and editor of The Art of Brass, The Tenshodo Book and several other publications regarding brass models trains, kindly allowed me to post a few photos from his layout. Kenichi took these photos and sent them to my Friend Sean, and myself recently. I will edit the titles to add information shortly.
In the shop today we have a CP unit getting the front plow fixed and VIA 903 just got it's 92 day. Also the boys are ready for Remembrance Day.
Known as the 'moving wall', for obvious reasons, Canadian National Dash 8-40CW No. IC 2463 and ex-Illinois Central GP40R No. IC 3107 accelerate away from RS Tower, somewhere in the Mid-West, with a train of bi-level and tri-level autoracks. The lead locomotive, an ex-LMX leaser, has a touch of the identity crisis with the CN 'wet noodle' on the hood sides but with IC reporting marks on the cab.
The picture was taken on RS Tower (rstower.wordpress.com) at the Andover Model Railway Exhibition on September 7th, 2008.
1280 x 773
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 cleaned and reassembled model.
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 Lineage cold stage boxcar (LINX 8416)
Lineage Logictics was formed in 2008 to, as they put it, reimagine "the world’s food supply chain by preserving, protecting, and optimizing the distribution of food." Lineage has numerus locatiolns around the world inluding Gaston, South Carolina where I live now.
Graffiti is best defined as writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. It is, ofcourse, illegal to defance the property of someone other than your own. I have a lov/hate relationship with ot. I would rather see an untouched railcar denoting either a fallen flag railroad or who owns it now, but tose days are past us now anyway. Admittedly, some graffiti i very well done and very creative and the artists who paits is are often very well known.
Lineage Logictics was formed in 2008 to, as they put it, reimagine "the world’s food supply chain by preserving, protecting, and optimizing the distribution of food." Lineage has numerus locatiolns around the world inluding Gaston, South Carolina where I live now.
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 was happy to buy this model this evening from an Ebay listing. It is a rare "Ruby Signature" model imported to the US by Gem Models in 1964 and made by Olympia Models. Only 50 were ever produced for Gem, this is number 26 of 50. (These photos are from the Ebay Listing)
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A boxcar on my HO model railroad (a glorified test track at the moment)
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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.
Kenichi has added to his layout, he sent a single photo of the new addition, I broke the photo down into several areas to highlight the great detail he has put into his work.
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
Some before and after some much needed repairs and clean up on this HO scale Crown Willamette 2-6-6-2T engine by Toby Models (Japan), imported to the USA by Northwest Shortline in 1959.
Scale: HO
Category: Steam
Subcategory: Logging
Road: CROWN (CROWN)
Whyte: 2-6-6-2T
Description: #12 ARTICULATED
Importer: North West Shortline (NWSL)
MANUFACTURE
Builder: Toby
Year(s): 1959
Qty Made: 202
I have re-assembled this model after cleaning and repair of broken and missing parts. It was a rather sparse in details, and I did not add any to this project just to keep the appearance original. Some small items still need tweaking, but, for the most part it is done. This is the first Akane model that I have seen that came with a serial / production number. This one is number 93, and it is stamped in several locations with the number. These are common models, so this must be number 93 of hundreds made. This is the 1959 run year, with un-sprung drivers. The videos are the first and second test runs after assembly, they are not good, but, you get the idea anyway.