Kato Noch VT18.16

This is what I do when snowed in for the weekend in Wisconsin.  I set up my Kato oval and run Kato Noch's VT18.16.  A model of the DR's TEE train.

Forest Park Illinois SOO Line Depot

A picture via a friend of the SOO Line Depot in Forest Park, Illinois.  I believe the B&O's Chicago Terminal Transfer RR owned the structure.  Their tracks ended just north of this picture at Madison Street and the SOO Line began just north of there.  I remember this station from passing it on trips to Hines Lumber across the street.  It was stucco building.  Unusual for a station in Chicago although common for homes in the area.  I grew up in one.

ScaleTrains.com Award Presentation and Trainfest Booth Overview

B&OCT's Homan Ave Yard

Industrial History blog has a nice post on the B&OCT's Homan Ave Yard. One of those once busy now forgotten parts of Chicago's Industrial History. This is on the B&OCT's Altenheim Sub which has long been a favorite of mine.

Proses Multiple Gauge Rotating Locomotive Cradle

This looked pretty useful... I'd be such a great modeler if I had all the cool tools!

China launches direct rail, sea freight service between Kunming and Karachi

Credit of #Kunming to #Karachi
Rail and sea links is in the bucket of Raheel Sharif :) #CPEC pic.twitter.com/kADVGNTOmG

— Nomy Sahir (@Nomysahir) December 1, 2016

Brass Expo 2016 - Chicago, Illinois

James takes us through Brass Expo 2016. I should have gone but Door County called me this weekend. Thanks to JIWII2000 I still got to see it.

Accurail's new C&NW 1200 series wood reefers

Just bought a pair of these at B&G Trainworld and they're some of the best paint jobs I've seen from Accurail. I've got another pair on order with Lombard Hobbies.  I've seen photo's of C&NW wood reefers with Yellow and Green sides, and the older ones with Grey sides but I had never seen a solid yellow side before on a wood reefer.

So I wrote Accurail and Eric Cote responded,

The photo of that paint scheme came from the book The Great Yellow
Fleet by John White.  It's on page 83 and it even has a caption that
specifically points out the colors. 

That's the only photo I was ever able to find.  All the others are in
the green bottom/yellow top like you mentioned, or the older light gray ones.

And here's a picture from Accurail, 

A nice addition to my C&NW freight car roster

Horizon Hobby specifies MAP for selected Athearn products - Model Retailer Magazine

Horizon Hobby specifies MAP for selected Athearn products - Model Retailer Magazine



I'm curious what's the justification for this kind of Business Model.  It doesn't seem to serve the modelers very well in a hobby that's already pricing many of us out of it.

بوستر أعلاني عن سكك حديد العراق A poster as ad on Iraqi Railway Network

بوستر أعلاني عن سكك حديد العراق
A poster as ad on Iraqi Railway Network #نخلة_من_بلادي #IRAQesque pic.twitter.com/z8wKgddXnf

— Baghdad Dar Al Salam (@baghdad_salam) July 23, 2016

Review: Bachmann GG1 with Sound Value (SoundTraxx) HO Scale

How To Clean HO Scale Train Trucks 5-1-11 Podcast

Rolling the Freight on the Chicago & North Western System - American Rai...

C&NW Weber branch Sept 1989

C&NW Weber branch Sept 1989

Schalchia shops, Iraq, March of 2008

Schalchia shops, Iraq, March of 2008.. a great place if you were into heavy Ukrainian Lugansk Diesl Works locomotives and a Bryansk Russian TEM. A friend took these... I was back in the IZ at my desk.

ScaleTrains.com's Big Blow Turbines

Lombard Hobbies is Chicagoland's exclusive distributer for Scale Trains and Jeff the owner is saying there's only a short time left to get your reservation in for the new UP GTEL Turbine.

This is going to be a fantastic model. Don't wait.

Plano Products Roof Walks added to an Accurail Hopper - part 1

Last weekend I started adding Plano Product's Roof Walks to one of my Accurail Hoppers.  The plastic is soft and I didn't find removing the original walk much of a problem  Plano provides a template for drilling holes for new supports.  

Here's how things look after adding the new supports from Plano.

Next I shaped the new walk and used canopy glue to add the new walk.  I used an old door stop as weight.

Haven't made up my mind yet on replacing the ladders.  I'm thinking of just using some black paint to make them look a little thinner.  Otherwise it's drilling a bunch of holes.

TEM1 / TE10M CCCP HO russian model ( scale:1/87) Русский тепловоз

REE Modeles Product Review New HO French PLM Class 231 Pacific

My wife wouldn't be keen on the smoke in the house but it's otherwise a perfect model and on my wish list.

 ....and more on REE Coaches also available at Reynaud's.

 

Nearly realistic model train layout from France

Pretty impressive...what else can I say.  Go watch