Weekly Photo Fun 8/15 8/22 2014

[cn nutbar]

Mikadoes were the most common type of steam locomotives used in freight service on the Leetown Division.Here we see S1D #3377 on the outbound roundhouse lead ready for her next assignment.

[Sumpter250]

Sag Harbor Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Mikado #4
   

[nachoman]

S-250 - Those MDC HOn3 2-8-0s were fun to build and kitbash. I wish I had yet another HOn3 chassis to tinker around with (although I don't need any more unfinished projects ). I wish MDC still made those. The prices on Ebay for those kits are starting to get up there.

[Sumpter250]

S-250 - Those MDC HOn3 2-8-0s were fun to build and kitbash.

Yeah, they definitely were..... I cut down two of the mechanisms to make the outside frame 2-6-6-2, that's still "under construction".

[faraway]

Got my first Bachmann toy with a Tsunami value sound decoder.

[Ralph]

Nice! I've been pondering getting a B&M Geep for pooled power with my Penn Central locos.

[e-paw]

Hey Ralph...How about an B&M F-7b. This ones still around, she used to look like this>>> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=876091">http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=876091</a><!-- m -->

Then she got painted up and back dated to an F-3b to look like this>>>>> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2612903">http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2612903</a><!-- m -->

Then this happened>>>>    

Now she looks like this>>>    

whacha thimk???

[eightyeightfan1]

Look at the pen my girlfriend gave me!
By the way.....She does hourly payroll for the W&W.

[Ralph]

Hey Ralph...How about an B&M F-7b. This ones still around, she used to look like this>>> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=876091">http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=876091</a><!-- m -->

Then she got painted up and back dated to an F-3b to look like this>>>>> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2612903">http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2612903</a><!-- m -->

Then this happened>>>>[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]

Now she looks like this>>>[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]

whacha thimk???

I think you all did a great job on that b unit! The first pic certainly looks like the sort of thing you might find behind a PC unit coming off the B&M connection though!

[e-paw]

The first pic certainly looks like the sort of thing you might find behind a PC unit coming off the B&M connection though!

That sir, is why I suggested it..

What was odd is that after we sand blasted some of the side panels, you could still see traces of the strips. It was as if the paint they used had worked it's way into the metal and stained it.

[faraway]

Can you hear the bell ringing?

Need to do MU hoses soon.

[kamerad47]

I' m glad you finally can!!!!!!

[faraway]

I' m glad you finally can!!!!!!

Yes we can!
Had a visit from the postman again. It's going to be a noisy weekend...

The sound volume needs to be 50% up for the RS3 compared to the GP7 to compensate the extreme tiny speaker. Bachmann did not use the cast chassis as baffle as done with the GP7 but glued a tiny speaker in the plastic tank housing.