So I have been scared to do a nose job, but wow, it was REAL easy! The first thing I did was take a really sharp pencil to draw lines on the nos to have an idea for the area needed for the notch in the nose. I took a […]
more to come
Expect a new URL in the near future….
So yet again, a fellow N Scale modeler has supplied my with rare Southern Pacific detail parts. SP Wolf from the Trainboard.com mailed me a GE nose light, a Southern Pacific GE roof Gyrolight and an EMD nose light package! U25B 6704 (early model, like the Atlas N Scale model, […]
another U Boat in the works
So I have started a build-up of an N Scale model of Southern Pacific GP35E #6300. I have a nused Kato built Atlas model (fits in well with my U30C), and I have been studying all photos that I can find of her (Thanks again Tom Fassett). I had a […]
ugh, 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
I followed the local south of Main St (east end) between Grant and V.I.P. Blvd. Normally a pair of GP40-2’s are handling this turn, but today we had a Ex SSW 7272 in Borg Yellow and a GP38-2, ex Conrail 7735, now GMTX 2861. I really wish that they were […]
odd power on the local today…AND A GREAT SUPRIZE!
After I dropped my youngest off at school, I figured that since it was only 92 degrees, I should go down to see what was happening on the old Sunset Route. Uncle Pete Has been busy, the track is now double tracked east of Hermosilla St (Arizona Grain), and they are just finishing […]