Information on Electric Rail Traction in North Texas. Friday, July 7, 2017. Texas Traction Company is a museum group located in north Texas. We are seeking to establish a museum to preserve the history of electric street and Interurban railways in north Texas. We have small collection of artifacts consisting of several car bodies and other parts. Please check out our web site and join our organization.

Saturday, August 11, 2012. Type 5 Almost Ready! My apologies to my readers, as I have not posted in quite some time. Unfortunately, work has taken a considerable amount of my free time and posting here was lost in the shuffle. There has been a considerable amount of work accomplished in my absence. Boston Elevated Railway Type-5 5645 -. Brooklyn Rapid Transit car 169 -. Boston Elevated Railway PCC 3100 -.

Sunday, January 28, 2018. Continued Brick Paving, Part 2. Once laid, I sprayed all with Rustoleum Red Primer, my typical go to for a brick color. I then use pieces of styrene to simulate concrete paving and paint those Rustoleum Gray Primer. Once all was done, I used filler tinted with grey paint to add mortar to the bricks. Once dry, I used various washes to darken the bricks and act as weathering. Sunday, December 10, 2017.

West of Forest Park now has at least a basic page. Station was one of only a handful of stations to survive the demise of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin. Recently it fell under ownership of Wheaton Academy and the new owners are allowing a restoration to occur. To find out more about the project and how you can help, join the Prince Crossing Substation number 5 preservation society. Since July 3, 2007.

Musings on transit, past, present, and future. A North Shore Line Potpourri, Part One. Electroliner set 803-804 departs Kenosha in January 1963, shortly before the end of service. NSL 167 heads up a sout.

Friday, August 14, 2015. 3D modeling continues as always and on July 9, I received the first print of the experimental roof walks for the 3200 series cars. The walks in question are only the rear half, the portion that is only half-width. This was done as a cost saving measure for the test article. The fact that I can smell it really attests to the strength of the smell. Tying in with the roof boar.

The Third Rail Cookbook and Trolley Wire Times. Blog about streetcars, interurbans and rapid transit in real life and model form. Saturday, March 30, 2013. A heartbreaking visit to an old friend, and the path of progress is littered with tiny parts. Greetings again from the banks of the muddy Fox River. My travels took me to the Fox River Trolley Museum to take some detail photos for my Island Model Works 4000s. Is this a detail I have to include? The ends will be trimmed. Bending 16 handrails to the.

Tuesday, 12 November 2013. Car show canceled to save family diner - WAVY-TV. WAVY-TV Car show canceled to save family dinerWAVY-TVVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. It was once a hangout for classic car . Car show canceled to save family diner - WAVY-TV.

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