I took this series of pics to display some new equipment painted up in the home road colors and decaled with some custom decals done by the Shawmut Car Shops. Tomustang had a big part in this, as he provided the layout and artwork for the decals.

Looks like I got here just in time to catch the tail end of a CNJ coal train heading east with an 80 car train of black diamonds on the SH&D main. Off in the background the LNE switches the Hercules cement plant, and the Anna sets out a cut of empties on a spur in Bath. First the hack is cut off and the train is pulled past the switch.[attachment=20478]

As they back up the first car up is an all metal gon done for the PB&NE ( the private switching road at the Bethlehem steel plant). This is not based on any prototype I had the decals and the car and thought they looked good together. I don't know the manufacture of this car, any help with that would be nice. [attachment=20477]


Next in is a set of 50 ton hoppers. The LS&W car in the background is also the work of Tomustang and Doctorwayne. [attachment=20475]


After that we have three cement cars , one in ARR reporting marks.[attachment=20474]

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After that, a double door box car from a converted troop carrier. This car was purchased by the Anna Lines after a wreck and converted at the shops in Bergen Point.[attachment=24110]


Looks like our power for today is one of the 2-10-0 camels normally used as a heavy switcher. [attachment=24109]


With the head end brakeman in the left seat, the decapod knuckles up the the hack as the CNJ caboose passes by, and the LNE RS-2's come into view. She will dead head back to the Allentown (AT) yard for its assignment.[attachment=20479]

Beautiful Steve. Where do you find the time to work on the 1 to 1 scale and still do this remarkable and highly detailed work on your layout.
Charlie

I enjoyed that! Nice weathering, by the way!

Very nice, Steve.

Your PB&NE gondola is a Roundhouse car from Model Die Casting:



Wayne

Thanks Doc. I was wondering what make it was. There is no stamping on the model to ID it from.

Very nice modeled, great weathering! Good looking models!