Prototype information
the Fleet grows
Winter is arriving and so is my fleet of HBM&S GE 70 ton locomotives.
just about done the decals so I can spray with dull coat.
Then to get the hand rails back on and custom pass through walkway on number 8. It will be the same as #7's walkway.
Will there be a 5,6 or 9?
Time will tell.
Tim Schwartz
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Small depot in urban/industrial environment
Hi,
For a future modeling project, I'm looking for prototype photos showing a traditional, e.g., rather small North American depot building in an urban or industrial environment. Does anybody have some pictures or suggestions for links?
Joern
Ops in a Granite Quarry?
Hi,
Context: My main interest in the hobby is... actually doing videos of model trains. Run-bys are always cool but I like participating in operating sessions and now I'd like to start doing some videos of ops that pretend to be at least not totally unrealistic. Unfortunately that desire is largely dampened by my lack of knowledge of prototype operations.
Berwick 7440/ Penn Central X77
Received this in an email from Exactrail:
We have in our portfolio of freight cars molds a car that, as of the this post, remains unannounced and unreleased. This car presents a challenge for us. We have the molds, but we lack a well developed data package for the creation in accurate paint schemes.
At this point, we feel like we need to broaden our search for data.
ExactRail is producing the Berwick 7440 Boxcar. For Penn Central fans, this is the X77.
Scratchbuilt 300 Ton, 12 Axle Hot Metal car (Bottle Car)
Here's my current design project, approaching completion.
This time, it's a specialty car for the Steel mill modelers. This is a 300 ton, 12 axle, Reichard "Bottle Car", used to carry molten steel.
The car was designed in CAD, then the pieces were 3D printed in UV cured resin material.
I'm still working on the end platform details, including handrails and brake gear.
Dunstan
Suggestion for ballast hopper modeling?
Can anyone point me to a good starting point for modeling this IAIS ballast hopper? Or even a standard (non-ballast) 2-bay hopper that'd have the right "bones"?
And while we're at it, does anyone have thoughts on the heritage of that car? I don't know why I was thinking Arkansas & Missouri, but I'm not seeing any ex-A&M cars on-line that are close.
Coal Shed
Another project in the works,
A two track coal shed that was in the December 1979 issue of Model Railroader.
I wanted to build a model of this building ever since I first read the article in the summer of 1989.
Can anyone ID the load on this Bulkhead Flat car?
I'm open to any suggestions. What is this load? For years (I took this picture in 1978) I assumed it was a load of ties. Now I realize it is not. I want to model it but would like some clue as to what it was.
The mystery of the comical "railroad mushrooms"
Years ago I found batches of "mushrooms" along railroad tracks, at two different locations in Oregon and California. They very much resemble real mushrooms in shape and appearance, and appear to have "grown" directly out of the rocky ballast - but they are composed of a synthetic man-made rigid foam material which burns with dense black smoke. They do not bio-degrade in indoor storage.
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