Western Railroad Discussion > Weathering for the modeler

Weathering for the modeler!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/20 22:15 by Fiftyfooter.

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you might get  a stream of photos from other members photos 

here is my contribution taken last october november on vacation



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/20 00:00 by bakersfielddave.

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Beautiful stuff.I saw one of those VeraSun Energy hoppers on the LaPlata webcam just last evening.
Regards,Daryl Kay.

From 1952 through the early 80's when I played close attention to railroad cars I don't remember ever seeing a car as rusted as that hopper .  Maybe it was because paint was better back then or maybe railroads took better care of the cars.  I remember seeing plenty that had been repainted.

Scanned this article from an old Life Magazine dated December 4, 1939. Thought it was timely for this thread.

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tomstp Wrote:
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> From 1952 through the early 80's when I played
> close attention to railroad cars I don't remember
> ever seeing a car as rusted as that hopper .
>  Maybe it was because paint was better back then
> or maybe railroads took better care of the cars.
>  I remember seeing plenty that had been
> repainted.

Railroads used to repaint equipment every 5 to 10 years back then.
Now days a 20 year old paint job is pretty common.
 

Here we have consecutive cars in the same train showing different levels of weathering.
First is SHPX 450093 followed by SHPX 450464 on a UP train on the Indiana Harbor Belt in La Grange IL

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Wow! Great thread. I'm always looking for good weathering examples -- especially since I started doing some more modern rolling stock.
Here's a recent effort in N scale.
Thanks for the post.

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