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MRH article idea: Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Car Color
Gentlemen: I am proposing to write an article for MRH entitled: Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Car Color. PRR freight car color (fcc) has long been a source of endless debate among PRR modelers. The color is simply a paint made up of iron oxide. However, over the years the color has had subtle changes notably in the amount of brown, red and orange tints that have influenced its final hue. What may have happened to cause these changes at the Altoona mixing plant is interesting.
ESU Loksound - GB&W Alco C-424 prime mover sound selection
I'm programming ESU Loksound decoders for Atlas C-424 models... one of the options offered by the Loksound decoder is the Alco 251 sound:
• Prime mover #1 - "Alco 16-251 with Air Start"
• Prime mover #2 - "Alco 16-251 with Normal Start"
This is obviously a minor item since I have to ask the question in the first place, but since it is offered as a decoder option... which is the correct sound for Green Bay & Western's C-424s, built 1963-1965?
Name That Train!
Want to name your train? Want to know if the name was already taken?
In 1948 the AAR put out a directory of all the named trains of AAR members, which roads operated the train, where they operated, what type of equipment and what type of power.
Enjoy!
Here is a link to a copy of the 1948 AAR Named Passenger Train List on my website.
https://wnbranch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1948-AAR-Named-Psngr-Trn...
Vintage Lumber Mill
This is an aerial photo of the sawmill where my step father spent his career loading lumber in box cars until it closed in 1985.
A car handling question
In 1979, what were the car placement and handling requirements of propane tank cars on a local turn?
We have a club member insisting that an idler car be used between the locomotive and the tank car at all times, whether in switching operations or in transit. Actually, he wants to place a designated idler car at the industry.
Diary of the mad modeler
Let's go back in time shall we the year was 2002 at the Montgomery Alabama Union station are young model railroader who was attending a juvenile diabetes fundraiser didn't really care about the food or the games or his friends being there he was infatuated with 5 military trains within 6 hours going south more than likely heading to Iraq. Now it's fast forward to 2018. Sitting around at a milsim event. "airsoft war games".
Conserving historic buildings as models
I always thought this trackside building in Hadley, MA looked interesting. It is in severe disrepair and probably cannot be preserved. I hope to make an accurate model to save a version of it.
Tehachapi scenic modeling
Here's an example of how the scenery crew on Tehachapi deals with variable scaling in each of the 3 dimensions.
1. A mockup of the scene at Rowen was created:
2. Topo maps were consulted to get the prototype contours and elevations. The laminations in the partially competed scenery under the mockup only give a rough idea of these due to some of the foam being laid at an angle to the horizontal:
School me on SP water cars.......
I understand the concept of SP's water car operations but I am looking for a little perspective of the behind the scenes stuff. I'm guessing they would be filled in a similar fashion as the old water tenders for steam and not off garden hose off the yard office, would the road crew have to grab a couple of cars before the getting the rest of the train, etc? Thanks for any insight
Steve
UP RS3?
I have a Kato RS3 (N scale) decorated in UP livery. I really like this loco but I’ve been unable to find any reference to UP having an RS3 on its roster. If they didn’t own any RS3s, are there any other RS type locos owned by UP that the RS3 could credibly stand in for? My model doesn’t have a road number so if you could provide one that would be a real help. Thanks guys.
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