Currently in mine is my IHC B&O Heavy Weights. I'm repainting the roof on them from grey to black. Along with them is the Casket Coach for Purdy's funeral train(never finished it but its so close!) and some odd ball projects.
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/62010/DSCF0163_zpse24e4065.jpg)
one on the right has been painted, just finishing up the one on the left now, 6 to go! you can also see the casket coach body at the lower left.
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/62010/177_zps6e646171.jpg)
Inside of the casket coach.
Whats in your yard?
Mine has tools currently waiting for my Rio Grande models Steam Shovel and another Ulrich drop bottom gondola ;D and maybe engine, but we'll see :)
Taking your question quite literally:
I have replaced MANY plastic wheels over the past 7 years. These wheelsets have been piling up in my Locomotive Servicing Yard. I have just completed turning them into loads for gondolas:
(http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu146/jsnvogel/Projects/DSCN0971_zpsaf50cf7c.jpg)
I have filled 5 gondolas so far. The three loads in the photo are for future 41' gondolas. And I STILL have lots of wheels leftover. Soooo...
I built this old IHC kit; won this at a Train Show raffle:
(http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu146/jsnvogel/Projects/DSCN0972_zps04b9c904.jpg)
I'm clearing a space in a corner of my layout for a Foundry and Wheel Factory, to be named later.
Anyway that's my current project. And the wheelsets were actually in my yard. ;)
Regards,
Jonathan
Haha good one,
Added to my yard: B&O 250 Ton Crane, i have to re-rope the boom
Like this old Roco?
(http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu146/jsnvogel/jv9.jpg)
Nope, Athearn Kit
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/Photo0228.jpg)
Crane has been re-strung and is ready to go back into the MOW Train.,
My Work yard as of 9/26:
B&O #6 3 Truck Shay - Needs new paint and very last axle on the water tender keeps jaming up.
B&O #467434 Snow Plow - Trying to get the headlight to work, will a 9 volt batter work?
Undec 2 Truck Climax- Something in the gear box, runs but the drive shaft doesn't turn
B&O #4 3 Truck Heisler - Trying to get it to quiet down a bit
Winter time Express 4-4-0 - Missing Smoke Stack
And on the good side of things, i found ONE of the missing engines by accident. it was in a box of rolling stock. don't remember putting it there, last i remember i put it back into the Bachmann Box, it is now sitting on the yard track to be repainted here she is:
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/Photo0229.jpg)
Going to paint it to be much like this engine I did way back when:
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/bo610.jpg)
My Work yard as of 9/26:
B&O #6 3 Truck Shay - Needs new paint and very last axle on the water tender keeps jaming up.
B&O #467434 Snow Plow - Trying to get the headlight to work, will a 9 volt batter work?
Undec 2 Truck Climax- Something in the gear box, runs but the drive shaft doesn't turn
B&O #4 3 Truck Heisler - Trying to get it to quiet down a bit
Winter time Express 4-4-0 - Missing Smoke Stack
And on the good side of things, i found ONE of the missing engines by accident. it was in a box of rolling stock. don't remember putting it there, last i remember i put it back into the Bachmann Box, it is now sitting on the yard track to be repainted here she is:
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/Photo0229.jpg)
Going to paint it to be much like this engine I did way back when:
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/bo610.jpg)
I might note that while the B&O never had a 4-8-4, they had begun building what amounted to a
4-1-1-1-1-4. As I recall the loco was to have each axle separately powered by a small V-type steam engine set down between the frames. The project was abandoned before it got too far along.
Quote from: ebtnut on September 26, 2012, 12:47:40 PM
I might note that while the B&O never had a 4-8-4, they had begun building what amounted to a
4-1-1-1-1-4. As I recall the loco was to have each axle separately powered by a small V-type steam engine set down between the frames. The project was abandoned before it got too far along.
Yep. I have a book about B&O STeam Power and it has the diagram for it in the book, along with a diagram for a 4-6-4-2 and a 2-8-4.
B&O-
An easier way to go for the lights in your snowplow might be surface mount LEDs and button batteries.
-- D
Didn't they have a 4-4-4-4.
Quote from: RAM on September 26, 2012, 06:45:31 PM
Didn't they have a 4-4-4-4.
Yep, it was a ridged frame, and to me was an ugly looking engine. looked like they had it shipped from the UK with the handles on the front.
Balto,
I just want to comment on how nice the J looks in B&O paint. The lines of the paint scheme compliment the lines of the loco perfectly.
B&O maybe didn't have these, but they should have!
Les
Thanks Des, wait untill you see the GS4 in B&O Colors ;) . I warn SP Fans not to look but to me the paint job looks right at home on her. Might convert her to coal since B&O used primarly Coal in their steam engines until the very end. , donno yet.
Balto,
This is the point where a little alternate history comes in. Say, the B&O wanted some 4-8-4's of their own, but did not have the budget to develop one.
SP had more than they needed at the time, so sold some to B&O. A trip through the shop to convert to coal, and another trip through the paint shop, and Ta Da!
The GS series had to handle fast passenger trains over mountains on the SP, so should be a natural for the B&O.
Les
Balto,
Sorry for the double post, but I just have to ask.
What is the story behind Purdy's Funeral train? The lady in the Casket Coach looks pretty upset.
Is this something like a funeral car on a streetcar system? Or is it an entire train dedicated to a funeral?
A dining car might be a nice addition for those Northerners who feel a funeral should be accompanied by a big family meal.
Don't forget to add the flowers. Maybe a pipe organ (it could run off the trainline). Pull out the stops too far and you get a brake application!
Les
Quote from: Desertdweller on September 26, 2012, 11:40:21 PM
Balto,
Sorry for the double post, but I just have to ask.
What is the story behind Purdy's Funeral train? The lady in the Casket Coach looks pretty upset.
Is this something like a funeral car on a streetcar system? Or is it an entire train dedicated to a funeral?
A dining car might be a nice addition for those Northerners who feel a funeral should be accompanied by a big family meal.
Don't forget to add the flowers. Maybe a pipe organ (it could run off the trainline). Pull out the stops too far and you get a brake application!
Les
The story behind Purdys Funeral Train is that Purdy was a dog of mine for about 12 years. She passed away in 2010. I painted up a Spectrum 4-4-0 Richmond in pullman Green paint with B&O Gold stripes. Her train will be 4 Old Time Coaches painted in the pullman green paint scheme B&O Ran. Heres a pic of the her with engine:
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/286.jpg)
Close up of her photo on the front:
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/282.jpg)
I also did a funeral train for my other dog i had to have put to sleep in 2010, Sarah. Shes got a whole train right now as i had all the stuff. Finding the old time cars got a bit hard for Purdys train as All I could find were combines. Heres Sarah's Train:
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/37293_130862590270539_1986515_n.jpg)
Sarah with her engine
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/287.jpg)
close up of her photo on the front
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/290.jpg)
I based the idea on the Lincoln Funeral Train and used B&O Paint schemes.
Thanks. That's a great way to honor them.
Les
Baltimore and Ohio 1433 4-8-4 GS4
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee31/BaltoOhioRRFan/BOGS4.jpg)
Still needs an overcoat but over all shes done.
Nice!
Les
Balto-
Well, it's not a Daylight (let's face it, nothing else is) but your B&O GS is really handsome!
-- D
Yes, it is. I noticed that B&O non-streamlined locos had gray painted smokeboxes, while streamlined locos had boilers and smokeboxes painted blue. The solid blue ones had an outer shell covering the smokebox and boiler.
Wonder how this would look with a solid blue boiler and smokebox?
Les
Dd-
I don't know. I think the light blue smokebox adds a lot and keeps the loco from looking like a layer cake. I think it would
look fine if it were all blue above the running boards (meaning the sheet metal on top, too), but a sandwich with black bread
and blue salami just wouldn't look right to me.
-- D
Quote from: Desertdweller on October 01, 2012, 01:04:40 AM
Yes, it is. I noticed that B&O non-streamlined locos had gray painted smokeboxes, while streamlined locos had boilers and smokeboxes painted blue. The solid blue ones had an outer shell covering the smokebox and boiler.
Wonder how this would look with a solid blue boiler and smokebox?
Les
I believe the GS4 is a semi streamlined engine. if it was fully streamlined like the J Class I did then i would have painted it completely blue. The P7s in the green and blue schemes (non streamed) had grey smoke boxes, so thats why i did it that way.