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I been woking on paint schemes for my private leasing company "DRLX" and when I did this one, it struck me that I had seen something every similar on the prototype RR's. But, I have racked my brain and can't recall which RR or Demo unit had a scheme very much like it. So I thought to throw it...

I'm currently upgrading an older Athearn BB F45. Of course this means installing a DCC decoder. The first thing that I did was to remove the tangs from the bottom of the motor. I then soldered wire to the motor clips and then covered the botoom with electrians tape. I then turned my...

I decided to do an upgrade of a Athearn F45. I've had this loco for over 20 years and it needs some tlc. Here are a couple of shots before I start tearing into it. My first step was to redo the chassis, which means rebuilding the recessed step in the fuel tank. I cut out the area with a...

After reading Sabretooth47's thread on doing an EL bicentennial:thumb: , and having just completed a drawing of my Minnesota International's own scheme. I thought "how many of us have designed their own scheme for the bicentennial?":confused: Not that this loco will ever get painted, I model...

I had a couple of days off this week (Tuesday & Wednesday). The wife had to go for some continuing ed (American Family Ins.) in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul, MN) so naturally I tagged along. While she was busy being educated, I was chasing trains :D :D Here is one of the photos...

Here is the latest on my Sn3 layout. I've got the track plan pretty much finialized. As you can see I made cardboard mock-ups of the major structures to help in laying out the design. The track design is based upon John Allen's "Timesaver". Any comments are more then welcome. Dan...

Finnaly got the sky background painted and the valance up. The valance is unpainted still haven't decided on the color yet.

I finaly have some benchwork up for my Sn3 Nevada Midland RR. Basically it is a 5' by 15' L. The track plan will be loosely based on John Allen's time-saver.

I've finally have my GATX SD38-2 ready for the paint shop. She started out as a Athearn SD40-2 and a few cannon parts later. First the prototype:

Greeting fellow Gaugers, Todd (Tileguy) and I went to the 1st annual? Twin Cities Prototype modelers meet on Saturday. For a first try I thought that it went very well. I thought that I'd post some of the photos from that meet, so bear with me. The first is showing Bob Rivard's Soo Line...

OK Fellow Gaugers, What is the purpose of this beast? I know, who else does?

Fellow Gaugers, On Feb 21st there is going to to be Prototype Modelers meet in Rosemount Minnesota. It will be at the Rosemount Community Center, 13885 South Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN 55068. For more info contact Greg Smith at gandksmith@juno.com See you there:wave: Dan

guys, I changed to a new avatar, what do you think?:D Dan

Guys &Gals, What are your ugly diesel candidates?:thumb: I have two, the first is the EMD BL2

Here are a couple of shots that I just got back from the photo-lab. The first is of BNSF #7314, a rebuilt SD40 (nee: CN #5058)

A to Z (con't) aka: Where did it go??? Shamus, What happened to my thread "A to Z"? Dan

Heres one that has me stumped. I saw these sitting at the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation in Duluth, MN today. They appear at first glance to be box cars but upon closer inspection thay are also covered hoppers? They are lettered for BN and numbered 800001, 800002 & 800004. I am posting a...

Chris, I thought you'd like this shot. It was taken at the Orange Empire Railroad Museum in Perris, CA.

I took this shot at Squamish B. C. on August 28th, 1990. I then chased her back to Vancouver.

I took this shot August 28th 1990 on the BC Rail at Squamish B.C. Dan