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Title: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 22, 2020, 04:03:52 PM
My A&S paint shop has a small ten wheeler up next for painting. This is a United/PFM brass loco 4-6-0  known as a ten wheeler. 750 of this model was made by Sam Hongsa in 1976 and sold new for $160.00. While visiting Cliff Powers the Babe bought this from Cliff for $100.00.

(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-170618100805.jpeg)

The L&A referred to this little loco as the "Hustler". It ran as an overnight train from New Orleans and Shreveport, LA.

The A&S RR will renumber and letter this one for the Atlantic Coast Line.

This photo was taken from the 1977 PFM 14th Edition Cartalog. I already have it in pieces, cleaned and ready to paint.

(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-220520160046.jpeg)

Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: EricQuebec on May 22, 2020, 09:29:58 PM
Very beautiful small loco
Eric
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: tct855 on May 23, 2020, 03:14:34 AM
T~,
      Love the engine- All we can say is Whoa! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8uhXuS2n8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u68iT0DPYdM and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlRUmkqMIe8  so yeah, whoa!, what a nice buy my friend.  T...
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: GPdemayo on May 23, 2020, 09:11:47 AM
I'll be watching this one..... :)
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 24, 2020, 01:05:53 PM
Quote from: EricQuebec on May 22, 2020, 09:29:58 PM
Very beautiful small loco
Eric

Eric,

Thanks, I'll have a photo of my version later in the week.

Tom   ;D
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 24, 2020, 01:07:37 PM
Quote from: tct855 on May 23, 2020, 03:14:34 AM
T~,
      Love the engine- All we can say is Whoa! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8uhXuS2n8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8uhXuS2n8) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u68iT0DPYdM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u68iT0DPYdM) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlRUmkqMIe8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlRUmkqMIe8)  so yeah, whoa!, what a nice buy my friend.  T...

Thom,

Thank you as well. However, I have a long way to go to be as good as you. Just saying.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 24, 2020, 01:08:12 PM
Quote from: GPdemayo on May 23, 2020, 09:11:47 AM
I'll be watching this one..... :)

Greg,

Thanks, I appreciate you following along.

Tom   ;D
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: Jerry on May 27, 2020, 09:05:19 AM
Tom looking forward on how this comes out.


Jerry
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 28, 2020, 04:54:26 PM
Quote from: Jerry on May 27, 2020, 09:05:19 AM
Tom looking forward on how this comes out.


Jerry


Jerry,

Thanks for following along. Your wait is over.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 28, 2020, 05:03:58 PM
This one is now finished. I need to do a little paint touch up where I chipped it when reinstalling the WOW sound.

The side rods were all painted with Scalecoat Flat finish. The loco was also finished in flat as well. When I get all the locos painted and sounded, I'll do a day of loco weathering. Until then, they will be tested on the layout and any adjustments needed will be made prior to the final touches and weathering.

I've decaled this one for the Atlantic Coast Line. I was going to swap the oil tender for a short USRA coal tender but left it as is.

(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-280520165504.jpeg)

(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-280520165515.jpeg)
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 28, 2020, 05:04:40 PM
(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-280520165528.jpeg)

(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-280520165539.jpeg)
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 28, 2020, 05:05:31 PM
(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-280520165550.jpeg)

(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-280520165602.jpeg)
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 28, 2020, 05:06:19 PM
(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-280520165616.jpeg)

(http://modelersforum.com/gallery/24-280520165627.jpeg)
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: GPdemayo on May 28, 2020, 05:16:39 PM
Oh boy..... 8)
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: jerryrbeach on May 28, 2020, 06:27:15 PM
Quote from: GPdemayo on May 28, 2020, 05:16:39 PM
Oh boy..... 8)



OK Greg.  Slow down big fella.  I'm pretty sure the A&S superintendent is not going to allow you to run that high steppin' ten wheeler wide open.   ;D
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: jerryrbeach on May 28, 2020, 06:30:29 PM

Tom,


As usual, simply stunning.  Not only is your paint job pure perfection, you back it up with so many "accents".  I love the red Globe valve handles, the way the windows and arm rests get picked out and the air hoses on the pilot.  I've run out of words...
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: GPdemayo on May 29, 2020, 08:41:25 AM
Quote from: jerryrbeach on May 28, 2020, 06:27:15 PM
Quote from: GPdemayo on May 28, 2020, 05:16:39 PM
Oh boy..... 8)



OK Greg.  Slow down big fella.  I'm pretty sure the A&S superintendent is not going to allow you to run that high steppin' ten wheeler wide open.   ;D


I can show restraint..... :o .....for a little while.  ::)
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 29, 2020, 10:34:44 AM
Quote from: jerryrbeach on May 28, 2020, 06:27:15 PM
Quote from: GPdemayo on May 28, 2020, 05:16:39 PM
Oh boy..... 8)



OK Greg.  Slow down big fella.  I'm pretty sure the A&S superintendent is not going to allow you to run that high steppin' ten wheeler wide open.   ;D


Greg,

Yea, what he said.

Tom   8)
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 29, 2020, 10:35:44 AM
Quote from: jerryrbeach on May 28, 2020, 06:30:29 PM

Tom,


As usual, simply stunning.  Not only is your paint job pure perfection, you back it up with so many "accents".  I love the red Globe valve handles, the way the windows and arm rests get picked out and the air hoses on the pilot.  I've run out of words...

Jerry,

Thank you for the very kind and generous compliment on the loco. This was a fun one to do.

Tom   ;D
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: Judge on May 29, 2020, 11:56:53 AM
Beautiful job Tom.  It will look good pulling a string of three or four heavyweights. 

Baldwin built hundreds of "stock" ten-wheelers before WWI.  They differed in minor details, including driver diameter for freight and passenger versions, but they "looked" mostly the same.  The ACL had a bunch of them.  Some had a copper cap on the smokestack and were called Copperheads.  (A copperhead is a poisonous snake found in almost all of the swamps in Florida and South Jaw-ja).

My grandfather (my father's father) was a conductor on the Coast Line from the 1890s until he died in 1936.  My mother told me she often rode with him on trips from Lakeland (where they lived) to Waycross, Jaw-ja.  That was a full day's ride behind a ten-wheeler.

In 1912 my father and my grandmother took the train from Lakeland to Tampa and caught a steamboat for a trip to New York City.  She bought a grand piano and had it shipped by steamboat back to Tampa.  The Coast Line added a flatcar to the end of a passenger train and hauled the piano, my grandmother, and my dad back to Lakeland.  There were no paved roads in Florida in 1912 so serious travel was by boat or train.  I inherited the piano when my grandmother died in 1954.  I sold it in 1997 when we moved to our house in Sanford. 

                                                                             (http://modelersforum.com/gallery/684-290520115436.jpeg)

Here is one of ACL's many ten-wheelers.  Most of them never received the fancy herald on the tender.  The heralds were added after most of the ten-wheelers were declared obsolete and were replaced by Pacifics. 
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: EricQuebec on May 29, 2020, 12:22:37 PM
Beautiful.
Eric
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: deemery on May 29, 2020, 02:16:48 PM
The range for copperheads goes well into PA, I think we had some in our yard in Northern VA.


dave
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 29, 2020, 05:26:02 PM
Quote from: EricQuebec on May 29, 2020, 12:22:37 PM
Beautiful.
Eric

Eric,

Thank you, much appreciate the compliment.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 29, 2020, 05:28:33 PM
Quote from: deemery on May 29, 2020, 02:16:48 PM
The range for copperheads goes well into PA, I think we had some in our yard in Northern VA.


dave


Dave,

According to the ACL Richard Prince book, several were built in the Richmond Shops. The one shown above is on display in Florence, SC.

It is quite possible they were in Northern VA. These were used for both freight and passenger service.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: deemery on May 29, 2020, 07:01:00 PM
Tom, I was talking about the snakes, actually.  But it wouldn't surprise me about the loco, a lot of stuff visited the RF&P yards at one point or another.


dave
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on May 30, 2020, 06:23:53 AM
Quote from: deemery on May 29, 2020, 07:01:00 PM
Tom, I was talking about the snakes, actually.  But it wouldn't surprise me about the loco, a lot of stuff visited the RF&P yards at one point or another.


dave


Dave,

My bad, I was so locked into the loco that the snake aspect never entered my mind. Good thing I wasn't in the woods!  ???

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: postalkarl on May 30, 2020, 05:06:31 PM
Hey Tom:

Very professionally done. Thanks for posting.

Karl
Title: Re: Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Ten Wheeler Painting
Post by: ACL1504 on June 30, 2020, 02:58:34 PM
Quote from: postalkarl on May 30, 2020, 05:06:31 PM
Hey Tom:

Very professionally done. Thanks for posting.

Karl

Karl,

Sorry for the late reply to your post. I appreciate the compliment.

Tom  ;D