Tail End Tuesday

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Sent Ron045 an unlettered MTH caboose, and “presto” this is what I received back, painstakingly decaled. Thanks, again, Ron

Might have been one of the most challenging jobs for me.  I used O, S, and HO decals on that model since the decal package was meant for a larger caboose.  I'm very pleased that you like it.

@trumptrain posted:

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday!  

A tender rear!

A Caddy rear!

I like that '52 Eldorado Patrick! I hope she's not needin' that tow truck!

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Great scene Scott.   Nicely done.   Good looking figures too.

@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

TET, K-Line Empire State Express

I love those K-Line cars, I wish I had bought them when they came out.

Have a good Tail end all! Great Lakes Express from 1990

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday!!

@Bill Swatos posted:

I like that '52 Eldorado Patrick! I hope she's not needin' that tow truck!

Thanks Bill!  Yep the o'l Caddy needs the tow truck ... illegally parked!  LOL !

For "Tail End Tuesday" a Weaver B&M Consolidation in helper service on the rear of a long freight on the NY&NE Railroad.  Jack

@Sitka posted:

Have a good Tail end all! Great Lakes Express from 1990

Like the passenger cars Mark.     Good looking color.

@trumptrain posted:

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday!!

Two good looking vehicles Patrick.   I don't often see the sanitation and oil tanker pieces. 

@JSmith posted:

For "Tail End Tuesday" a Weaver B&M Consolidation in helper service on the rear of a long freight on the NY&NE Railroad.  Jack

Nice looking scene JS.

When you add Attachments do you insert the photo or video in the body of the post ( large size ) ?

Here's a rear from the Twin Bridges area yard . 

Ps3 RK SW1 getting orders for the day.    Happy TET all.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Here's a rear from the Twin Bridges area yard . 

Ps3 RK SW1 getting orders for the day.    Happy TET all.

Sharp looking Dallas! HAGD

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Nice looking scene JS.

When you add Attachments do you insert the photo or video in the body of the post ( large size ) ?

Thanks,

Yes, I do.  I guess that is the correct procedure.

Jack

New Haven northeastern caboose C-649 is an MTH Railking-scale model (30-7013F) issued in 2000. It is not prototypical for the New Haven Railroad. At right, across from the caboose in the first photo, is the tail-end of New Haven boat-tailed observation car "Bunker Hill," from an MTH Premier set.

MELGAR

Well Happy T.E.T. everyone.  Today I am showing a very short NYC transfer freight train, just one box car, the NYC GE 70 ton Switcher in grey and of course the NYC caboose.  This is the #18326 Tuscan NYC 8-wheel caboose with plastic knuckle couplers,  available from 1956 - 1974.   Its riding behind the grey #588 GE 70 ton NYC switcher from 1962 and the green NYC deluxe boxcar (opening doors define deluxe) from 1973-74

Here is a picture of the entire little train.  Interesting design feature.  The box car has Marx's "automatic" (often called "pickle fork") couplers which are completely incompatible with the plastic knuckle couplers on the caboose.  However, Marx knew that a lot of his rolling stock still carried the old tab/slot coupler....so he put a slot in the top of that pickle fork and the tab from that switcher just fits in it fine.  Clever design to enhance compatibility.

Here is a better view of the hard working Marx #588 NYC GE 70 ton switcher in grey (it was made in 3 colors)

Since its T.E.T here is a stand alone picture of the Marx #18326 NYC caboose in Tuscan with white lettering and the NYC oval herald.

Well just to show you that Mr. Marx did not like getting caught behind the times, below is the same basic caboose even with the same numbers #18326 ONLY now its a PENN CENTRAL caboose, twisted worms and all.  This one was available in 1974 which still makes it relevant to the PC which lasted from 1968-1976.

Well Happy Friday everyone.  Hope you have a great weekend

Don

A recent addition to the fleet.
LIRR Bobber # 22 (NLOE Club Car)

@Sitka posted:

Sharp looking Dallas! HAGD

Hey Mark , thank you.  I have to give MTH credit.  It's not a bad little engine for an RK.

@RSJB18 posted:

A recent addition to the fleet.
LIRR Bobber # 22 (NLOE Club Car)

I like that bobber.  One of these days I'll have to be bad and get one of these little guys.  Thanks Bob

at the Amtrak station in Santa Barbara CA last week.

Steve

@Dallas Joseph posted:

I like that bobber.  One of these days I'll have to be bad and get one of these little guys.  Thanks Bob

Me too...I need an appropriate LIRR steam engine to pull it now. Best I can do is a PRR 0-4-0 for now. 😎😎

@RSJB18 posted:

Me too...I need an appropriate LIRR steam engine to pull it now. Best I can do is a PRR 0-4-0 for now. 😎😎

Bob;

Might I recommend a Pennsy S1 or, if you’re in the electric region of the LIRR, maybe a GG1???

Wish I had a pic of my T1

@Apples55 posted:

Bob;

Might I recommend a Pennsy S1 or, if you’re in the electric region of the LIRR, maybe a GG1???

Wish I had a pic of my T1

Do they come in a 027 model??? 🤣🤣

K-Line Pacific Electric Interurbans. Love Pacific Electrics, mom used to ride them all over.

Steve

@RSJB18 posted:

Do they come in a 027 model??? 🤣🤣

Mea culpa, Bob… I keep forgetting The MPC GG1 is listed as O and O-27…

As for the S1, I’m afraid you’ll have to go back to HO (pardon my heresy)!!!

Expand… expand… expand…

@RSJB18 posted:

Me too...I need an appropriate LIRR steam engine to pull it now. Best I can do is a PRR 0-4-0 for now. 😎😎

Don't mean to lead you down the path of perdition Bob...........but maybe it's time for you to go shopping 

A forum member and fellow member of the Lone Star Hi-Railers, J.E. Motts, sent me a "heads up" regarding the 1st quarter 2023 issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past. It features an eleven page spread of my old stomping grounds in north central Texas including one of my home roads, the QA&P.  Here is a "picture of a picture" of my next project for TET:

This photo made me jump out of my chair and get "high behind" to find a CA-1 caboose to repaint and letter.  To my extreme pleasure, K4 Decals as well as Protocraft Decals makes a set for this project.  (I have both).  Yippee, Amen and Hallelujah!!!

Original photo by Walter A. Appel as appears in issue #33 of Trains & Railroads of the Past.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Don't mean to lead you down the path of perdition Bob...........but maybe it's time for you to go shopping 

Dallas- that path is well worn on my railroad........ Maybe I should start attending fish fry's....

@Apples55 - Paul- I discovered something neat about the caboose last night. It has a regulated power supply for the lights. I had it sitting on a powered siding, and when I turned the power off, the lights dimmed down to off after a few seconds.

Unfortunately even the MPC GG-1 won't run on my layout unless I remove the photographs......I know, expand.....

@Rob Leese- looks like a neat project. Happy hunting.

Bob

Bob, I know your space is tight, but won't the pantographs stay down enabling it to pass under the overheads?  My Rail King 30-2592 only needs 4 inches vertical clearance with them in the down position.  I prefer the scale GG1s - I can give you a great deal on this one if interested.  Jeff

@RSJB18 posted:

Dallas- that path is well worn on my railroad........ Maybe I should start attending fish fry's....

Bob

Yum , Yum  Bob. .............and the deep fried shrimp sure is tasty too.   You do have to put up a little extra effort to get a second helping of the SPECIAL DESSERT up the hill at the VFM.

Have a good Tet All!

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!

Well hello T.E.T. fans, given the volatility in the stock market these days I thought I might celebrate that "wonderful" year 1929 when the big stock market crash occurred .  OK so maybe not such good news, but to make up for it here is a cheerful little American Flyer Observation Car from 1929.  This one matches an1120 Pullman and a beautiful little 1097 box cab electric locomotive both in the same color scheme.  So here is the 1929 American Flyer #1120 observation car.

Here is the T.E.T. view with the train name "Flyer Limited" proudly displayed from the observation platform.  These cars, in various color schemes were made from 1923-1930 and the "blue/green" roof dates this one to 1929.

Here is the side view.  Note the elaborate lithograph treatment of the rivets and window shades, the fact that the restroom windows are depicted as being glazed with no vision glass and the depressed panel in the vestibule door and car sides.  For such a modest piece of rolling stock, this lithograph treatment was quite extensive.

Well I hope your week is going well

Best Regards

Don

Happy TeT everyone, DPU style.

John

Two New York Central cabooses. Woodside bobber #380 and Extended-Vision Pacemaker #23037.

MELGAR

Some tails for TET............

...........make it a great hump day tomorrow.  God speed

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Some tails for TET............

...........make it a great hump day tomorrow.  God speed

Nice shot Dallas like that 1 stall shed, with that fine pennsy sticking her nose out.  HAGW

@Sitka posted:

Have a good Tet All!

Good looking WM caboose.

Still like your train room area lighting .  There is a certain depth added to the layout and yet the scenes draw you in close to the action.   NICE