Model Railroading > New paint on the Pelham Terminal

Never was a big fan of the original paint scheme for my layout, so this past week it was redesigned and put right to work. 

1 - PTR 1500 crossing New Lots Ave. with empty boxcars for Atlantic Waste. 
2-  Heading down New Lots now, and servicing MVP Warehousing.  

1500 recieved a Loksound 4.0 decoder, TCS KA1 Keep Alive and LED lighting.  Still waiting for parts for the Stratolite.  

3 - Leased MP15DC heading back to the yard down Nostrand Ave. after dropping cars for Conrail. 
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/04/16 19:19 by sixaxlecentury.

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4 - Newly rebuilt SW1 7339 sitting on the float bridge lead with the reacher car.  7339 also got a Loksound 4.0, TCS KA1 Keep Alive, reworked LED lighting and a working strobe.  I never want to do that again!  

5 - Hack 123 after its paint job.  Running on the streets every day is giving that new paint a test however. 

6 - RS1 7434 and SW1000 1000, sitting at the shop after being painted for the first time.  These are now in the shop for overhauls and repaints now.  

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Great looking engines you have.  That second paint scheme definitely looks more practical with black below the frame instead of bright red.  Great work!

Tehachapi-TJ Over & Out



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/04/16 19:32 by tehachapi-dave.

Great work-nice locos!

Mike Bannon
St Catharines, ON

Nice pics.  How did you remove the journal covers on the caboose trucks in photo #4?

Neat Pics!

I too could use 5 or 6 pairs of the old 'replaced bearing' sideframes, as Conrail used those on many of their MOW gons, flats, and hoppers.  Are these commercially made?

~RGDave

A few companies make/made them. 

The nicest looking ones by far are the Rapido ones. 
http://rapidotrains.com/ho-scale-freight-car-trucks/#barb3

Roundhouse made them, called "Convertable Bettendorf Trucks", which is what these are.  They also came with the journal box covers as seperate pieces. 

Eastern Car Works made them, but they are junk. 

And, a canadian company also made them recently, although I dont recall who. They were mounted on a blue blisterpack, and also had the seperate box covers like the Roundhouse ones (Same mold maybe?).

Thanks for the comments.

Pelham (Terminal) 123?  Nice. :-)

TT Wrote:
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> Pelham (Terminal) 123?  Nice. :-)


And if you know the original well enough...there is two more spoofs..

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Looking for an NYPD cruiser with a Walter Matthau figure in it somewhere in those pics, but not finding it.

I grew up in Pelham Manor through my sophomore year in high school, so I look at every thread you post about this layout. Keep 'em coming.