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Plain Bearing Truck Weathering (Prototype)
I’m a steam-era modeler - and steam-era means plain bearing trucks. Plain bearing trucks - especially the wheels - “dirty up” in a much different way than modern roller bearing trucks - they’re oily and gunky in a fabulous way.
O Scale Equipment Availability - Help for a newcomer
This is to move the discussion of equipment availability from to this blog. We will discuss stuff we found that was helpful to us.
A "critical listen"... sound and model trains at a show
This past weekend, I attended a train show. It's that time of year again, and this was one of the early ones in our area.
It's been some time since I've had the opportunity to really get into a show and see everything I wanted to. This time, there were fewer quality vendors than in the past, so I determined to spend some time really examining the layouts.
Motor car ride at the Kentucky Railroad Museum
I recently attended the Louisville & Nashville Historical Society annual convention held in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. A number of the members brought their motor cars (speeders) and offered free rides at the Kentucky Railroad Museum. I really enjoyed my ride and shot a little video that is five minutes long. Even if you don't care for motor cars check out some of the rolling stock that we pass during the ride.
No modeling today :-(
With hurricane Matthew getting ready to slam into the Florida coast tonight with me just 50 miles away I've been preparing for its arrival. They are expecting 100+ mph winds inland along with flooding. I've already got lots of food, water, flashlights, batteries, emergency radio, generator, and gas. I just needed to lash together my outside stuff so it doesn't become missiles to smash into my (or others) home(s). We'd appreciate your prayers!
Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway :: The Making of “8759 at Sunset”
A number of forum members asked for details on how this picure was created. The model is an HO scale Athearn Genesis ES44AC, The intermodal cars and seacans are from Wathers, Athearn, and Kato.
Rusty & Sooty
My mom is my greatest critic, whether it's my acting work or my train modeling, I can count on her to give me honest critical feedback. She had a few things to say about my first photos of the Lionel FA... well, she actually had a single thing to say: "top not rusty". Hopefully I have fixed that to her liking.
Off track
My interest in building a pier has led me to some exploration locally as well as digging into my roots. This started rather benignly with an interest in having a waterfront wharf similar the Craftsman models type wooden pier. At about the same time my office was asked to help review some plans for the local pier and former sugar warehouse. I posted a mockup of this on another post but have subsequently been to the site and was able to talk with the harbor master who shared some vintage photos.
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