Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

[TMo]

I've been playing around with "gray water" - trying to find a color combination that looks "good" in the clarifiers of my sewage treatment plant.  The glue-impregnated coffee grounds accepted acrylic paints quite well, just a matter of squirting some paint around in there and spreading it out.  I am ASSUMING that the Realistic Water will also sit on top when I get the color right.

In the meantime, I took my fleet of D&H locos off the rails in preparation of detailing.  I do have plenty of grab irons leftover, so I'm gonna start with them once I get the shells off.


   

All three have been in my fleet a long time - I guess back to around 2007 when I found out that during the first years of Conrail, that the D&H had run-through rights in the gorge.  I belieive I picked up the Atlas RS-36's first.  Got the boxes out and each one had "$59.99" on them.  They were DCC ready and have been steady runners for me.  I love the long low hoods - almost an alligator look without 6 axles.  The C628 was an undecorated version from Stewart that I picked up for a decent price on evil bay - I painted and decaled it but never put the handrails on it.  Back in '76, the C628's would be getting ready to be sold, but these beasts are one of my favorites, so they're still running freight (even hot-shot Apollo and Mercury trains).  Amazing to see how dust has accumulated in the crevices.  They'll all need some attention prior to weathering.

I'm going to use the Bowyer method for drilling out the multitude of holes - "chuck" the pin vise in my battery operated drill...  genius!