Greetings All,
Welcome back! The P.C.C.M. 50A saga continues today...
Things are looking good at Terminal Yard as we continue with the P.C.C.M. 50 preludes. Yard switcher A has been busy sorting the blocks of cars for the K.P.D., A.P.R.R., L.F.&N.W. and R.C.R. layouts.
Yard switcher B is picking up L.F.&N.W. 50' boxcar #160 from Bruce Electric. The car is loaded with electrical supplies for the Edison Electric Plant in Zenith which is served by the L.F.&NW
Cars heading west are being blocked together. BRMX #5298 is headed for the Denver Stockyards. The NP 50' boxcars caught my eye in the Green Frog PC video series so I added them in for looks.
1/87th scale AT JOE is quickly becoming known as Alco Joe as he has liberated these three Alco Centuries for the Bedford local. The local features a new brakeman from the extra board today.
The first stop is T&R Gravel where the local pulls three covered hoppers loaded with locomotive sand for the KP&W and APRR.
Three empty hoppers are then spotted under the tipple to be loaded with ore for Kings Port Steel.
The trio of Alcos make their way into Bedford NY passing Berk Enterprises and the Hostess Plant where there is work to be done.
WP #26839 an empty Bulk Sugar 40' boxcar is one of several cars pulled from Hostess. This car is heading back west to U.S. Sugar on John B's L.F.&N.W. layout
We're next door at Berk Enterprises where empty BM #105 is being spotted for loading with printed packaging for Blue Ribbon Flour on Ralph's KP.D. layout.
The PC PS 2 hoppers are going to the APRR Engine Facility.
1/87th scale AT JOE aka Alco Joe pilots the Bedford Local thru Empire City towards the west side reverse curve.
The Centuries are in run 8 as they hurtle back towards Terminal Yard.
The Bedford Local returns to Terminal Yard where the switch crew will get to work on sorting these incoming freight cars.
Tomorrow we'll continue the P.C.C.M 50 preludes with the Empire Belt delivering these freight cars to their respective industries.
While you wait for my next P.C.C.M. 50 prelude now's a great time to check fellow virtual ops enthusiast Ralph V's K.P.D. blog and check out his prelude postings.
Thanks for reading!!!!
More action! This virtual opsaholic is enjoying every move you make along with the stories that go with it. More freight action than ever before!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments my fellow virtual opsaholic Sir Neal!
DeleteVery much fun to see the updates and photos. I wanted to ask about the color paint you use. Currently jade is a hard color to find in rattle cans- most are too light. What do you use? Airbrush?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments! To answer your question, over the last few years I've used Krylon Sea Glass Green from the big box stores. Prior to that I used Jade Green that I purchased online from a company called American Slings http://americanslings.com/slings-patio-supplies/
DeleteThe Sea Glass green matches up pretty well with the Accurail, Roundhouse and some other manufacturers. The A.S. Jade Green is darker and thicker making it a bit tricky to use and having an extended drying time. But I do like the color.
Looking at this blog entry the cars in the header are painted with the Krlyon Sea Glass Green. The Penn Central boxcar in photo #8 was painted with the Jade Green.
A funny thing about the Jade Green depending on the lighting it sometimes shows up in photos with a blue tint as on the fuel truck in photo#2.
Hope this is helpful.
John
Thanks for the info. Plain jade was a great color from Walmart but no longer stocked. I have used the Sea Glass Green as well. I just became aware of custom rattle can coloring at a local paint store. I am thinking of taking in an old Athearn car and sampling it for a custom color. At the same time it is nice to have several shades of jade in consists so as not to bore the eye. However there are several historic photos from the Horseshoe Curve that show unit trains of brand new PC gondolas and boxcars all the exact same shade! Again, thanks for the info and keep up the good work!
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