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More photo’s of the models. These are as detailed for the PRR. The N de M versions are subtle by different.

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I second that

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Wonderful work, Tom.

That inspired me to make a GP15-1 for my layout.

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George Craig. Probably VP Houston at the time. He and Farrell traded places post merger.

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The second b&w picture from the bottom is Bill Farrell, VP Traffic for the MP.
He appears in a number of the photos.
Ken Morrow is actually Ken Morril, not sure if one or two L’s. He is from UP so probably post merger.

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I only worked vacation relief at some point for Bob Fink who was the master of equipment for the wood train. Someone mentioned it came out of Mountain Pine, but as I recall it originated at Hope, but I am probably wrong. The train picked up wood racks in the 724000 series and wood chip hoppers at various stations and went around the hump at NLRK. I believe it went through Union Station. It did carry Pine Bluff and Bastrop cars, but may have terminated At PBLF and passed the Bastrops to a local, but again not clear, been too long ago.
Every once in awhile the wood cutters would cheat a little too much and one night a wood rack knocked the locomotive mirror off Amtrak #21 heading in the opposite direction on the double track. Much ado about that! Lots of tape measuring for several weeks.
There was a wood chip loader at Corning AR served by a local but they would frequently get to the point where their hopper would get full and begin phoning everyone in the book for an empty immediately. This usually resulted in a through freight out of NLRK being set up with a chip hopper behind the power to set out at Corning. Happened on a semi regular basis.
I am sure someone more knowledgeable can add to or correct.

Warren Wilson

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Charlie,

it is a P2K Geep. Painted with Badger Jenks’s blue.

I’m not using pigments. I used Vallejo white wash and MIG medium gray panel line wash.

Submission is a photo of #1787 in that scheme.

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Weathering of the MoPac Geeps goes on.

First try of MIG Panel line wash on the louvers and doors of #1787.

I still have to smooth it a little bit with White Spirit thinner

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Bill

Just to add to your comment about the smooth sides. Budd actually referred to them as slab sides.
3 slabs below the windows.

Bill Basden Delta Models http://www.deltamodelsusa.com

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looking at these photos there is one person I recognize. It’s Mike Flannery. He was President of WP when the UP, MP, AND WP merged. I believe he was named President of UP after the merger. In some of the pictures where they are sitting around a conference table they are smoking. Also on one of the business cars it has Missouri Pacific instead of UnioN Pacific. Based on these photos I would say the year would be mid 80’s

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I like how you paint the roofs.

Well done.

Perhaps you can show us your technique.

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If you have an old saved URL this I think is the problem. I did what kevin suggest and saved the new URL.

Every thing seems to work now good.

Bill

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welcome aboard to all new members of the forum.

Bill Basden

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Gregg Might take a boat load of change to acquire.

I offered to help Roger put the design package together for the T & P F7 models. I want the versions that were

converted and painted in the Eagle colors for Passenger service.

I really hate that the builder is dictating how he does not want to do AB sets he wants ABBA sets. in like
models. That makes an ABBA set about 7500 for the ABBA.

Bill

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Thanks Dick

Makes it more plain now, and gives me a direction to go with. When I get some of this wired up I will post photo’s

Will make for interesting viewing.

Here is a link for the company I use who has a vast assortment of lighting products,
you might want to check them out. It is all done using very tiny LED’s.

http://www.ngineering.com/index.htm

Thanks again Dick.

Bill

@dickryker wrote:

Mars and Gyralite are trade names like Westinghouse and General Electric. Both companies provided various headlights, and oscillating lighting.

On the Missouri Pacific- Texas & Pacific lines, passenger diesels had a red oscillating light in the top light housing. The headlight was placed in the door. On early E units through E-7, the headlight was a single bulb with a large reflector. The red light was somewhat smaller since it had a separate housing that moved as a unit. The red light did not illuminate unless the train was stopped and discharging passengers. This would signal on-coming trains to stop. (actual rules may have varied by track and signal types. I’d read a rule book to be certain.)

On E-8 locomotives, most of the lighting was from Pyle-National. The head light in the door was now two sealed beam lights mounted horizontally. In the upper housing was a vertical twin beam unit with two oscillating lights. The lower light was red and served the function described above. The upper light was a white oscillating light used for alerting drivers that a high speed train was approaching. It was illuminated when the train was moving.

Based on photos in various books, earlier E-units were all eventually upgraded with the sealed beam units

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