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Thanks, Kurt. :-D All of the cars were painted using an airbrush and Floquil paints. For weathering, I use Floquil paints, thinned very severely (up to 90% thinner) applied with an airbrush, or PollyScale paints, also heavily thinned with distilled water, applied as a wash, using a 1/2" brush...

Gus, I've got a couple of those Varney hoppers, too, and while they are shorter than the Athearn ones, they're very close to the Accurail USRA hoppers - almost dead-on. Mine have been re-painted several times (one was originally the covered hopper version) and both are currently "in service" as...

My resignation was exactly for the reason which I stated: crowdgather's rules prohibit Moderators here from moderating on other forums. I chose to help a friend by moderating elsewhere, and until that site is up and running, I am not permitted to elaborate further. I would have preferred to...

As far as I'm concerned, there are no Third Class Steerage passengers on this ship, but if someone thinks that there are, let them know that I'm one of them, and damn proud to be, too! The Members are every bit as important as the Mods in making any forum great. Wayne

You're right: you did get a good price on those Intermountain cars! ;):-D Wayne

Love those covered hoppers, Tom. :thumb: I've been waiting for an opportunity to show you these recently completed cars. The hopper is from Athearn and the covered hopper by Bowser. Both were painted with Floquil and lettered with C-D-S dry transfers. Still to come: another hopper and an...

Thanks, Wayne. I'm planning on using a bunch of Accurail steel boxcars, both single- and double-door, as stand-ins for late '30s CNR and CPR cars, even though the ends and roof (and who knows what else) :p:-D are incorrect. They're "close enough" for my needs. Charlie, most of the "chalk"...

As I've mentioned elsewhere here, I'm attempting to more firmly root my layout in the 1930s, and have sold quite a bit of stuff that's "too modern" for my layout. While there will be more to sell, I'm also re-painting and re-lettering a lot of other cars, mostly to get a more suitable lettering...

I have been invited to act as a moderator on the forum of a friend, so it is with some regrets that I relinquish my Moderator duties here, as crowdgather does not allow their Mods to act in the same capacity elsewhere. I do intend to stay on here as a Member, though, so you've certainly not...

To help with your conversion work, here's a pair of photos of the real 6060, taken in the mid-'70s when she was the regular power on the Wednesday midday run from Toronto to Niagara Falls. The easiest way to build a Canadian-style all-weather cab is to lay out the sides on a sheet of .010"...

A further update on C&O 7207: Pete (sumpter250) was kind enough to send me a PM regarding the paint schemes of C&O boxcars in the 1930s, pointing out that it would most likely have been a brownish shade of boxcar red, with black ends and roof. While making it "browner" would have required a...

Great looking layout, Dan, and nice work on that snow removal equipment. The bridge problem should be easy to solve by following what the prototype would do: it's difficult to tell in the pictures, but it looks like you have a support under the mid-point (roughly) of that truss bridge...

Here are some more hoppers (mainly 'cause my shot of the head-end wasn't very good). :oops::p:-D Ha! Posted at the same time, with a Conrail hopper. :eek: Wayne

Sorry about that. :oops: That's the damper control, I think. :p:-D:-D Wayne

Not really much of a view, but this is B&M Pacific 3713 under restoration: Wayne

Here's one of 2102's sisters, at Steam Town this past October: Hard to believe that she started life as a Consolidation. :eek: Wayne

According to Wacky-pedia, 1960, although I'd guess that it was "early '60s". They made some plastic cars, too, including a stockcar, ore jenny, and a doubledoor round-roof boxcar. I have two of their plastic hoppers and am working on re-lettering a plastic tankcar. I also have one of their...

If you're asking about the Varney car, it came with body-mounted couplers, although not Kadees, and, of course, was a kit. Wayne

PRR K-4s 1361: Wayne

The loco you have is indeed an Athearn Genesis. Athearn (now Horizon Hobbies) seems to have made them and their sister 4-6-2s into orphans, as I don't think they supply any repair parts for them. I believe that they're coming out with a new and improved version of both locos, though they...