Weekend Photo Fun 8-20-05

[grande man]

Well, it's that time again. I'm looking forward to some more awesome pics. Fire away.

#5100 on duty at Split Rock Mine 4...
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL615/3680850/7880080/109132193.jpg

[Midnideflyer]

Some BNSF intermodel.......
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1803/layoutjuly150163qi.jpg

Intermodel / Oil Depot....
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/4456/layoutjuly150520ge.jpg

[jbaakko]

Well no pics until tomorrow night for me, the Decals arrived for BNSF GP30 #2460. So i'm decaling tonight, dullcoating tomorrow, and getting ready to add the last few details I have here for it, and figure out what I'll need. So, pics tomorrow hopefully!

EDIT Scratch that, I'm out of Decal set and solvent, save that for next payday.

EDIT 2 Just doung some weathering and adding details to her, so I guess I can toss a pic or 2 on tomorrow...

[Lady_Railfan]

All I need now is a horse or two. I'm kind of tickled with the way this turned out, especially considering what a mess it was to begin with. I replaced the roof, then coated the whole building with exterior clear wood finish after light cleaning with a wire brush.

The poles are almost straight now, and I managed to bevel the new roof slats enough to make the peak look "good enough for gov'ment work." The forge is an old rusty ice-cream scoop sprayed black that's sitting on a hose washer. The "coals" are lava rock that TH uses in the garden, and the "feed" in the trough is coarse gold-colored sand.The only thing missing is some itty-bitty tools (hammer, tongs, anvil?), and barriers (maybe chain?) across the "doorways" to keep the horses from wandering off.

[mushroom2]

Wow Claudia, that is nice looking.

[grande man]

Hi all. Yesterday LGM and I accompanied some friends on a road trip to Tuscaloosa, Al to fror a layout tour. To the owner, rexhea from trains.com, thanks so much for your invitation and for being such a gracious host. We had a blast! Now for the hot news, Rex has an AWESOME RR! The theme is local featuring Southern, GM&O, L&N, ect. It's construction is coming along nicely. The trackwork and completed scenery are first rate and a real pleasure to run trains thru. Rex and CJ (trains.com) have been very busy and it shows. Rex, send me a bill for all the locos LGM wore out while we were there. :D He loved every minute of it!

I'm trying to get these guys signed up here and have told them what an awesome forum this is.

Well, ya'll know I took a few pics. :D Without further delay, here we go.

OPS!!! Cjcrescent during a "Kodak moment"...
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL615/3680850/7880080/109229266.jpg

Power on tap at the engine terminal as viewed from "the Pit".
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL615/3680850/7880080/109229238.jpg

Jose gets an *** chewing from the First shift maintenance supervisor for his second screw up today. The "I don't know how it happened" story is getting old...
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL615/3680850/7880080/109229244.jpg

Baldwin switcher at the US Steel plant.
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL615/3680850/7880080/109229251.jpg

Cjcrescent's pride and joy. Awesome engine! Hey CJ, is that an eagle I see there? (inside joke)
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL615/3680850/7880080/109229256.jpg

GM&O power on display.
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL615/3680850/7880080/109229262.jpg

Looking down the turntable.
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL615/3680850/7880080/109229264.jpg

[Cjcrescent]

Eric;
great pics man. I'm still looking for who programmed that Challenger!!! :)
As you know I had dispatched it to bring out another loco for LGM, but I left the controller sitting at 1. It took about 3 minutes for that Challenger to do that. Looked cool as it did go into the pit at super slo mo. :D

[grande man]

Eric;
great pics man. I'm still looking for who programmed that Challenger!!! :)
As you know I had dispatched it to bring out another loco for LGM, but I left the controller sitting at 1. It took about 3 minutes for that Challenger to do that. Looked cool as it did go into the pit at super slo mo. :D


Yep, talk about slow speed control!!! It's great to see you here, CJ. I think you'll find this to be the coolest forum for model railroading around.

[jbaakko]

Here's my pics for the weekend... Just some light weathering.

[chrismoore93]

Very nice photos everyone. I've enjoyed them all so far!

[CBCNSfan]

Well another setup for me,
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/cbcnsfan/0974_IMG.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/cbcnsfan/0977_IMG.jpg

I'm fast running out of places to take pictures. Guess I'll have to get to work on the scenery one of these days

Cheers Willis

[grande man]

I'm fast running out of places to take pictures. Guess I'll have to get to work on the scenery one of these days

Cheers Willis


Very nice photos Willis! WPF should be your motivation to get a new section done each week. ;)

[martyscustomn]

I built this last year for a Model Railroader in Nevada City, Ca. This is a scaled down version of Portland Union Station. Scale is N
http://www.railimages.com/albums/martycoil/afj.sized.jpg

[jbaakko]

I built this last year for a Model Railroader in Nevada City, Ca. This is a scaled down version of Portland Union Station. Scale is N
http://www.railimages.com/albums/martycoil/afj.sized.jpg

WOW now thats amazing! I wish I was building buildings that perfectly, I can berly do the locomotives I do now...

[jbaakko]

Just a few more pics of some details added to #2460:

Pic one, look closely there's a spare knuckle on the top of the fuel tank, its rust colored.
Pic 2 & 3, the MU hose, and uncoupling lever, not completely done painting them yet, I need some red for the hose, and white for the uncoupler and for the handrail ends...

*Wow Macro mode really brings out the dust on the walkways, and the light weathering looks much deeper this close! Oh and you can see the uneven paint...*