Here is this week’s photo from the original NYC/PC Hitop branch layout:

A few examples of my rusty work:

Here in photos is the current progress on the latest project of six cars, showing the trucks, undersides of the cars plus roof of one reefer requested to be heavily weathered. More photos when finished!

Here is the current commission work I’m doing for a modeler, 4 refrigerator cars and two covered hoppers. More photos as work is completed:

For all of the newcomers, here are some views of my den which is now basically my man cave with my layout on one side and all of my work area on the other side. Of course you have to have a flat screen TV in there as well to watch rail cams or train […]

I found stored away in an old train box a car I had forgotten about, this Accurail 50′ ft ex-PRR boxcar patched for PC and weathered. It now rejoins the fleet and was spotted today on the team track:

Just added this evening is the tiled gallery in the bottom right corner of the site showing quite a bit of my work over the past several years. Check it out and hope you enjoy!

Oh well, after working up the other website theme I just didn’t like some of the features, especially not being able to show many posts and especially older posts, so here we go with the new final product! Hope you all enjoy, be sure to subscribe to get all the latest from both my weathering […]

I’m adding more and more to the layout page. So be sure to keep checking it out!

I still have a tiny bit of work to do to get the new website up to speed for everyone. I hope to add an actual events calendar soon to replace the current placeholder. One item here, to look for older posts from the old website simply type “older” in the search box!

I’m always looking for commission work from modelers. I enjoy the art of weathering trains since about 2009. Not only does it help support my wife and I with being retired, it also keeps me off the streets and out of trouble as they used to say! If interested in having that special model just […]

Please be sure to check out the layout page at the link at the top of the website for all the news about my Penn Central in Cincinnati layout! There you’ll find recaps of my operating sessions plus any new additions to the layout…..

Big news for me, as for family commitments I had to skip the 2025 event, but I plan to attend the Colorado RPM for 2026 as a vendor showcasing my weathering and of course seeking commission work. More details to come, but for now, here’s the link to this year’s event! https://corpm.org/

Here are examples of more of my work!

This car is another project recently completed, this Athearn 50′ ft Evergreen boxcar purchased off eBay. Prototype car is shown what I tried to replicate along with what the car looked like out of the box plus photos of work along the way winding up with the finished product. Multiple mediums were used on the […]

This is actually a most recent piece of commission work for a modeler in Arkansas, this Athearn Frisco SW1500. This guy was done with acrylic paints, wash, pigments, and actual soot on the exhaust stacks:

I’ve finished this car I posted on earlier and will be on eBay on Friday. The other side of the car I’ve left fairly clean I guess you’d say ( not as grimy as the other side of the prototype) , but of course still faded. The reweigh decal says BK for Brewster, Ohio which […]

I’ve started on the next project for eBay, this Moloco 50’ Wabash insulated boxcar. I’m trying to replicate the prototype photo shown. So far I think it’s a fairly good representation. More photos when the car is finished:

Here is the current project I’m working on instead of the BAR boxcar posted previously. I had a short break in between commission work, so decided to whip this guy out pretty quick. This is one of the Tangent X58 boxcars that are now pretty scarce, especially this PRR scheme. Here’s current progress:

The Tangent PRR car is now finished and in service on the layout! This guy was completed with four colors of acrylic paint, Pan pastels, two colors of pigments and Vallejo rust texture. Photos below of the finished product: