This morning I’ll post up some photos of my latest project. I have to laugh at myself because I must have been half asleep when I purchased this car new on eBay. I say that because I wanted and was looking for a C&NW covered hopper to weather up instead of this open hopper….lol. Oh […]

This week’s layout photo shows a view inside Allied Chemical in Nitro, WV at dusk:

This week’s photo shows Alco 9806 with caboose by the yard office in Nitro, WV under threatening skies:

Latest model finished is this Blackstone HOn3 locomotive, part of an ongoing project for a friend and local modeler. This guy was done with grimy black acrylic paint, rust colored paint for the couplers, and Monroe Models soot powder for what else, the soot effect!

This one was a quick little project, updating the weathering on this car by adding a few patched out areas:

This week’s photo shows GP7 5628 switching Dickinson yard:

I just acquired this well detailed Rapido Evans X72 boxcar lettered for Penn Central. This car and my recent P&LE car will be my two “cleanest” cars, in other words very lightly weathered. You have to have a few clean cars on the railroad!

This week’s layout photo shows GP7 5628 and transfer caboose parked by the yard office in Dickinson yard:

Hot off the press is this BN 50’ boxcar, thoroughly weathered with peeling paint, rust, streaks, and hand drawn graffiti. ACI plates added. Just went on eBay:

This blog post I’ll talk about my old standby locomotive, PC #5628. This model was my first locomotive when building my past layout, and is an older Atlas model with a Kato drive. The locomotive was purchased with DCC and sound. Of course this guy was in solid black when purchased from the now closed […]

This week’s photo shows SW1200 #9186 shoving a gondola full of coiled steel into Campbell Manufacturing, a producer of small appliances:

Another boxcar joins the fleet, this one off eBay as well. I thought this car was weathered very nicely. After I received it, I simply weathered the bottom of the car, rusted the brake wheel, and applied lube stencils. It has now joined my fleet!

I’ve just received a great find on eBay with a car I’ve been looking for to run on my module, especially since I model Penn Central. This P&LE car is an Athearn Genesis series car. I’ll weather this one up soon…

Here is the latest car finished, a Walther’s car I believe. Car sides, ends, roof, and underside are all lightly weathered with primarily a dirt colored overspray with some spots of rust here and there. New wheels and Kadee couplers were installed as well. Soon to go on eBay….

I didn’t quite like all the weathering done on the ex-BN covered hopper I previously posted, so I added a bit more! I patched out the Burlington Northern roadname , one side with paint, and one side with patch out decals by Smokebox Graphics.. I then lightly sprayed some rust paint over these to blend […]

My current project involves reworking the weathering on this coil car from Walther’s. Several different mediums were used on this guy, along with lube stencils and ACI panels added. Note the texture on the one rusted hood! I’m now just awaiting the arrival of another Walther’s coil car kit to replace the small panels the […]

This week’s layout photo shows a Penn Central Alco as it brings its train back through Nitro, WV

This project to rework the weathering on this car is now finished and will shortly go back up on my eBay store site. Don’t miss this one! Photos below once again show the car when started and the finished look:

Here’s the latest photo from my past layout, this one shows GP9 7466 and cabin coming off the service track in Sixth Street yard in Charleston, WV

As of this morning, here’s the current status of my latest project. Just need to apply the remaining decals and seal and thus guy will be ready for my eBay store!