Modified Switches

Three shots of how I've modified switches to hopefully help others to do the same.

Modified Switches

Three shots of how I've modified switches to hopefully help others to do the same.

Modified Switches

Three shots of how I've modified switches to hopefully help others to do the same.

Brickfair NE D-24

While it's starting to look quite nice, it has some disappointing structural flaws. The cab sags and this is probably my explodiest design to date, even after I spent the morning rebuilding the boiler. It will probably need a complete redesign of the boiler after the Bartlett show in June. Also 24 days to show, this isn't finished, 3406 (my primary freight) is half-built, and I still have some layout modules to attend to. For those just tuning in: Canadian National #5288, J-7-b class pacific. Frequently ran cross-border trains on the CV and GT-NE. Now lives at the Tenessee Valley RR Museum.

Canadian National MB-63-A Mail Express 7810

The class of MB-63-A lightweight mail express cars were Canadian built with half destined for service on US Subsidiaries. The 15' Mail Apartment was specially fitted to meet the requirements of the US Postal Service. CN 7810 was a signature car of Train 16/17 running between Portland, Maine and Montreal, Quebec and the postal contracts it served were a large if not majority source of the revenue for its run. Unlike the other cars I've built. This one retains the pre-1954 single tone green. While the car did eventually receive the sharp 3-tone scheme, it wasn't until after the line had been dieselized. Also of note in this class is Central Vermont 35, which I'd partially built once before. There's some minor differences including the single window in the mail apartment, 3 vs 4 windows on the large doors, and some underside details. All lettering on this one is printed by Tommy Armstrong. With that my cars for Train 16/17 are done AND Brickfair, NE D-28.

Canadian National PB-79-A Lightweight Coach-Smoker

Done except lighting and pinstripes. Roadname and Car Number printed by Tommy Armstrong. Special thanks to Sam who had more yellow 6x8 plates in his bricklink store than anyone else in North America. Cool when you can buy from a Flickr contact. I'll be looking to do more professional photos of this consist soon.

GT Train 16/17

Cleaning up my disastrous work area this morning and in a fleeting moment of distraction, decided to line up my progress so far on the Crawford Notch modules. Just waiting on some more printed bricks from Tommy Armstrong for the baggage -RPO and underside details on the coach-smoker. Oh and black tiles for everything.

GT N-4-a

85% Complete Borrows heavily from my E-7-a design since the real thing did as well. Oh, and I love consolidations.

CN 5288 WIP

It's getting there. Still plenty more to be done including wiring up the headlight and firebox.