SP 9504 at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers model railroad in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA. This is a Scale Trains Models. The real SP 9504 was an EMD SD45X, SP Class EF642-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1971 to SP specifications as EMD 4202, builders number 36807. It was sold to SP in 1972 becoming SP 9504. It was retired in 1984 and scrapped.

SP 9504 at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers model railroad in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA.

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#trains #railroads #railroading #modelrailroading #HOscale #tcsme #scaletrains #ge #niles #fremontca #southernpacific #southernpacificrailroad

Two styrene paint chips on a paper towel. One is labeled 3 Hours and the other 6 Hours. These times refer to the drying time of the top layer before chipping was done.

The longer you leave the top layer to dry, the more resistant the it is to chipping. This can be used to vary the level of wear. I like the look after 6 hours drying, but it probably had more to do with how wet the brush was. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

Testing hairspray chipping technique for the interior on a few pieces of scrap styrene. After priming, an undercoat is applied, then a light coat of hairspray, then a top layer of paint that will chip away with a damp brush. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

I've added the side steps and class lights to the short hood of my GP9. The class lights are looking a bit chunky so I might remove them and try and source some parts. I may prime it first and see how it looks. #hoscale #modelrailway #modeltrains #kitbash #187scale #bsmrguk #modelrailroading

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A nice fence to keep the neighbors from seeing the backside of Luke's Fine Dining

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One of these days I think I'll try my hand at building this. Or a version of it at least.

An NCTD Sprinter Siemens Desiro Diesel Multiple Unit rounding a corner near Oceanside, CA.

Finally got around to posting all my pictures from my quest to ride and bicycle the length of every DMU Transit system in the US:

www.bgtmrring.org/dmu-systems

#DMU #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelTrains #Trains #Transit #Urbanism #TOD #Bikability #ModernTransit #Modeling #Proto-Future

Trinidad Denver & Western 27 'Mordred' thunders towards Wolfram on the double track mainline with a mixed freight.

#HoTrains #TDW #ModelTrains #ModelRailroading #HOScale

#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak

N scale

There were no drones over Bryson in 1942.
This is an approximate view of the yard and buildings.
Loco in distance needs painting the domes etc. have been improved to resemble SRY 2-8-0 scratch built turnouts. Depot on right,

HO scale Caswell gondola, inverted, with a layer of mahogany primer.

This gondola is topologically complex with the dump mechanism, brake gear, etc. After one layer of Mr. Mahogany Surfacer 1000, a few spots were missed. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

Side view, unpainted resin HO scale model of a Caswell gondola.

Angle view, unpainted resin HO scale model of a Caswell gondola.

Assembly complete. The corner steps are etched metal things that require folding and break apart all too easily. But I persevered. Next, bathing and priming. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

#modelrailroading I decided that since Luke's Fine Dining was facing one street, and the rear of it was facing another one that it needed a fence to block the view of the junk in the back. So today I'm building the fence.

New Models post about a Union Pacific PS-0 box car build from a Funero & Camerlengo kit. models.jcjray.com/2026/03/12/p... #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #ModelRailroading

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I fancy myself as a connoisseur of prewar O gauge trains. And I have some scale models with better sound and details. But the 2 locos I enjoy running the most are this Texas Special F3 from 1999 and 2065 Hudson from 1954. They have so much character to them.
#modeltrains #modelrailroading

HO scale Caswell gondola model having seams between parts filled with Tamiya Putty, Basic Type.

B end view of an HO scale Caswell gondola showing the brake detail.

Almost finished on top. Just a few more details and it will be assembled. That brakewheel is a tiny and very thin wafer of resin - it took a lot of time to clean it up. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

A rainy day run at JonCinville Railroad and Trolley Lines 🚂 🚋🙂
#toytrains
#modelrailroading
#gscaletrains

Watchin' The Wheels Wednesday at JonCinville Railroad and Trolley Lines 🚂🚋🙂
Peace and Love ✌🏼😘
Brought out an old train set that my wife bought me. It's a cutie and it's my favorite soft drink!
#toytrains
#modelrailroading
#gscaletrains

Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with the brake apparatus installed.

The underside detail is almost complete. Note the 3D-printed T pipejoiner in the trainline, a part from precisionresinworks.com and chain links from ppw-aline.com/products/292.... #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

As a local waits to depart and an F-M switcher worked the "Mission Bay Yard," a turbine powered through freight crossed over from number three track to the eastbound main heading out of town. On Saturday, March 7, 2026, the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) had a scheduled operating session in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA.

Trains working the "Mission Bay Yard," at California Central Model Railroad Club, the model railroad in the Agnew Depot in Santa Clara, CA, on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

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#trains #railroads #railroading #modelrailroading #HOscale #ccmrc #santaclara #santaclaraca

Tailend Tuesday all lit up! At JonCinville Railroad and Trolley Lines 🚂🚋🙂
Peace and Love ✌🏼😘
#toytrains
#modelrailroading
#gscaletrains

Well... it appears a long over due old friend has finally arrived in prim and proper spirit.

Barring everything goes well as I haven't run it in a year or so, I finished putting the decals on my now Trinidad Denver & Western 600 'Big Tex'
#ModelTrains #ModelRailroading #HOScale #HoTrains #TDW

Spent the day packing up train stuff but had to leave out a few things at JonCinville Railroad and Trolley Lines 🚂🚋🙂
Peace and Love ✌🏼😘
#toytrains
#modelrailroading
#gscaletrains
#gscaletrolleycars

Top-down view of an HO scale Caswell gondola with end sill installed in the right location, bearing corner gussets, and equipped with the couplers.

Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with trainline and brake detail being installed.

Adding the corner gussets and end sill - this time, in the right place. After that, the trainline and brake gear. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

HO scale Caswell gondola, inverted, with dump mechanism rod and bearings installed.

HO scale Prototype couplers being installed into graphite-painted resin coupler boxes.

Threading the bearings on both sides finished, I am preparing the coupler pockets with graphite. These are Prototype Couplers, a little more prototypical than Kadee (at the cost of being harder to operate). #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola next to a rod and several dump mechanism bearings that will be installed.

Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with the dump mechanism rod threaded through the first two bearings.

Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola, partially threaded with dump mechanism bearings on one side.

The underside of this project will take the most time. Here, we install the dump mechanism very gradually. It requires sanding out 16 ring-shaped bearings per side and threading them through a rod. Tedious but not difficult. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

On Saturday, March 7, 2026, the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) had a scheduled operating session in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA. ATSF 1862 led an "Eastbound Peddler" shown here crossing "Mouse Creek." The real ATSF 1862 was an EMD SD45 built in 1966, builder's number 32538. It was renumbered to 5562, later rebuilt to 5316.

On Mar. 7, 2026, at a model RR club operating session in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA. ATSF 1862 led an "Eastbound Peddler" here crossing "Mouse Creek."

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#trains #railroads #railroading #modelrailroading #HOscale #ccmrc #santaclara #santaclaraca

Top-down view of an HO scale Caswell gondola with the lip on the B end mostly peeled off, hanging by a thread.

Top-down view of an HO scale Caswell gondola with the B end lip being glued in place with cyanoacrylate (CA, or superglue).

B end-on view of an HO scale Caswell gondola with the lip at the top repaired.

As @jamesdmcdonald.bsky.social suggested, this mistake has proven to be fixable. After gradually reattaching with thin CA, laying it flat upside down on a piece of glass straightened it out. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

HO scale Caswell gondola with the ledge on the end warped and disconnected from the main casting.

The B end was being difficult, so I ended up dumping a slight excess of Un-Cure. This had the effect of eating away at the casting. Is this model, as the kids say, cooked? #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with a bottle of Bob Smith Industries cyanoacrylate remover, Un-Cure.

HO scale Caswell gondola with an erroneously placed end sill removed, showing collateral damage.

Then I realized my mistake. I resorted to Un-Cure (bsi-inc.com/hobby/un_cur...) to remove the end sill. Removal incurred collateral damage I will need to fix... #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild

Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with underframe installed next to a bottle of CA glue and a spray bottle of Instaset.

Next was to use thin CA with Instaset (bsi-inc.com/hobby/insta_...) to fine-tune the locations of the cross-bearers. Basically, hold the rib in place, drop a tiny bit of CA, make sure the rib is positioned, then spray Instaset. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild