Coal train up the hill " then down the hill

[Badhorse79]

The NS main that runs through crest at CP harris and the grade from the west is simply insane saluda type stuff ... then its all down hill dynamics where whining like a baby when I took the second shot but the Gevo and 60M where digging hard in this shot

[Badhorse79]

Down the hill

[Badhorse79]

Another view of the climb

[thpbears]

I am at a loss for words. This is simply awesome.

[NSMoWandS]

Gotta love a "hands on" layout!

[Badhorse79]

This is the stretch im going to start the scenery and hopefully ill have the sheets of ply wood by the week end too finish the bench work

[thpbears]

Those are some nice looking weathered hoppers in the background. Any chance of a close up to give me some ideas?

[NSMoWandS]

Bears... there is NO wrong way to weather cars!!! Light, heavy, mud, rust... I am sure standing trackside... we have seen it all. For coal gons... I hit the trucks with a earth brown... some over spray on the bottom of the car is ok... looks like splashed mud. Then I spray light grey into the air(1 second shot) ... and (holding the car with the other hand) I pull the car through the spray. It lightly covers and gives a dried mud/dust look. Then I spray dullcoat... and while still wet... I use black pastel chalk powder to dirty up the tops and in the gon bay itself. Hope this helps.

[thpbears]

Yeah I am going to use some powders this afternoon to see if I can get that dirty grimy coal dust look. Thanks

[NSMoWandS]

And as far as the Power plant in MR... can you tell where the inspiration came for this...right down to the three vents on the side of the unloading shed(engine house). The engine house is pikestuff... the rest is scratchbuilt. Color looks familiar doesn't it?

[Badhorse79]

Here ya go bears a few cars from an earlier post

http://www.jreb.org/ns/index.php?topic=11060.0

[thpbears]

Verny much appreciated Badhorse. They look great.

[Badhorse79]

Thank you man I have 6 more to dirty up  ...after that im running outta stuff to weather,paint,even do ... I guess ill continue to work on the road some ... I also was wondering how I could do a Web page with all my stuff and have like a guest section with photos projects how to's ya know stuff like that !

[thpbears]

That would be cool to have. I am not the best on computer topics. I dread trying to wire my layout beofre to long.