A new visitor...

[doctorwayne]

...to Lowbanks rolled out of the carshop today, and a local railfan was there to capture the moment as Mogul 34 provided the power.
Acting on a tip from an insider, our intrepid cameraman arrived just as the 34 was pulling up to the shop doors:



It took a few minutes to charge the brake system...



...then the newcomer was drawn from the darkness of the shops and into the sunlight:





The 34's crew paused to allow an unofficial portrait...



...then hustled away, pushing their charge out towards the main:



As the short train backed along the passing main, the "Bee" waited patiently on the station main:



Clattering over the crossover, it became apparent that the new car was to be added onto the Bee's rear coupler:



Within minutes, airhoses were connected and the 34 was cut off...



...and within seconds, the Bee began her eastward flight:



Our photographer later learned that the ex-Pennsy RPO had been in the shops for some minor modifications and, of course, the re-paint into EG&E colours. It was travelling locked and not in-service, for delivery to postal officials at the Grand Valley's West Dunn Yard. After inspection and acceptance, it would be transferred to owner EG&E to be put into service.

The model is from an undecorated Walthers kit, part of their "Broadway Limited" train. I modified the distinctive Pennsy-style porthole windows in the doors into rectangular ones, and replaced the cast-on plastic steps with homemade metal ones. Everything else on the car is from the kit, with paint from Accupaint and Floquil and C-D-S dry transfer lettering.




Wayne