To compliment my Greenwich & Johnsonville RS3, I'm working on a G&J caboose.

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While the prototype is wood, I'm using a modified Atlas TM caboose as a reasonable stand in.

Nick

Jim at Highball Graphics strikes again.  He recently released a decal set for Delaware & Hudson subsidiary Greenwich and Johnsonville.  I just can't pass up a bright orange RS3!

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=317795&nseq=5

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Nick

After spending much time wrestling with some design shortcuts I took 10 years ago, I decided to scrap the current Penn Lake, and start over.  My library of Chuck Yungkurth books inspired me to actually model some of the operations I currently represent with staging.  And finally, my advancing middle, is no longer compatible with some of the choices I made a decade ago.

After months and months and months of doing nothing...some train ran.  Check out the action at Falls Tower.

Falls Tower guards the junction between Penn Lake's Bourbon River and Mountain Subs, and the Delaware and Hudson's Penn Division. The Tower also controls operation into and out of the North Falls Industrial Track and R Nicholas Steel plant.

Being somewhat of math geek, and not seeing a recent survey of how model railroaders break down by scale, era and method of control, I did one.  This is by no means a scientific study, but does reinforce general conceptions about the hobby most of us have.  I surveyed 163 layouts published in the 2010, 2011, and 2012 volumes of Model Railroader (and it's associated annuals Great Model Railroads and Model Railroad Planning), Railroad Model Craftsman, and Model Railroad Hobbyist.

Originally, the Penn Lake didn't have any rolling stock of it's own.   After I found Champ private name decals, that changed.   Being a coal hauler, most of the cars are hoppers, but there are a good number of flat cars, gondolas, and even a few passenger cars.

After stalling for several years, I've returned to my quest for some SW1001.  For those that may not know, the EMD SW1001 is basically a SW1000, with lower walkways and an old style cab, to better fit the confines of industrial users.  This modified version actually outsold the stock SW1000.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/rdg/rdg2601ags.jpg

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The continuing yard detailing project.

Yard ladder.  I added fine ballast to represent walking ballast, as well as weeds:

The tracks themselves, get a rust wash along the rail and a grease wash down the middle, along with weeds and spilled lading.  The orange ties represent the clearance points for each track.

I have a weakness for Short Line/Incentive Per Diem Boxcars.   In additiion to a number of Bev Bel cars I've acquired, I also have a growing fleet of custom painted cars.

These two are Atlas Trainman Boxes done using some old Herald King decals:

New Haven power often shows up on the Penn Lake Railway...

My latest project is New Haven RS11 #1402. This isn't a completely accurate job, as I used an EMD steam generator set, I had on hand, instead of an Alco set. The funky Hancock air horns sold me on the project. I may do something different with the black bell as it currently disappears.