Best Of Railwire Travelling Baggage Car - Photo Thread

[randgust]

And to think that the Hickory Valley was worried about leaving it out so long at interchange it was possibly getting dusty.....

That's not Gallitzin, that's obviously Retsoff, NY.
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/a332135e0feaf6a31a296a7d38f24de0333fb736/c=0-50-534-350&r=x329&c=580x326/local/-/media/Rochester/2015/01/13/American-Rock-Salt-mine.jpg

[chicken45]

And to think that the Hickory Valley was worried about leaving it out so long at interchange it was possibly getting dusty.....

That's not Gallitzin, that's obviously Retsoff, NY.
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/a332135e0feaf6a31a296a7d38f24de0333fb736/c=0-50-534-350&r=x329&c=580x326/local/-/media/Rochester/2015/01/13/American-Rock-Salt-mine.jpg

I think we can all agree it's actually Easton, MD.

Lee, you know I love you. You're the man who turned me on to Kistlings!

[Dave V]

Lee, you know I love you. You're the man who turned me on...

If Lee had a dollar for every time he heard that...

...he'd have a dollar.

[wm3798]

Or said it!


Percy Dovetonsils

[chicken45]

"Why are we parked on the main in front of this horribly over-sized ALTO tower?" Jim asked Frederick.
"One could ask you how come your car isn't dirty? Sure, it has leftover salt on it, but it still has that fresh-from-the-paint-shop glow!"

"You're right." said Jim. He looked around at all the other cars also parked on the main, almost as it was done on purpose to prove a point. The other baggage cars looked as if they were rode hard and put away wet.

"It's hard to believe these all started out the same color." said Frederick.


Jim was feeling pretty bummed. He represented the Railwire. "Better modeling through peer pressure", they say. He felt a little silly that his car stuck out like a sore thumb.
Frederick, taking another swig of his gray liquid, looked to Jim and said, "But hey, don't let this get you down... I know a guy. He's a little slow with projects, but he's decent. How do you feel about the smell of cat piss?"

...

[chicken45]

"Jim! Fam! Welcome! Pardon the smell of cat piss. You'll get used to it in a few hours." I said.
"I got clearance from the highest level in River City to take the shine off this magnificent piece of rolling stock. Jim, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show."

"First thing I like to do is set out all the tools and materials I will be using."


"What's the cleaver for?" Jim asked."I don't know.", I said. "My weathering mentor always had one on his desk. I figured not to mess with his way of doing things. He's the master, I'm the apprentice. It wasn't my place to question."

First I started with the Vallejo black on the wheels and trucks. I also gave the roof a light spray.


Next I hit the trucks with a little Roof Brown.


After that, we did a light fade with Vallejo Rust thinned 90%, just to take the shine off the sides.


I turned my attention to the roof. I used the black Pan Pastels and a make up applicator (from Ed) and just made streaks across the roof.


After that, I sprayed some Polly Scale Rust on the couplers and on some spots on the trucks and hit the whole thing with some Lusterless Flat.

"Things look pretty good!" Said Jim. "Even new and fresh cars still got a little dirty and were never white glove clean. Plus they never washed the ends of the car."
"Ooh...good point!" I said. "Let's hit the car ends with a little more of the fade. Tomorrow, we will take a good look at our work. Now let's drink some Mad Elf and get fershnickered!"

[Lemosteam]

That first piture tho- am i 'sposed to tilt my noggin?

[chicken45]

That first piture tho- am i 'sposed to tilt my noggin?

It's a little weird! On my phone it is showing up the proper orientation, but it's oddly stretched. It shows up correctly on Flickr, so I don't know whats up.

[peteski]

It's a little weird! On my phone it is showing up the proper orientation, but it's oddly stretched. It shows up correctly on Flickr, so I don't know whats up.

As if you never heard of the problems with portrait/landscape orientation of smart-phone photos viewed on PCs. If I had dollar for every time I've seen one of this sideways photos . . . 

https://www.howtogeek.com/254830/why-your-photos-dont-always-appear-correctly-rotated/

[randgust]

I think the sheep has good reason to be concerned.... considering the toolset........

[chicken45]

As if you never heard of the problems with portrait/landscape orientation of smart-phone photos viewed on PCs. If I had dollar for every time I've seen one of this sideways photos . . . 

https://www.howtogeek.com/254830/why-your-photos-dont-always-appear-correctly-rotated/

It's crazy. It shows up correct in Flickr, incorrect on the TRW on PC using Chrome, and correct orientation but skewed incorrectly on my iPhone.

[peteski]

It's crazy. It shows up correct in Flickr, incorrect on the TRW on PC using Chrome, and correct orientation but skewed incorrectly on my iPhone.

Annoying? Yes. Crazy?  Not really. It is perfectly normal.

As the article I pointed to explains, some programs and/or devices actually understand and utilize the imageorientation info contained in the image's EXIF data area and some don't, instead displaying the bitmap the way it was actually stored by the JPG's creator.

[mu26aeh]

I've had them come up wrong, I just rotate them in the editing section of the TRW gallery

[peteski]

I've had them come up wrong, I just rotate them in the editing section of the TRW gallery

Except that @chicken45 does not use TRW gallery.      Or at least for the photos in question.

[u18b]

I'm waiting to see what the meat cleaver is used for.