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Amtrak Day One E-8 pulling AmWoods into Allentown.

A very normal train.

Take it from me, someone who HATES working with resin, they went together easily. Little cleanup needed. Now Westerfield otoh....

Two DL&W 28' boxcars built from F&C kits.

Two F&C resin kits that have been sitting on my bench a while while I sourced decals since the ones that came with the kits were unusable.

Scale speed.

Problem with all of those is mounting. I mount all my motors with screws through the face. Besides, I think I found a solution through laisdcc. They had 21k and 26k motors that suit my style.

2/3rds of an HO scale MTH Milwaukee Bipolar locomotive, stripped of paint

Stripping an MTH bipolar bc I have historically probable plans.
Say hello to the NYC NS-1 class electric, or 'N' motor.

Does anyone by any chance know of a small DC motor above 17000rpm? Or maybe a 2:1 gearbox I could put inline? My S motor still cant pass 60mph top speed and I really wanted her to do 90.

You mean this nonsense where we were testing just how much that garrett could pull?
That helper was only needed for the grades.

You mean this nonsense where we were testing just how much that garrett could pull?
That helper was only needed for the grades.

Forgot to post this from Friday. @prrshepherd.bsky.social's LMS Garrett pulling all my goods stock. The 1377 class was just following for fun.

Surprised that little thing managed 6

Thank you so much!

Milk reefer with sides.

Milk reefer end with small roof overhang.

Prototype photo of milk reefer.

A bit more work on the NYC&HR express milk reefer. Built up the doors and sides, and added the roof ends. Next is the end railings, roof hatches, and side vents.

Last night I got to expand my TotC freight by 3 cars.

Congrats on 5!

MDT reefer got grabs and prepped for truss rod nuts.

Bitter Creek flatcar with 8 stake pockets per side.

Same flatcar but upside down.

More variety. An MDT reefer got grab irons, and I put together a bitter creek flatcar.
I dont like messing with brake rigging bc its hardly visible while on a layout.

Snug it up tight. No more air for you, toy.

NYC&HR boxcar 65824 in brown with fox patent trucks and double roof railings.

NYC&HR boxcar 36287 in blue with fox patent trucks and single roof railing.

These two NYC&HR boxcars are now finished. Im really happy with how these turned out after weathering.

28' boxcar made from wood.

Building old kits can be both fun and frustrating. This is a Concord Car Works kit of a 28' CNJ boxcar. MSRP was $2.85.
Im guna repaint it bc Ive never liked printed sides, but I want to keep it CNJ.

Fuck. We were wondering why she wasnt responding to us.

But then how will we further opress 'The Gays'?

Not that I can see. Its a pretty compact geartower.

The only good corporate posting is completely unhinged corporate posting..

If anyone wants to follow me for non-train things, my alt is @spitfire-rambles.bsky.social

Then I rechipped her with a new decoder, and there was no change to speed. If anything, she was a bit slower. The old motor was already ~13000rpm. Oops...
So now, Ive put a 17000rpm motor in her which should get me ~60mph. Still slower than Id like but I cant find a faster motor. (2)

An update for the S-1 so far.
This is now the 2nd decoder and 3rd motor. First time round, she ran fine except for being slow. I didnt have a spec on motor so I thought maybe it was just slow.
Then I remotored it with a NWSL 12500rpm one. Managed to trip the protection on the decoder (somehow). (1)

Two 60' Labelle wood coached with gas light piping on the roof.

NYC&HR BlueLine boxcar 36287 in a pre-safety act condition with no side ladders and minimal car data

A Mantua clearance car stripped of lettering with trussrods replaced with monofilament.

NYC&HR S-1 electric with a new 17000rpm iron core motor from HighLevel. Been trying to get her to run closer to realistic speeds but those tiny drivers are killer on trackspeed. Id need upwards of 20000rpm to get even close to 80mph.

A bit of a variety today. Didnt get much done until Sunday night.

Gas piping on my last two 60' coaches, numbers on the BlueLine boxcar, a Mantua clearance car I didnt know existed, and I finally put a 17000rpm motor in the S-1 so she might be able to do 60mph now.

Nice tits