Model Railroading > What are you building right now?

After getting out of the hobby several years ago, i decided to start tinkering with some locomotives again.  Might as well jump in the shallow end head first.  

I decided to start off with a Southern Pacific DD35, a Utah Railway MK50-3 and next up is a Galveston Wharves SW1001.

So, what is taking up space on your workbench?

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He's baaaaack.  Jumping back in with both feet!  Nice projects both!

Cheers, Jim Fitch

Great place to start wish that I could see well enough to do that again but will leave it to those who can and enjoy there workmanship. Good luck with it.

On my workbench, 7-1/4 inch gauge Huskie, two axles, 24 volt, chain drive  Ought to be on the rail really soon.  Doug



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/16 06:56 by hoggerdoug.

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Cotton Belt GP7 in 1.5" scale, 7.5" gauge track.

You can see the long hood in the back of the photo.

The real 304, Cotton Belt's only GP7, was delivered in Daylight paint as it was
build for passenger service.  It later wore the black widow for a short time, then 
was issue a bloody nose uniform.

The black widow it wore was not quite like this one (used by SP and SSW's GP9's).
The 304 had the orange wings narrower lower on the hood and a silver wave across the nose.
I like this version better, so that is how I am painting it..  
 

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An SD9 in 1:22.6 scale, 2-1/2" gauge ...

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trainworm Wrote:
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> I decided to start off with a Southern Pacific
> DD35, a Utah Railway MK50-3 and next up is a
> Galveston Wharves SW1001.

Where did you get the cab for the MK50-3?

Some nice projects coming along there.What is the heritage of the DD35.
Love the big outside stuff.
Regards,DK

How are you going to go abut building those Galveston Wharves SW1001's??

​I am need of at least two myself!

​Thanks,
Scott

runningextra Wrote:
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> How are you going to go abut building those
> Galveston Wharves SW1001's??
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> ​I am need of at least two myself!
>
> ​Thanks,
> Scott

I still haven't quite figured that out.  I have an athearn SW1000 and a P2k sw1200 and a sharp knife and lots of glue.  Hopefully i can make something work.  

Just finished two open excursion cars.

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

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Very impressive work. I'm working on the layout mainly. I built a lot of turnouts before the building was finished and now with a lot of help form my roundrobin group I'm laying track and starting scenery. This will be the California Westerrn Railroad, Fort Bragg to Willits and an interchange with the NWP. There are more photos on <www.pbase.com/campgus&gt;
Picture 1 - Basic scenery at the tunnel portal, line in front is the connector track for the first level.
Picture 2 - SP engine coming off the 10 mile Branch towards the main line at Ranch.
Picture 3 - CWR #55's headlight reflects off the tunnel walls. I used crinkled and painted aliminum foil as the liner.
Gus
 

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I like these excursion cars a lot, a while ago I searched u tub for a BO articulated steam engine and there was a video of it with people in gondolas railfanning, your guest are seated but on the B&O they were standing, wish I saved a link but didn't

Ed Stewart
Jacksonville, FL