Locos - Rolling stock (general)
Remote Control Locomotives
To All: Here is a recently installed sign on the layout. A round about tongue-in-cheek nod to DCC control. Photo by Elvin Howland. Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail Group Layout.
THI&E Freight Motor Build
After being lured into traction modeling by my brother, I am flirting with the idea of building a 2x4 traction module based on the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern, a precursor of the Indiana Railroad interurban system.
This blog will follow my attempt at building a THI&E freight motor from a LaBelle Woodworking Nikes Manufacturing freight motor kit.
Dave
A wonderful gift for my railroad - an L&N baggage car!
One of our fellow members of the MRH site (who wishes to remain unnamed) emailed me to ask if i would be interested in having a L&N baggage car as a gift and of course I said yes. He had received the car as part of a lot that he had won on ebay and knew that I modeled the L&N. It's a great car and is presently in my yard area where it can looks great among all of the freight cars. Thank you for the generous gift, my MRH friend!
Winter Break 2016-17 Progress
Well, with this year's winter break coming to a close, it's about time to share an update of the progress I've made on my layout. Granted, my layout has no physical existence quite yet. My depiction of the Long Island Rail Road in February of 2014 has yet to take on any benchwork or even a track plan, so there is only a handful of projects I can work on. Space is the issue here; I can work on pretty much anything that can be easily stored. So while I've been home from college, I've essentially been working on more weathering projects.
Woodchip car in 3D
Hi all,
I'd like to share my latest project. I've been working on a 3D model of an FMC woodchip gondola, specifically a G-100-15/G-100-17. The design is based upon Rick Selby's article in the March 1992 Model Railroader.
Due to the lack of exact dimensions, I've had to "eyeball" many of the dimensions - especially placement. I would welcome any comments/constructive criticism on how I could improve the design.
Atlas Gold N scale ALCo S-2 concerns
Took delivery of my Atlas N scale ALCo S-2 yesterday. First, I'm blown away by how much volume the little speaker puts out. This thing is loud! It will soon be making a trip to the LokSound programmer for some fine tuning! The quality of the sound puts to shame my MRC decoder-equipped SD-9.
Bachmann Alco S4 Wheels Out of Gauge
Hi All. I'm looking for some advice and/or experience with a Bachmann Alco S4 Diesel. I received one, complete with sound, for my birthday, and I'm delighted with the looks and speed performance. I weathered it up and replaced the couplers, programmed it and put it into service.
SPSF Meadow Sub: C39-8E Custom Paint/Decal/Weathering with DCC/Sound Project
This blog details the painting, decaling, and weathering of a C39-8E for the SPSF that will have DCC and sound for operation on the Meadow Subdivision.
Combine construction completion challenge
Keeping with my theme of starting but never finishing modelling projects, I have started work on a resin BGR Group kit of a CN/VIA passenger combine. These started life as colonist coaches in the teens and 1920's when Canadian Northern (a CN predecessor) ordered a pile of these cars on the expectation that immigration to western Canada would continue as it had in the pre WW1 period. This didn't happen so many of the colonist coaches were rebuilt into combination passenger and baggage cars for service on secondary passenger trains and mixed trains.
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