[1905dave]

Have you ever built any out of wood & brass?

No I have been working in plastic and resin mostly. I have refurbished and rebuilt several wood kits (the PS&LE gon with the cross is one) and I have several wood kits to build. The masters for my homemade resin cars are made of wood.

I like that black flat car back there. Interesting lip on it, and those odd trucks certainly look different.

That's not a flat car, its a P&R class GMa low side steel gon. The P&R had thousands of low side (about a foot tall) gons in both steel and wood for the steel mill trade. That one it ktbashed with the shell from an Athearn 50 ft gon on an MDC cast metal underframe.
The trucks are Fox trucks a truck made from pressed and riveted metal plates that was popular with several eastern roads in the 1895-1900 time frame. Since I model 1900-1905, I have numerous models with Fox trucks. Most were retired by the 1920's and 1930's.

 

[BigGRacing]

Added a beautiful Shay and log cars this morning.

 

[awbarlow]

My last 3 HO model railroad additions:

Atlas Master Silver BN GP40 that will soon become a
patched & weathered BNSF 3010:

KCS 4772, a Rivet Counter ES44AC:

ATSF 642, a Rivet Counter Dash 9:

After these 3 additions, I’m done buying for a while. I now have 10 locomotives and no layout!

 

[Old_Hobo]

Very nice units!

 

[BigGRacing]

My last 3 HO model railroad additions:

Atlas Master Silver BN GP40 that will soon become a
patched & weathered BNSF 3010:
View attachment 594426

KCS 4772, a Rivet Counter ES44AC:
View attachment 594427

ATSF 642, a Rivet Counter Dash 9:
View attachment 594425

After these 3 additions, I’m done buying for a while. I now have 10 locomotives and no layout!

After these 3 additions, I’m done buying for a while. I now have 10 locomotives and no layout!

beautiful engines Barlow !

 

[afboundguy]

I purchased an MRC platinum undecorated F7 that I plan to custom paint for a Wabash engine as the PRR leased some...

 

[1905dave]

I am in phase 2 of my PRR coal car project. Phase 1 was two VC&F resin kits for PRR class GD hopper bottom gons and two 3D printed PRR class GB hopper bottom gons. Phase 2 is the remaining two VC&F class GD kits, two Westerfield resin kits for a PRR class GG hopper and rebuilding and detailing aa 1960's-70's era Concord Models wood kit as a PRR class GB car.
Phase 1:

Phase 2:

 

[KG Bird]

This Korea Brass GE U-25C diesel

 

[Chops]

My bud "Crusty" the hogger gifted me this lovely Walther's PC Harriman baggage coach. I have always been amazed at this particular car because here you have this brand new railroad trying to portray itself as the railroad of the future, hiring women, piggy back service, blah, blah, blah, and yet here they are taking a steam era relic and putting a coat of green and the Worms in Love on it. Sort of like if Ford used a Model T to advertise a Pinto.

 

[afboundguy]

Just snagged a DCC RF16 "sharknose" A & B set up for a decent price and basically stole a Paragon2 BLI silver GG1 on ebay... Can't wait to get them delivered!!!

 

[OilValleyRy]

I’m still surprised BLI hasn’t made the BP20 sharks.

 

[Stumpy]

USRA 2-8-8-2.

Proto 2K Heritage Series. Pre-owned, but NIB. Detail is amazing.

(Don't have the tender hooked up since it still needs a decoder.)

The "rope" was detached from the bell. Getting that wire no bigger than a hair re-attached was an exercise in patience.

 

[Mantis]

Nice Christmas present!

 

[Eilif]

I'll snap some pics tomorrow, but I just had a delightful evening adding KDs, leveling trucks and securing weights on a bunch of recent purchases. All boxcars and hoppers for various Chicago area lines. I may upgrade wheels and add more precise weights, but at this point they're ready to add to the roster and take to the club for test runs.

 

[Eilif]

Here they are. All acquired sometime this year, but each needed a little something that I finally attended to yesterday. Got another 5 cars in my lap now.

 

[BigGRacing]

No engines but a DCC controller and more switches that I wanted.

 

[Dennis461]

A steam locomotive I used to have as a kid, and two 36' flat cars.
Now to find a tiny decoder and speaker to fit in the Mantua 0-4-0 (test run was great on DC).

 

[Mantis]

THIS is what I've added to my layout this week.

 

[afboundguy]

WATER!!! Well at least I'm trying lol

 

[Chops]

I believe this is HO, not OO. Hornby made another masterpiece. Runs as nicely as she looks. 1840 Lion. Impatiently waiting for a number of Victorian figurines to populate the second class wagons.