Monday, August 24, 2026

[Zephyrus52246]

Morning all,

Sunny and headed to 81 degrees today.  

Finally finished the last two cars.  These were tough.  The gondola had no weights, but I found a couple in the stash.  Some of the grabs broke and were replaced with Tichy metal ones, which needed painting.  Lots of glue spots so a spray of Dullcoat needed.  I did do a wash of thinned black over the car (these were used in coal service by the Q) to cover some other boo boos.  I didn't intend to paint the trucks, but though it would look odd otherwise.  The reefers yellow is the plastic (not painted), and I don't like the starkness, so it may get weathered as well.  

Here's a pic of all the repaired and new cars from my recent rolling stock binge.  Time for some layout work

Jeff

[NEMMRRC]

Howdy.

Last full week of August. Time flies.

Saw this cool yellow truck at the cars and coffee this past Saturday.

Time to get to work 

Later.

[ReadingBob]

Afternoon all,

Busy morning today. The afternoon is mine. I'll hit the workbench shortly.

Have a great one!

[KentuckySouthern]

Moderately well behaved traffic S bound thru the mitten state today. Temp in low 60s leaving the lakeside. Now Upper 70s 45-50 miles N of Lansing.

Had a good week, will head back mid-Sept if all goes well.

First ops session since May is this weekend.

Enjoy the day.

[GPdemayo]

Afternoon all.....