Railworks America

A section to post about new stuff you just got that you MUST show off, and to post progress of you model railroads layout!

(i will be posting some pictures tomorrow of my 2 new locos btw, a 8-40BW, and a MLW Alco C-630M)

Don't have a layout (no room), but I belong to a model RR club. Here's a small sample of my stuff:

SD45 w/ elephant ears:


Open Autoracks built by a friend. He writes columns for a certain model railroad magazine every now and then:


Attempted "artistic" shot of my D&RGW SD40T-2: The Chessie and Conrail units behind the tunnel motor are also mine.


An early attempt at weathering. I've gotten alot better (I'll post some of that later on):


Weathered 89 foot Autobox:


Inspired by this photo. Best I could do without an airbrush.

The rest of my stock include over 100 freight cars. SP SD45T-2, SD45, and Dash 9. Chessie GP30, Conrail SD40-2 (x2), and C40-8. DRGW SD40T-2, and GP40. UP AC4400CW. PRR K-4. ATSF 4-8-4.

All my HO scale model trains were stolen from my locker room years ago.
I had lots of equipment, including some that my father bought when he was young, like a metal boxcar and an early Athearn F7, with rubber-band transmission. Also a SNCF passenger train a friend brought back from France.
I was a member of the Quebec Model Railway club, which used to be on the second floor of the Levis passenger station, which was awesome. Every night we would go down when the Via train stopped, and I saw the last Via F9.

ok here are my newest purchases (that i could get pictures of, but i also did buy a SD40-2W that has yet to come in, and i had also bought SD70M-2, F45, and a BUNCH of rolling stock [20 top of the line cars to be exact] but these are not here at the moment)

I have a varied collection of N, HO, and O scale stuff. No layout yet, just set up that E-Z track stuff in between basement floods. Have a bunch of O scale Lionel stuff that comes out around X-Mas time, so I'll post those when I get em out. I have a UP SD90MAC or something like it, an N&W GP-something or other and a Wabash 4-6-4. And Chacal, sorry to hear about that. People can be awful. :(
Anyways, here are my current, clean, handrailed HO locos.

CP AC4400 8533 and CP MP15AC 1445


WSOR SD40-2 4053 and WC SD45 6574


WSOR 4053


WC 6574

All you people with your fancy locomotives and cars, I have 1 locomotive, 4 niceish cars, including a used ExactRail one I nabbed for $7 at a train show. Then again, I'm running on my $13 a week allowance, much going into RW DLC. I'll show some progress soon.

at the last train show i got a set of CN bathtub coal gondolas, 3 set of Proccor large tank cars, CN SD70-M, BNSF 50ft boxcar, and 3 Hy-Cube CN boxcars. they are back in manitoba right now, but i will bring them back out here and take some pictures in january.

my operational loco roster:

1 CN SD75I; Athern Genesis
1 CN SD45T-2; Athern RTR
1 CN SD40-2W (shipping from PWRS Warehouse soon); Intermountain
1 BN F45; Athern Genesis
1 BN GP50; Athern RTR
1 CN F9; Bachmann, came in a set so it is not very good
1 CN SD70-M; MTH

and the pride and joy of my collection: 1 BRASS CN GMD-1 in CN 1954 scheme

Rolling stock:

6 BNSF RD-4 coal hoppers; Walthers
6 CN Bathtub coal gondolas; Walthers
3 Proccor tank cars; Athern
3 CN Hy-Cube boxcars; Walthers
1 BNSF 50ft boxcar; Athern
1 CP 3 car container car; Walthers (car is cast iron)
2 Hy-Cube CNA boxcars; walthers (these cars are all blue?)
1 50ft Rbox boxcar; Athern
1 CN 250 tonne crane and tender; Athern
6 unmarked coal hoppers
and a number of cheap boxcars that i am willing to get rid of for the right price.........

Most of our stuff has been sold off. We kept our favorite power, buying old power and rebuilding them to working condition.. It mostly just sits though since the platform was taken down and disposed of 15+ years ago.

Some of the stuff.. Rest is packed away in boxes. (the nice stuff)









Yes.. It's dusty. :) 115 year old house.. It collects dust like a hobby.

I don't have a layout (and the batteries in the camera are dead) but here's a few pics:
some O scale Lionel:



The LGB stuff is bigger than the O scale:



I have a bunch more boxes. Rolling stock including some MoW. A few buildings, none of this stuff was ever even assembled. The buildings are like new, all in the LMB scale size.

styckx wrote:Most of our stuff has been sold off. We kept our favorite power, buying old power and rebuilding them to working condition.. It mostly just sits though since the platform was taken down and disposed of 15+ years ago.

Some of the stuff.. Rest is packed away in boxes. (the nice stuff)









Yes.. It's dusty. :) 115 year old house.. It collects dust like a hobby.

You care to sell any of that?

RTR doesn't stand for "Ready to Run" anymore. Lately it's been "Ready to Repair."

Dont let the young ones play with them then.

Some more freight cars:



The flash whites out some of the weathering.

mmm, Conrail! Care to share with us how you do that weathering?

I use these main things. I don't have an airbrush so it's a simple list:

- A.I.M Weathering Powders: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/110-3100

- Floquil Enamel Paint Marker (for the wheels and axles): http://www.testors.com/product/141256/F ... Marker_Set

- Liquitex Acrylic BASICS: http://www.liquitex.com/basicsvaluecolor/

- Testors Dull Coat to seal everything. Or if you are like me and don't want to spend $5.00 for a little can that lasts only 4-5 cars. Use Krylon Crystal Clear Matte: http://www.krylon.com/products/matte_finish/

Foam Make-Up Wedges are great for getting good texture results and blending: http://skincareultra.com/foam-makeup-wedges-p-134.html

I start by looking at prototype photos for interesting weathering features. http://www.railcarphotos.com is the best source hands down. Then I go from there. Fading the car with the wash (2-3 coats depending), then add the stark rust spots and whatnot with paint. Then going over with the powders. For a more general rust coat I just brush powders all over the car. The wheel and axles are done with the paint markers. It's all about practice and patients. Start with cheap cars to get started and practice on, don't want to start on a $50 Walthers Premier Line car or Athearn Genesis.

My friend uses make-up itself to do basic weathering. Buying the cheap stuff will save from buying the expensive "real" weathering things.