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Fuel Dealer Photos
I recently found myself in eastern Colorado. I was able to get a few hours to wander around looking for industries to photograph, and found remnants of an older fuel dealer adjacent to the BNSF in Lamar. The location suggested it used to have rail service.
Building resin freight car kits
I've been building HO scale resin freight car kits recently. Since April 29, nine have been assembled and ready for the paint shop. Additionally, three Tichy and two Accurail kits were upgraded. More details and images are shared on my blog.
Additional kit builds will be shared in the next few weeks on the blog. And sometime soon I'll need to get the paint booth in order!
photo of prototype rail pile
I'm looking for a prototype photo of piles of rails. Reviewed General discussion for last 2 years and found nothing like this. Help, please?
Shingles on the HO house and weathering a gondola
I've been workin on these 2 items just today and I'm not done yet ,all I have been using for the shingles is sand paper and when it's done I'm gonna paint the roof. If you have any questions just comment I'll answer them:)! -Saul Osorio
DASH 8 radiator upgrades
Does any detail manufacturer make a part for "upgrading" a Dash 8 with the split cooling modifications? Or, has anyone attempted to kitbash or scratchbuild said modifications?
-Mark
DM Rail Group
A Union Pacific mixed freight with a KCS loco head to Yuma after getting the clearing at the Tucson Yard
A UP mixed freight With some foreign power head to Yuma after a long wait !
Atlantic Coast Line / Charleston & Western Carolina Headlight Arrangement
I have what I hope is a simple question.
I've noticed that the Charleston & Western Carolina (C&WC) locomotives (F7 & GP7) follow parent ACL when it comes to headlight arrangement. The lower light housing is the low and high beam headlights. The upper housing has what appears to be a red Gyralight (commonly used by ACL) and another white light above that (see attached picture of Athearn unit I found).
How was this upper set of lights used? Red Gyra in reverse, or for forward? What did the white light above it do?
Converting from steam to diesel
No, I'm not changing eras, nor am I giving up on my steam locos. I just saw this and found it fascinating and unusual..
I've seen a few geared steam locos which were converted to internal combustion at some point in their lives. Mechanically, the conversion isn't that complex - just connect the output shaft from the transmission to the drive shaft of the locomotive, and off you go. Here's a Shay, for example:
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