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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.
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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 🚂 🚋🙂
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Watchin' The Wheels Wednesday at JonCinville Railroad and Trolley Lines 🚂🚋🙂
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Brought out an old train set that my wife bought me. It's a cutie and it's my favorite soft drink!
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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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Tailend Tuesday all lit up! At JonCinville Railroad and Trolley Lines 🚂🚋🙂
Peace and Love ✌🏼😘
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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'
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Spent the day packing up train stuff but had to leave out a few things at JonCinville Railroad and Trolley Lines 🚂🚋🙂
Peace and Love ✌🏼😘
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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."
(Please see alt field for more detail)
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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
Whimsical AF
(AF standing for American Flyer, of course)
Idc that it’s not realistic or that’s it’s an MTH reproduction, I’m excited to have this on my layout lol. #modeltrains #modelrailroading
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with crossbearers test-fitted.
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with crossbearers moved in order off the underframe.
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola next to the assembled underframe: center sill and cross-bearers.
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with underframe fitted into place.
The underframe is complex, with the dumping mechanism visible. It came together mostly smoothly, though some of the individual cross-bearers were not as straight as I wanted. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
HO scale Caswell gondola, inverted, with sill supports in place.
HO scale Caswell gondola, inverted, with end sills erroneously installed in the wrong location.
I was overly concerned about the twisted casting; my actual big mistake was installing the end sills with CA (superglue) instead of the end cross bearers, which are what is supposed to be there. This will come back to haunt me! #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
HO scale gondola from above with a flat metal plate installed in the center of the hold.
HO scale gondola resin casting with the false floor installed on top of the metal plate.
I had hoped that the floor weight would straighten out the casting - and it did, but not completely. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
HO scale gondola resin casting, without details installed, next to a pin vise holding a #79 drill bit
HO scale gondola casting with grabirons installed demonstrating the degree of twist in the casting.
First, to drill out the grabirons. I was a little concerned about the degree of twist in the primary casting. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
Photo of a page from the Westerfield history of Caswell gondolas, "Caswell Variations", included as part of the kit. To the right is a prototype photo from the B end. On the left is a tally of the many Caswell gondola variants and how long they lasted, ranging from 1930 to 1970.
Caswell gondolas and derivatives were also used widely for coal service, sugar beets, woodchips, stone - basically anything not needing weather protection. They had a long life and made it to maintenance-of-way service as well. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
The #SantaFe served many mines in New Mexico, Arizona, and California where these gondolas would be useful. wheelsmuseum.org?page_id=945 mojavedesert.net/railroads/sa... #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
https://old.atsfrr.org/resources/Sandifer/Howard/Consist/Consists.htm Photo of a short consist on the Howard Branch of the ATSF in Kansas. Behind steam locomotive 1015 is mixed freight, consisting of a Frisco USRA composite gondola, ATSF Caswell gondola, and taller Caswell with wine door mechanism.
These gondolas ended up a lot of random places (atsf.railfan.net/oddities/gon...). From the 2nd photo here, note how high the Caswell rides compared to another gondola design: old.atsfrr.org/resources/Sa... #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
