Yay! SWSat is on track!
Happy Anniversary @jhz563!
We are off to a great start this week. I always enjoy the in plant shots @jhz563. Very cool to see some live steam switchers and German prototype very cool @Fendermain. Neat little electric switcher @FRENCHTRAINS. Nice D&H RS11 @RSJB18.
Here is a SW on a hold over waiting for assignment. I found it in Thenderna, NY this summer it works for Adirondack Scenic.
Here are some process project shots of a 1870’s era New York Elevated Railway train I started scratch building this spring in lockdown. I paused for a few months but I think I’ll get going again on it. I just purchased a stereogram that shows a new angle that will help me refine it.
This stereogram I own and it is far older than any possibly enforceable copyright. So put on your 19th century 3D glasses.
The engines were 0-4-0ST Steam Dummies. The car is a shadbelly. The low Center was to reassure skeptical and hesitant riders that the cars were stable and not top heavy. I guess if the car fell at least you would not fall as far. The car pictured is my still unfinished Mark 1. I based it on the one drawing I could find. Once I made it I compared it to photos of the cars and realized it was missing two windows a side. Oops. When I used to work in theater props we had a term “Built As Drawn” or “B.A.D.”.
I am now making new Mark 2 versions of the cars as they were actually built.
Have a great weekend. Stay safe out there. I can’t wait to see what you guys post.
