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Show Us 8 years 6 months ago #5845
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Completed work on seven units over the winter months...
first up I reworked two of my MP15's...ordered new shells from Atlas and reused some parts from my factory shells.SCII Southern green and Floquil reefer yellow were used,MS decals,added detail parts and light weathering. 2771 side 1   2771 side 2   2772 side 1  Greetings  2772 working the beer distributor siding  Both units  2771/72/77/80 heading to the New St.Nicholas breaker   All four units have TCS M1P-15 decoders installed.Hoping TCS developes a WOW kit for the Atlas MP15 |
Show Us 8 years 6 months ago #5846
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The next units are the recently delivered Atlas GP7's. The units started as undecorated and equipped with LOC sound decoders.My choice of numbers are 601/02.The Atlas model comes with 36" dynamic brake fans and doing research on the RDG prototype the only other number option would be 603.The RDG units (601/02/03) were built/delivered 7-52 and EMD did not offer the 48" db fan option till after 8-52...food for thought
Units painted with SCII Pullman green with many extra details added.The trucks received a coating of grimy black and the hand grabs,railings,pilot steps and edges were done with railbox yellow.Ms decals were used and heavy weathering applied. Also,for the first time I used the RDG drip strips offered by Calscale Side one 601   Side two 601   Side one 602  Side two of 602 coming into the beer siding   Three shots of 61/02 mu'ed  |
Show Us 8 years 6 months ago #5847
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Show Us 8 years 6 months ago #5848
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The next units are Athearn Genesis...please excuse the wavy handrails in some of the photos...that's how you can tell the model was/is an Athearn product.The units were completed in the same way as the previous atlas models.TCS WOW sound was installed replacing the factory installed tsunami which kept burning up speakers
625 side one   625 side two   632 side one   632 side two   Both units    Veiw of the dynamic brake blisters on both the Atlas and Athearn models  |
Show Us 8 years 6 months ago #5849
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Finally I reworked the weathering and installed a TCS WOW sound decoder into my factory painted Athearn 623
Side one  Side two  Roof shot grime and rust  Leading down the branch with 632/25  |
Show Us 8 years 6 months ago #5850
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Did You Know?
June 20-23, 1972
The Reading is devastated by Hurricane Agnes; washouts and damage across the system require significant effort to repair, and also hasten the abandonment of marginal branches.
Downloads
Operations Information
A variety of Reading Company operations related documents, etc. that may be of use in your modeling efforts.
Operations Paperwork
A variety of Reading Company operations paperwork, such as train orders, clearance forms, etc. that will help you operate your Reading layout in a prototypical manner.
Timetables, Rulebooks, Etc.
Public Timetables, Employe Timetables, and Rulebooks that provide much useful operational information.
Modeling Goodies
Signs, billboards, and other FREE goodies for your use. We ask only that you help spread the word about The Reading Modeler!
Rolling Stock Reference
Downloadable reference documents on the various classes of Reading Company Freight and Passenger rolling stock.