01-26-2025, 10:30 PM
We had a rail line through my part of the country that was abandonned starting in the late 50's until the late 80's. It's now a hiking/biking trail. Google 'Kettle Valley Railway' to see more.
I decaled the doodlebug today:
The decals came from Black Cat. They are PGE passenger car decals but give you the lettering that you would need for the doodlebug as well except:
The front tuscan numbers. I had an old CDS dry transfer set that had them so I was able to complete the lettering. I sprayed the car down with Vallejo matt clear and it's ready to be reassembled. I can't reassemble the entire car though. The front truck is at the owner's place and so I have to leave the roof off so he can snap that back in without the hassle of removing the roof again.
I did start on the other two PGE engines though:
A bachmann 70 tonner
And a Kato RSC-2
Both will be repainted in the Orange/Yellow PGE scheme, plus adding the details onto the RSC-3.
PGE had several 70 tonner engines. They were some of the first diesels that they aquired and they usually ran them in pairs.
On the other hand PGE didn't own any RSC-2's but they did own RSC-3's. They were intially bought during their construction period for their ability to handle light rail, due to the A-1-a trucks. After construction was done they were re-trucked into RS-3's using B-B trucks.
I decaled the doodlebug today:
The decals came from Black Cat. They are PGE passenger car decals but give you the lettering that you would need for the doodlebug as well except:
The front tuscan numbers. I had an old CDS dry transfer set that had them so I was able to complete the lettering. I sprayed the car down with Vallejo matt clear and it's ready to be reassembled. I can't reassemble the entire car though. The front truck is at the owner's place and so I have to leave the roof off so he can snap that back in without the hassle of removing the roof again.
I did start on the other two PGE engines though:
A bachmann 70 tonner
And a Kato RSC-2
Both will be repainted in the Orange/Yellow PGE scheme, plus adding the details onto the RSC-3.
PGE had several 70 tonner engines. They were some of the first diesels that they aquired and they usually ran them in pairs.
On the other hand PGE didn't own any RSC-2's but they did own RSC-3's. They were intially bought during their construction period for their ability to handle light rail, due to the A-1-a trucks. After construction was done they were re-trucked into RS-3's using B-B trucks.