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Regular poster 374 posts royhoffman Regular poster 374 posts
royhoffman

It's been a long Winter here in the Northeast, but it allowed for some good modeling time.

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A Dolly Varden car for the East Broad Top visitors.

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A black skyscraper for the Philly skyline dubbed the "Darth Vader" building.

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A small depot based on an old MR ad.

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A section tool shed based on and old RMC article on yard structures.

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American Flyer (by Lionel) cylindrical hoppers converted to scale.

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An old American Flyer flat car with a Walther's HO transformer as a load.

And winter still hasn't let go yet!

 

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Roy Hoffman

The S/Sn3 Scale Penn Western Railroad -
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Pat M Super User 327 posts
Pat M

Impressive skyline!

Impressive skyline!
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musgrovejb Prolific poster 1,712 posts
musgrovejb

Very Nice

Impressive!

Joe

Modeling Missouri Pacific Railroad's Central Division, Fort Smith, Arkansas

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ctxmf74 Super User 15,938 posts
ctxmf74

"American Flyer (by Lionel)

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"American Flyer (by Lionel) cylindrical hoppers converted to scale."

   Nice looking hoppers Roy.  What kind of trucks did you use under them? I've heard the Lionel "scale " trucks had some problems? ......DaveB

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royhoffman Regular poster 374 posts
royhoffman

Lionel messed up a bit.

These cars were Lionel's attempt at producing cars aimed at the "scale" side of S. Unfortunately, the gauging of the wheelsets didn't conform to existing standards and they didn't track well through my Shinohara code 100 switches.

I had to replace the trucks with some ACE trucks that I still had handy. Other "scalers" used AM or MTH trucks I believe.

Otherwise, they are nicely done and they fit a long-awaited desire on my part to have that particular prototype on the layout.

The couplers are Kadee 802's

 

 

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Roy Hoffman

The S/Sn3 Scale Penn Western Railroad -
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ctxmf74 Super User 15,938 posts
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"Otherwise, they are nicely

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"Otherwise, they are nicely done and they fit a long-awaited desire on my part to have that particular prototype on the layout"

    something I've always wanted too, I've seen lots of Canadian grain cars here in central California...DaveB 

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