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A 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive crosses a river on my S gauge model railroad. I scratch built the trestle from strip wood and created the river using paint and an epoxy resin.
Note the activity by the river bank where two travelers have set up a campfire. It's actually a small LCD bulb that is powered from a transistor radio. Instead of HEARING the music you SEE a flickering "campfire."
On a cold winter morning, a NYC freight train is meeting another train in a double track section. TT scale models blended into a virtual environment made by Midjourney.
Foreign power on the local, Western Maryland Western Division layout, Loudoun County VA, August 19, 2014
A shot from my S Scale model railroad. I constructed the urban Elevated using pieces from various model railroad kits and structural elements from Plastruct and Evergreen Styrene. Buildings are kitbashed from S scale and HO scale structures.
This is a HO scale Athearn Collectibles model of and AMD-103 lettered for Amtrak #139. This unit comes DCC ready and has a TCS decoder.
A few days ago, I purchased this model on the Internet. It arrived last night so I took a few photos.
CB&Q 49536 is an XM4C boxcar. The prototypes were built by the CB&Q Havelock shops in 1966. They were the only waffle side boxcars on the Burlington.
This model is 3d printed sides, Moloco roof, Branchline ends, Accurail underframe, Plano end platforms and lots of fabricated styrene bits. Decals are an old Modeler's Choice set.
Foreign power on the tire plant siding with just completed scenery, Lovettsville VA, September 15, 2014
Foreign power on the local, Western Maryland Western Division layout, Loudoun County VA, August 19, 2014
Foreign power on the tire plant siding with just completed scenery, Lovettsville VA, September 15, 2014
Quiet morning on Schaffan Street, in the fictional town of Flagstone, New Jersey. Structures at left at Atlas Model Railroad Co., house at right is Woodland Scenics. HO scale models photographed outdoors on modules I built and scenicked.
Typ: Güterzugtenderlokomotive, Bauart D n2, Gattung Gt 44.14, Baureihe bad. X b 1-2 (DRG Baureihe 92.2), Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen (BadStB)
Vorbild: 366, gebaut 1907 bei MBG Karlsruhe unter Fabriknummer 1735, später 92 210 [1, 2]
Nachbildung: Epoche 1; Zweilicht-Spitzensignal
Modell: H0, DC, Räder und Gestänge brüniert
Informationen:
[1] EFA 2.7: Lokomotiv-Archiv Baden (1988)
[2] www.albert-gieseler.de/dampf_de/lokdaten13/lokdet139148.s...
Leihgabe: JSN A446.2294
A morning Harlem Line commuter train passes a Conrail local freight waiting in the siding during the summer of 1982. Once the commuter train is in the clear, the Conrail local crew will drop off a loaded boxcar at King Lumber. HO models photographed outdoors on modules I built and scenicked.
Typ: Lokalbahnlokomotive, Bauart C1' n2, Gattung L 34.11 / PtL 3/4, Baureihe bay. D XI (später: 98.4-5), Königlich Bayerische Staatseisenbahn (K.Bay.Sts.B.) [1]
Vorbild: 2739, gebaut 1903 mit Fabriknummer 2300 [1] bei J.A. Maffei, später als DRG 98 516, zuletzt im Bw Schwandorf bis 1952 [2]
Nachbildung: Epoche 1; Dreilicht-Spitzensignal, genietete Wasserkästen mit Aussparungen, Oberlichtaufbau, Dampfpfeife, Glocke und Petroleum-Beleuchtung im Führerhausdach; breite seitliche Fensterfront
Farbgebung: Rauchkammer, Schornstein, Puffer, Leitungen, Tritte, Griffstangen an der Führerhaustür schwarz; Kessel, Aufbauten, Radsterne und Zylinderverkleidungen dunkelgrün; Beschriftungen messingfarben [3].
Modell: H0, DC, NEM-Schacht, Räder und Gestänge brüniert [4]
Informationen:
[1] EFA 2.5: Lokomotiven bay. Eisenbahnen (1987), Seite 154-158
[2] Die Baureihe 98, Band 1: Seite 140
[3] Anstrich und Farbgebung von Lokomotiven (2002): Seite 13-15
[4] TRIX Sommer Neuheiten 2008: Seite 6
Leihgabe: GER A180.0915
Just completed CGW 106A and CGW 116F. These are detailed and painted Highliner bodies on Athearn Genesis drives. Now I only need three more to complete the set I have planned for trains 192/143 coming in at Dubuque Junction.
in 1963, the CB&Q Havelock Shop built 300 XM4 boxcars, 47500-47799. The last 10 were built with Transco side sheathing.
I had often wondered how to go about building one of these unique cars until Kurt Kruse, as a great modeling gift (or perhaps as a mean trick) had sides 3D printed for this car.
It was still something of a challenge to build. In addition to the resin sides, it uses Branchline ends and roof, Accurail underframe, Plano roofwalk and brake platform, some DA freight car detail parts and a bunch of bits fabricated from styrene. Painted with Model Master insignia red and my galvanized mix. Decals came from a bunch of sets including Microscale and some Modeler's Choice leftovers.
In the early 1950's my dad got me hooked on trains, at first model, and then the real thing. We would often visit The New York Society Of Model Engineers when they had their open house for public viewing of both their HO and O Guage model railroads. At this time they were located on Hoboken Road in Carlstadt NJ. Pictured is a part of their HO layout with a Hump Yard that was controlled by compressed air which simulated real life retarders. That's my dad on the left looking on. Sadly he passed away at the age of 59 from a totally unexpected heart attack. I miss the times sharing both life and the hobby with him. Howard Kent Jr. 04-1973.
Most of my railfanning in February has been confined to photographing the Santa Fe in my attic. Here a westbound intermodal behind a pair of GP60s and a GP60M B unit enter the yard at Belen, NM.
Engineers side of BN F3A 702 model to represent post-1976 appearance. Unit lost its three side portholes on this side in an accident in the early 1970s, which was repaired, but it wasn't until late in the game that BN repainted it to green in 1976. Highliners shell, Stewart/Kato drive. tru color BN green.
I was admiring this model railroad display at a local bank when a delightful older woman joined me. We shared our nostalgic love of trains, both real and in small form. We had both thrilled to the old steam locomotives and spent hours playing with Lionel, American Flyer, and other toy trains of an earlier time.