Model Train Journal

Hope everyone had a happy & safe 4th of July. Started some scenery on the layout & have been slowly building my two new industrial buildings as time allows. Need to get some pics.

Veterans scheme NJT ALP-46A 4635 shoves a NY bound local through Red Bank, NJ on the North Jersey Coast Line


A pair of rebuilt SD40-2s duck under the now removed N&W signals at Radford, VA as they work Radford yard


NS Dash-8 8315 ( ex CR 6053) leads 201 upgrade through Shawsville, VA on the Christiansburg District.


NS GP38-2 5326 (ex CR/PC 8154) is about to cross North Fulton Street in Salisbury as it leads P60 back to Linwood on the S Line


Went to a local train show w/ Lorenzo. He talked me into buying an Amtrak P42 & some Amfleets, b/c we need passenger service

I've had an MTH RailKing Pennsy L-1 laying around since 2000. It has gotten very little track time, as we run predominantly prewar gear. It's a LocoSound version, so none of the vagaries of ProtoSound...no batteries, no clinking-clanking, just smoke and an elementary, albeit horrific, sound board (which fortunately can be turned off).

I'm not particularly fond of Pennsy equipment, although the bulky/hefty appearance of the L-1s Mikes and the I-1s Decs have a certain appeal. This one, out-of-the-box, sported a gunmetal-and-tuscan scheme with bright, nickel-rimmed drivers and running gear, just the antithesis of any photo I'd ever seen. So, without hesitation, I asked Sarge to filthy it up for me, i.e. make it look like it probably did the week before it was retired.

I'm quite happy with the result. Here's a couple pics Sarge sent me in-process to assess the filth:





Here's another pic I took when it came home:



A proprietary process developed by Sarge...less-is-more, he describes it, and I would agree. Its sitting on the layout now, curing. I plan to hit it with a couple oversprays of clear matte to protect the finish, as it will get a bit of handling. Hopefully we don't bark it up too much.

I doubt much 3-rail passes through Sarge's paint-booth. Brilliant...thanks mate!

Paul

Very attractively done filth! Beautiful.

healey36 wrote:I've had an MTH RailKing Pennsy L-1 laying around since 2000. It has gotten very little track time, as we run predominantly prewar gear. It's a LocoSound version, so none of the vagaries of ProtoSound...no batteries, no clinking-clanking, just smoke and an elementary, albeit horrific, sound board (which fortunately can be turned off).

I'm not particularly fond of Pennsy equipment, although the bulky/hefty appearance of the L-1s Mikes and the I-1s Decs have a certain appeal. This one, out-of-the-box, sported a gunmetal-and-tuscan scheme with bright, nickel-rimmed drivers and running gear, just the antithesis of any photo I'd ever seen. So, without hesitation, I asked Sarge to filthy it up for me, i.e. make it look like it probably did the week before it was retired.

I'm quite happy with the result. Here's a couple pics Sarge sent me in-process to assess the filth:





Here's another pic I took when it came home:



A proprietary process developed by Sarge...less-is-more, he describes it, and I would agree. Its sitting on the layout now, curing. I plan to hit it with a couple oversprays of clear matte to protect the finish, as it will get a bit of handling. Hopefully we don't bark it up too much.

I doubt much 3-rail passes through Sarge's paint-booth. Brilliant...thanks mate!

Paul

That looks great!!! MTH builds some beautiful locomotives. Too bad their electronics are so flaky.

It's conventional, right? Run the heck out of it. You need a good sized peddler freight behind it.


George

NIce photos and nice MTH locomotive. The weathering is tasteful! Some other shots from the Fostoria trip.

Jim K





A Chesapeake & Indiana in one lash-up!







Good Night!

Jim - Looks like someone unloaded a 12-bore into the nose of 2614:



Paul

healey36 wrote:Jim - Looks like someone unloaded a 12-bore into the nose of 2614:



Paul

Paul,

Maybe it was a train robbery?

Jim K

The proverbial "shot across the bow", lol...

healey36 wrote:The proverbial "shot across the bow", lol...

You know, someone put a google eye (or whatever it is called) on the horse!

crazy............