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.