The International & Great Northern was one of the many railroads controlled by the Missouri Pacific in the state of Texas. Here is my take on what one of their Ten Wheelers would look like. At the time I built this, twenty years ago, there was not much available in N scale so I modified an Atlas boiler shell, mounted it on a 4-6-0 Graham Farish chassis and hung an Arnold Rapido Pacific tender on the back end. I have since changed out the tender trucks to Kato so as to improve its performance.
After a long time... still playing with trains! Ciao to all, this si my last work in progress: Sulfur Prairie. The corner with the bridge over Ogkhi Creek: Ciao!
Something different this week, a video. [video=youtube;NSbhvIkxkoI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NSbhvIkxkoI[/video]
And now with all the awesome miniature video equipment, we have to start to worry about detailing the insides of our tunnels. Great video by the way.
damaged bridge Thanks for the kind reply... here another damaged spot on the bridge (and the effects of 70 years of rain and wheather elements on it! ) Ciao!
Thanks for the kind words fellows. Russell, not me, but I do wish I knew how to edit the tunnels out. Jim
A Championship Weekend They play this weekend for the right to play in the Super Bowl. I don't have a dog in this fight...
Paul, I never new about Super Bowl trains. Neat. As for my video, I've been asked to include a reference to my camera. On epay go to mini-cameras. I recommend my camera for HO and up. Too big for N. The great thing about this camera is it fits perfectly in the Bmann low-sided On30 gondola. Jim
I might be one of the few who actually enjoys seeing "what's underneath". Gives me an idea of how a layout goes together. Great video!
The SBEX 2014 headed to Phoenix, Arizona! THe the Seahawks will battle the Patriots for the Super Bowl trophy!
Thanks John, After everything is dry and in place I generally get under the 'mountains' and rip out the cardboard so all my trains will make it through the tunnels. This layout started out as HO. When I decided to give On30 a go I had to rip out more because of the bigger trains. Jim
Yes, yes I did. Even though I only ran a few trains I had a good time and the layout ran well. Not bullet proof yet, but nice.