Yes, it’s a model - 1
1: With the Missouri River in the background, Jeff Meyer
photographed D&TS 7023
, empty and heading to a steel mill in
Gary, IN for another load of coiled steel.
Jeff built and photographed the model. He began with a Red
Caboose kit and reworked much of the details, including
new grab irons, brake rigging, and air hoses, Exactrail trucks
and Sergent couplers. The model was weathered with acryl-
ics and oil washes. The model is on a diorama using Micro
Engineering code 70 track and Highball ballast.
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2: B&O 604637 sits patiently in the Battlefield yard awaiting
its next assignment.
Most likely it will be sent somewhere in
the Midwest to get another load that can be shipped out of
the port of Baltimore.
The model is an Athearn hopper that is stock except for brake
line hoses that have been added. The weathering was done
by a combination of airbrushing and paint washes. Shannon
Crabtree took the photo on his Virginia Midland Railroad.
More information on Shannon's layout can be found at:
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MRH-Sep 2013
