Just finished up these Bessemer and Lake Erie F units. All have had their pilots fixed, Kadee couplers installed, and weathered. The middle unit is a custom paint job. The decals gave me fits and I'm not happy with them so it's probably going back to the bench for a re-do, but for now I'm happy watching it run around the layout.
To me, nothing says "model railroading" more than the iconic Atlas switch tower (okay, the aroma of airbrushing Floquil ranks right up there too!). I've built about a dozen of these things over my modeling lifetime, this being my first in O scale. Since my railroad represents a small branch line and probably wouldn't need an interlocking switch tower I chose to model it in a "mothballed" state.
Joe Shipbaugh
