Locos - Rolling stock (general)
IAIS's West End - TTPX flat w/pulpwood rack
Next up on my workbench is a TTPX bulkhead flat I'm just kicking off, the prototype for which was in service hauling walnut logs from eastern Iowa to Midwest Walnut, a small mom & pop sawmill on the IAIS in Council Bluffs, IA. MW takes in walnut logs and ships out specialty dimensional walnut in containers, often for export, for use in such things as rifle stocks and furniture.
Rolling Stock on the A&EV
So a good friend of mine built a couple of cars representing the R&S for his railroad the A&EV
Project 50 foot
Prototype car: Hudson Bay Railway HBRY 551567, ex CN 551567
My next round of freight cars will be a batch of CN 50' boxcars in the 551XXX series. These were common in my modelling era and locale so having a few is a necessity. CN renumbered the cars into the 551500 series starting in 1981 and as part of that work reinforced the car ends with steel beams.
Make weathering wash from dishwasher rinse aid
It worked for me - I hope others try it and report if it works for them. I would have used artists' wetting agent, I only had rinse aid on hand.
In brief, I made a 0.02% thinning solution of dishwasher rinse aid in tap water
Brass Climax Sound Conversion
I've installed sound decoders in something more than 25 brass steam locomotives. In most cases, this also involved installing a can motor and frequently replacing the gearbox in some of the older locomotives. So I've been around the block a time or two.
I've been asked to do a DCC/Sound conversion for a relatively small PFM Climax locomotive. This appears to be quite a challenge. I have not yet started the project, and would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions (other than "don't do it!") on the following key steps in the process:
Algoma Ore Properties - Loading ore cars - volume variation
In thinking about the use of my Walthers ortner cars at the Wawa sinter mill, I came to the realization that various loads (coal, coke, iron fines, limestone, siderite ore, sintered ore, and blended sinter) might have quite different densities, and therefore the prototype would likely have different volumes of each material in the same car. The Walthers car comes with a load, of course, but it's a 'full car' load, and is a neutral light gray - which I'm using as limestone. After a google search was only partly successful, I posted a question to the Steel lis
IAIS's West End - A flock of MOW flats
You wouldn't think that a 2005-era modeler would be all that excited about 1950s and 60s rolling stock, but some recent research into the IAIS's MOW roster made me realize what a huge favor ExactRail did for me when they introduced their GSC 42' flat car and 53'6" bulkhead flat . Two examples of each arrived at my door a couple mo
Your experience, and tips with resin models
I am about to really change gears and direction in my modeling. One reason is the amount of resin rolling stock that will support what I am going to focus my modeling around.
Before I jump in the deep end I wanted to get some forum members feedback on experience with resin cars.
Tips, ups and downs etc.
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