Friday, January 2, 2015

Some of My Model Trains

I never posted these pictures on my old website, but am including them now for completion.

I took these pictures of some of my own HO-scale model trains on February 24, 2006. I was trying out my digital camera’s ability to take close-up pictures. I took these pictures at my apartment in Salem, where I didn’t have my layout, so the models were photographed on top of the refrigerator.

This first group of pictures are of freight cars I had recently purchased and assembled. Most of them were old Front Range kits, except for the first one.

IMG_1110 Great Northern 171030 Covered Hopper by Atlas

Great Northern covered hopper #171030 is an Atlas model. It was essentially ready-to-run, except for a small bracket at each corner.

IMG_1111 Reading 109301 Boxcar by Front Range

Reading boxcar #109301 is an old Front Range kit, assembled pretty much per the instructions. I had to paint the running board silver to match the roof.

IMG_1112 Louisville & Nashville 46207 Boxcar by Front Range

Louisville & Nashville boxcar #46307 is another old Front Range kit. I would have painted the running board on this car as well, but I didn’t have this color of blue paint.

IMG_1113 Grand Trunk Western 516516 Boxcar by Front Range

Grand Trunk Western boxcar #516516 is another old Front Range kit, assembled per the instructions.

IMG_1114 Canadian National 493493 Boxcar by Front Range

Canadian National boxcar #493493 is another old Front Range kit, assembled per the instructions.

IMG_1115 Denver & Rio Grande Western 15994 Covered Hopper by Front Range

Denver & Rio Grande Western covered hopper #15994 is another old Front Range kit, assembled per the instructions. I am somewhat fond of these Front Range covered hoppers.

IMG_1116 Southern Pacific 490457 Covered Hopper by Front Range

Southern Pacific covered hopper #490457 is another old Front Range kit.

The rest of these pictures are of models I already owned, but had with me in Salem and was particularly proud of.

IMG_1117 Wisconsin Central 25003 Boxcar by Athearn

Wisconsin Central boxcar #25003 is an Athearn model. The Pullman-Standard 5344 boxcar was the last all-new freight car model released by Athearn in kit form. It was introduced in 1999 and the Wisconsin Central roadname was released in 2000. This kit featured wire grab irons, which I installed and painted.

IMG_1118 GATX 22799 Tank Car by Walthers

GATX tank car #22799 is a Walthers model. This is one of several Walthers Funnel-Flow tank cars I acquired. The wire handrails at the top are a bit of a challenge to assemble. Also, the wire handrails and the top and ends and the wires connecting the two ends had to be painted.

IMG_1119 Ontario Carbonate ACFX 72630 Tank Car by Walthers

Ontario Carbonate (ACFX) tank car #72630 is a Walthers Funnel-Flow tank car model. It is the same as the GATX car, only it is in white.

IMG_1120 Sun Oil Company NATX 23662 Tank Car by Model Die Casting

Sun Oil Co. (NATX) tank car #23662 is by Model Die Casting. I also have a Walthers Funnel-Flow tank car in the same paint scheme, but with SUNX reporting marks.

IMG_1121 Corn Products CCLX 1670 Tank Car by Walthers

Corn Products (CCLX) tank car #1670 is another Walthers Funnel-Flow tank car model. The handrails around the top are probably supposed to be painted yellow, but I wasn’t going to try to match that color.

IMG_1122 Union Pacific 9703 C44-9W by Athearn

Union Pacific C44-9W #9703 is an Athearn “Blue Box” kit. I added the pilot plow, wire grab irons (I think I made the ones on top of the nose from scratch), and the numbers in the number boards.

IMG_1123 Amtrak 9 P42DC by Athearn

Amtrak P42DC #9 is an Athearn “Blue Box” kit, assembled per the instructions.

IMG_1124 Amtrak 1232 Baggage Car by Walthers

Amtrak baggage car #1232 is a Walthers model. The wire grab irons were supplied with the car, but were not installed. I drilled out the holes and installed them.

IMG_1125 Union Pacific 5646 B40-2 by Walthers Trainline

Union Pacific B40-8 #5648 is a Walthers Trainline model. I did quite a bit of work here, adding grab irons (some of which I made from scratch), sunshades, ditch lights, and rooftop details. I also added the white on the corner handrails and step edges, and the silver on the exhaust stack. My dad put the numbers in the number boards.

IMG_1126 Union Pacific 5637 B40-8 by Walthers Trainline

Union Pacific B40-8 #5637 is also a Walthers Trainline model. All the work I did to #5646 I also did here.

IMG_1127 Union Pacific 5637 & 5646 B40-8s by Walthers Trainline

Here are front & rear views of my Walthers Trainline B40-8 models.

IMG_1128 Union Pacific 1183 SW1500 by Athearn

Union Pacific SW1500 #1183 is an Athearn “Blue Box” model. It is assembled per the instructions. I put numbers in the number boards and colored the lens of the center warning light with a red Sharpie.

IMG_1129 Montana Rail Link 265 SD40-2 by Athearn

Montana Rail Link SD40-2 #265 is an Athearn “Special Edition” model, with pilot plow added and numbers in the number boards. The real #265 is a rebuild SD40.

IMG_1130 Southern 4610 GP60 by Athearn

Southern GP60 #4610 is an Athearn model, with pilot plow added and numbers in the number boards. The real #4610 is a GP59.

IMG_1131 Union Pacific 5646 B40-8 by Walthers Trainline

Here is another picture of Union Pacific B40-8 #5646. I took this picture because I wasn’t happy with the first one.

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