Weekend Update 4/10/22

[wazzou]

John, I appreciate you not whiting out the bums, like the faces.   

[haasmarc]

Finished up another structure for the layout I'm building for my dad.

[mu26aeh]

@John, you just get back today ?  My parents were on the Legend this week

[DiggerDownUnder]

OK, Santa Fe was a little wierd as it was a holdover from the practice of selling ABBA or similar sets as a single 'locomotive'.   So as sold, they had the same number, with a suffix.  Santa Fe used LABC.   First unit was L, B-units were A and B, end unit was C.    Lead unit would be 347 with a small 'L' on the sill, 347 in the board.   B units had a very small number on the edge of the sill, so small it's hardly visible and I never bother to decal.  Trailing unit is 347C, and the "C" is actually in the number board.

The preserved unit at the Sacramento Railway Museum is 347C.
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/133554/

If you look really close, right above the coupler, you can spot the "L" on the stripe in this shot.
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/588021/

You need a magnifying glass to spot it, but this is 327A, on the red stripe.  Almost invisible.
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/348038/

Thanks to all who provided the info.  The next question now is - At the end of the run where the units turned individually on a turntable or complete on a Wye or reverse loop or just run back in reverse?

[btrain]

Enjoyed setting up the new layout and just running trains today after working on secenry all week. More details on the layout thread.

[thomasjmdavis]

Thanks to all who provided the info.  The next question now is - At the end of the run where the units turned individually on a turntable or complete on a Wye or reverse loop or just run back in reverse?

The best answer to that question is "it depends".  It would have to do with how a given station was equipped.  At Dearborn station in Chicago, they had a loop of track that ran around the outer perimeter of the coach yard, with entire consists being turned in some cases.  Photos indicate that the 4 unit locos ran in both directions- with either an L or C on the front. 

A few other notes (and forgive me if I missed one or two previous posts).
The loco sets with 2 digit numbers got the L or C on the numberboard in later years - 31L, for instance.  Photos dated in 1955 show just 2 digit numbers, those date 1961 show 2 numbers and one letter. The 3 digit numbers did not (or, at least the photos I checked don't show it)- the three digits fill the space.
I speculate that this happened in the late 1950s when ATSF started breaking up the 4 unit sets.  In the 60s, they commonly ran 5 or even 6 units on the front of heavier trains to guarantee sufficient horsepower if a unit went down en route. At that point, it was not unusual to see both cab units pointing forward, and you might see a consist of ABABB or something similar. Or F3s and F7s mixed together.
There were also some ABB sets of F7s, which one of the books puts into the 300-324 group.

Here is the page from the old SFRHMS site that is as close to definitive info as you can find on F units.
https://old.atsfrr.org/resources/funits/index.htm

[davefoxx]

I didn’t have a lot of hobby time on Sunday this weekend, so I only got a base coat of weathering done on this L&N SD40-2.  What you see was done purely with washes.  Once I get the weathering to a certain stage,  I will add a small patch to make this Seaboard System No. 3579.



DFF

[eja]

I didn’t have a lot of hobby time on Sunday this weekend, so I only got a base coat of weathering done on this L&N SD40-2.  What you see was done purely with washes.  Once I get the weathering to a certain stage,  I will add a small patch to make this Seaboard System No. 3579.

DFF

Hey Foxx,

You are spend a lot of time working on your RR and positing on TRW ... what about Ally's railroad ?

[DiggerDownUnder]

The best answer to that question is "it depends".  It would have to do with how a given station was equipped.  At Dearborn station in Chicago, they had a loop of track that ran around the outer perimeter of the coach yard, with entire consists being turned in some cases.  Photos indicate that the 4 unit locos ran in both directions- with either an L or C on the front. 

A few other notes (and forgive me if I missed one or two previous posts).
The loco sets with 2 digit numbers got the L or C on the numberboard in later years - 31L, for instance.  Photos dated in 1955 show just 2 digit numbers, those date 1961 show 2 numbers and one letter. The 3 digit numbers did not (or, at least the photos I checked don't show it)- the three digits fill the space.
I speculate that this happened in the late 1950s when ATSF started breaking up the 4 unit sets.  In the 60s, they commonly ran 5 or even 6 units on the front of heavier trains to guarantee sufficient horsepower if a unit went down en route. At that point, it was not unusual to see both cab units pointing forward, and you might see a consist of ABABB or something similar. Or F3s and F7s mixed together.
There were also some ABB sets of F7s, which one of the books puts into the 300-324 group.

Here is the page from the old SFRHMS site that is as close to definitive info as you can find on F units.
https://old.atsfrr.org/resources/funits/index.htm

Thanks @Tom D

[John]

@John, you just get back today ?  My parents were on the Legend this week

Sure was. I probably passed them a few times in the passageways or on Lido .. I had to get out of the house and get back to to some normalcy after 2 years of the Facui Flu

[Bill H]

Finished up another structure for the layout I'm building for my dad.

Fantastic technique - again. Great work!

[Sokramiketes]

NYC Express Car from an MDC reefer.

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[160pennsy]

Got further along with my Aspenmodel N scale camelback build....updates in this link https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=53911.0

[Pomperaugrr]

I am always impressed by the caliber of modeling and depth of knowledge around here! 

I worked on a little more static grass for some foreground scenery. There is a bit of a learning curve for me, since I don't really have any experience working with it, but I am happy with the results of the two hours I could sneak some modeling time into. I am learning as I go and still need to add some more detail, like deadfall under the trees.
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[chuck geiger]

Nice work up in here this week. I head to Southern Arizona weekend after next to get some more done.