Freight Car Photos (model and prototype)

[jerryrbeach]

Thom,
I see them clearly now, should have looked a little closer, my bad.  I kind of got caught up in all the deck and end detail, also love that "positionable" brake wheel that pivots 90 degrees to accommodate over length loads.  I hope David sees this and posts a few shots of these flats in service on his layout.

[tct855]

Thom,
I see them clearly now, should have looked a little closer, my bad.  I kind of got caught up in all the deck and end detail, also love that "positionable" brake wheel that pivots 90 degrees to accommodate over length loads.  I hope David sees this and posts a few shots of these flats in service on his layout.

Me too! ha. Thanx Thom...

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A cleaner Seaboard whale belly and a CB&Q one.

[bagman]

Thom,
Awesome modeling!  I love the way you chewed up a few boards when weathering the decks.  Great colors on the decking, very realistic IMO. Nice weathering of the sides, lots of wonderful details, few modelers add the cut levers. 

Jerry,
            Thank you for the kinds words and more thanks for noticing the hand made cut lever bars with bracket and loop.  Jerry if you look closer you might notice I put the air pull release rods complete with loop on one end and L bend on other.  These cars belong to bagman.  He can tell yah I do those little details on most rollingstock I build.   Thanx Thom...

Thom does a fantastic job when weathering cars. He's done quite a few for me over the years ( along with some loco's) and the additional details that are added really finish the model off.


I built these flat cars from some old Red Caboose kits. Very easy build and the detail is very good in the stock build. Unfortunately when shipping to Thom some broke off and had to be replaced.
This is where Thom excels. Very clever in replacing broken parts and then adding some extra details that you wouldn't think of.


I'll post some photos on my layout when Thom sends them out to me but in the meantime I'm sure he'll post some after they make an appearance this upcoming weekend on the F&SM.


David

[jerryrbeach]

David,
Looking forward to the photos of the cars on both layouts.

[tct855]

Thom,
I see them clearly now, should have looked a little closer, my bad.  I kind of got caught up in all the deck and end detail, also love that "positionable" brake wheel that pivots 90 degrees to accommodate over length loads.  I hope David sees this and posts a few shots of these flats in service on his layout.

Bagman,
                When you post pics of your flat cars on your beautiful layout.  Will see shots like these? T...

[bagman]

Thom,
I see them clearly now, should have looked a little closer, my bad.  I kind of got caught up in all the deck and end detail, also love that "positionable" brake wheel that pivots 90 degrees to accommodate over length loads.  I hope David sees this and posts a few shots of these flats in service on his layout.

Bagman,
                When you post pics of your flat cars on your beautiful layout.  Will see shots like these? T...

Sure, along with the odd dinosaur as John Allen did.
This is assuming that they make it back from George' open house !

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