Model Train Journal

Happy Friday -

I promised photos & I deliver



























NS SD70ACe 1171 is leading a westbound manifest as it passes one of the many farms that dot the landscape along the Reading Line in Topton, PA.


NS Dash-9 9965 & a UP SD70ACe lead southbound 213 through Paw Creek in Charlotte, NC on the Piedmont Division.


Rutherford - Morrisville 24K, with SD70ACe 1164 on the point crawls through Hummelstown,PA on a very chilly February morning. Unbeknownst to the crew is that just 2 miles ahead, they will strike a female trespasser around MP 101.5. Reports were that she survived.


NS Dash-8 8450 (ex CR 757) pops out of Montgomery Tunnel as it leads 201 on the Christiansburg District.


As the sun begins to drop behind the mountains, NS SD70M-2 2711 struggles up the grade at Switchback, WV with eastbound 188

How do you get into the control area. Is that a crawl under or maybe the section lifts out ?

you duck under. Doesn't bother me. Kids can just walk under (for now anyway)

You accomplished the early postwar look. Looks like some of the plans from my Model Builders Handbook that I lusted after in the late 40s. Now you need a few prewar trains to go with this.

Here is a link for you to all the model builder magazines from 1937 through 1949. They are in PDF format so you can download them to have.

Model Builder Magazine Archive
https://trainlife.com/pages/model-build ... ne-archive

HONDO74 wrote:You accomplished the early postwar look. Looks like some of the plans from my Model Builders Handbook that I lusted after in the late 40s. Now you need a few prewar trains to go with this.

Here is a link for you to all the model builder magazines from 1937 through 1949. They are in PDF format so you can download them to have.

Model Builder Magazine Archive
https://trainlife.com/pages/model-build ... ne-archive

I used 2 old track plans from the late 40s ( may have been published in MB) as the inspiration for this. I am VERY tempted to get some prewar gear, but that's a slippery slope! I keep resisting but I know I'll wind up with some down the road. I'm going to check out those MBs

christopher2035 wrote:

HONDO74 wrote:You accomplished the early postwar look. Looks like some of the plans from my Model Builders Handbook that I lusted after in the late 40s. Now you need a few prewar trains to go with this.

Here is a link for you to all the model builder magazines from 1937 through 1949. They are in PDF format so you can download them to have.

Model Builder Magazine Archive
https://trainlife.com/pages/model-build ... ne-archive

I used 2 old track plans from the late 40s ( may have been published in MB) as the inspiration for this. I am VERY tempted to get some prewar gear, but that's a slippery slope! I keep resisting but I know I'll wind up with some down the road. I'm going to check out those MBs

I love prewar and early postwar. That is my favorite. And yes getting into prewar is a slippery slope. There is something about metal vs plastic that is attractive to me. I like American Flyer accessories as well as I do Lionel.

My mistake on the Model Builder Magazine Archive. You can look at them but not actually download them. They had this differently a few year ago when I first got them.

christopher2035 wrote:I am VERY tempted to get some prewar gear, but that's a slippery slope! I keep resisting but I know I'll wind up with some down the road. I'm going to check out those MBs

Gotta go for it, Christopher...the stuff rocks!



There's a lot of operator-grade gear out there, and the prices are falling.

Healey

stop tempting me w/ the pics!!