Model Railroad Projects

So, those of you who are model railroaders, what are you working on?CURRENT;C&O GP35 3571- From RPP shell with LLP2K chassis, new cannon cab, battery boxes, fans, noses, dbs, the works...WM FA-2 303-From Walthers FA1. Complete re-work, equiped with Atlas dual-mode decoder.C&O GP30M 3044- Waiting to buy #74 drill bits to add truck side frame details. Added new horns on both sides of cabC&O SD50 85??- Had a little accident. Need to replace sinshades with brass ones from A-Line, and a new snowplow.HLGX C36-7EM #6819- Been working on this since November. It's complete with third brake cylinders on the middle axle, and K5HR24 horn. I am not sure if thats what the 6819 has, but I found one from DW laying around so, ..Re laying track on curves, soldering flex track.FUTUREI'm buying two Atlas dual-mode GP40s, #3684 & 3690. I am debating weahter or not to renumber them to 4000 series and 3700s, because those are later phase GP40s, the Atlas is an early phase not correct for the 3700 & 4000s.I am searching for a few cheap Kato SD40s, to do;Western Maryland Speed Lettered #7470
Western Maryland Speed Lettered #7574
Western Maryland Circus Scheme #7545
N&W Hamburger Blue High-Nose (using a cannon kit)
I am also looking for an Atlas N&W Hamburger GP40 from Atlas. The reason for the N&W stuff is in the 70s, the WM pooled an awful lot of N&W power, and cabooses on their trains. An insane amount at that! There is a custom painted Atlas GP40 in WM Circus paint at a hobby shop near me that I have my eyes on. If Atlas dosen't do a late phase GP40 in WM, I might just break down, and ask for it for my Birthday anyway. Its just so pretty.I am also hoping Athearn Genesis will do a A-B-A set of WM Speed Lettered F7As, and a seperate WM Circus paint F7A. Also, I have on order from Overland, two Chessie-B&O C27-A class cabooses. They said the're due "2004", but I am suspecting thy will arrive early summer time.I found an old Front Range PhII GP9, and I'm thinking about doing a WM Circus chop-nose GP9. Dose anyone know if the Phase II GP9 is correct for the phase GP9s the Wild Mary had?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not made of money. This will take place in about two years. I'll update this as the conditions, and projects change. Some things are just waiting for paint, when the weather clears up, Ill be doing some painting.What is everyone up to?-Jeffrey

Courteous Future Engineer
NKP 2-8-4 #765. www.765.org
Chessie System Historical Society. http://moosevalley.org/cshs/

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Jeffrey...Heres what’s happening on BNSF's Aussie Sub-division Current:Removal of all current track and replacement with flexi-track. Been on the go for the past 3 weeks Hence, no MSTS for the past while.Removal of Life Like no6 turnouts with Atlas no6 and no4 (where applic) electronic points. The yard will remain with Life Like's points, but the rest of the system, I’m switching to Atlas.Replacing the old "dummy" signals with real, working 3 target and searchlight signals. CTC operations.After my sub-division won the contract with "Strange Engineering"...We need to totally rebuild the spur line into the factory and add signalling.Future:
Intermodal boom!! More Twin Stack, Husky, 89' flats and spine cars will roam the system hauling containers and trailers. Hauled by Super fleet locos (mainly C44-9W's, B40-8W's and GP60's)Walthers have just released 12-packs of ore cars. 2 packs (24 cars) with the 2 BN U30C's I own hauling that train around the place would be pretty sweet! Increase in coal and grain traffic. BNSF's Aussie Sub-division's main commodities are Intermodal, grain, coal and manifest (general boxcars, tank cars, chemical) trains. Once a week, I’m planning to add 1 new freight car to the system every week. EDIT: w00t!! 1400 posts!! >Mike Forster<
Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com

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My N scale project - switching layout loosely fitted to BAR's Searsport branch.Current
-Lay roadbed & ballast
-Put down scenery foam
Future
-Add harbor to SW corner of layout
-Add town in middle (siding stuctures already built: Lumberyard, Fuel Oil Dist., Grain Silo, Coal Silo, Freight House, warehouse, Engine house)
-Repaint fleet (Life-Like GP-38 & SD-9, Con-Cor SW1500) to BAR
-Get some real engines (invest in Atlas, Kato, etc...)
-Convert rolling stock to knuckle couplers

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As soon as we get the garadge cleaned out, LMAO (been in this house for a year, and still haven't unpacked everything) I am going to set up my WVK&O Moduals and finaly get around to adding some trees, and buildings to the scenery. I did however pick up a very nice Atlas CSX GP38-2 last month while GATS was in town. It has yet to be run on anything other than easy-track since bringing it home.
Paint Shop, Yonder Locomotive Works.

Check Out the WVK&O Homepage. http://www.angelfire.com/fang/dark_viper/page6.html

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Well, theres that Bachmann Spectrum Doodlebug I'm kitbashing into a Milwaukee car, complete with all the radiators and fans and stuff.. been in progress 3 years, I finally painted the dang thing orange so I didn't have to look at grey plastic every time I was at the bench. Then that MDC Harriman Atlantic that I'm kitbashing to a Milwaukee A-1 Atlantic, along with miscelaneous repairs to rolling stock, and waiting for that RSC-2 we just got to get here.

Bradley Linda
Waco, Texas

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Scratchbuilt HO scale farmhouse that I'm adding a new base to. After several years of not really doing much model railroading, I joined a local Club in hopes of getting back into the hobby again. Maybe someday I'll finish my own layout

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Custom painted P2K SD60.. maybe going to wait until CSX paints one in the new yn3 scheme so I can model it after one.

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Rebuilding my garden railway. I want to convert to battery power (If the Boss will let me). Also want to raise it off the ground to about 3 to 31/2 feet -- my old bones ain't what they used to be, the cracking I hear isn't the pine trees --- it's my back!! George

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If anyone has seen the book "Pennsy Middle Division in HO Scale" its what im building, minus the coal mine branch being so long...Im basing it in the 1950's so i can use 1st generation diesels and steam, as well as my BL GG1.Im running Boston and Maine, Pennsylvania, and New York Central trains. Its all built, track laid, 85% of the plaster is down, trains are running (all 15 blocks are wired and running well) and i have about 75% of my backdrop roughed in...I hope to get another major part done in the next few weeks so i can take one more big step closer in having it finished... Tho its only been inder construction for about a year. (ill take some pics and post them if theres any intrest.)

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I'm working on:3 Conrail and NS GP38/MT6 slug setsPainting a few enginesWorking on the layoutAnd in the future I want to:Scratchbuild an SD45-2Put DCC and SOund in all engines

Conrail rules!!!

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My prroject: cleaning the 10o+ pieces of track I have

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Lets see... My Project : B&O's West End, Circa Late 1970's, just about when Chessie started to come about. Engines... hmm, 4 Chessie System (B&O)GP40-2's (2 powered, 2 lighted dummy's), 1 CSX C44-9W, 1 CSX GP-15. 1 B&0 SDP45, 2 Chessapeak & Ohio U25B's. Oh yeah non-Chessie: 1 NS GP38 Horshead, 1 N&W GP38 High Hood.. 2 Amtrak F40PH's. Complete Acela, and 1 BNSF GP60M and 1 BNSF GP7U. 1 Sou-Pac SD9. Freight: Working on 3 Scratch Built C&O Ribside PS Grain Hoppers, about 8 B&0, WM, CSX, C&O 100 Ton Open Top Hoppers.. 10 Misc. Box Cars (MILW, CNW, UP, BNSF, SFRE, PC, NYC, BN, ATSF) 2 NATX Tankers, 2 Cities & Services Tankers, 1 UP Gondola. Passenger: 6 Car Southern Cresent Limited. 5 Superliners (1 Transition Sleeper, 1 Coach Baggage, 1 Deluxe Sleeper, 1 Dining Car, and 1 Observation). 1 Streamlined Baggage. And... alot of flexi-track. Rember most of this is being built... and i have no place to run most of this... yet

Glenn Davis
www.cyclonetrain.com
CTRailway: Est. Time of Completion: Never

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Project at hand…,The small NHRR yard in Windsor Locks, CT (which no longer exists).
My space is at a premium, so I construct in N scale modules.Have a sparkling day.

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Very nice!, now is that part of a larget mod layout or is that modual the entire thing? either way your off to a fine start!

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LAST EDITED ON Mar-22-04 AT 12:56 PM (EST)

Lookin' good! What kind of roadbed is that?

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Right now Im in the process of patch painting some SP Tunnel motors with UP markings. Also my Rio Grande SD45 project is back on track. Also equipping a lot of my locomotives with dummy couplers instead of Micro-Trains. Layout wise its still track on board. cnw8717

Brock Hansen President/CEO of Illinois Rail Link Inc, subsidiary of The Midwest Regional Railways Corp.
IRL Route is coming along nicely 70% done.

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the roadbed looks like sanded and painted cork to me, but i could be wrong..

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Thanx guys,Phil C…, This is one of three modules. All of which are in similar states of incompletion. This is the north end (mod) of Main Street which runs parallel to the mainline. I keep switching from one mod to another (only one in the truck at a time). They (for the most part) follow Ntrak specs. With the exception of the third mainline (although I’ve allowed space for it at the outside edge of the mod).Xrail…, It’s just ‘over the counter’ cork roadbed, sprayed with gray primer. It’s since been ballasted. That’s about all that’s happened since these pics.

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Looks great either way, id love to see how all 3 line up and look together...

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