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TOPIC: Reading Company kitbash corner
Reading Company kitbash corner 11 years 5 days ago #1300
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Reading Company kitbash corner 10 years 11 months ago #1452
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Finally done, getting the last few things I needed was a bit of a chore but got it all mid last week.
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Reading Company kitbash corner 10 years 11 months ago #1458
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Reading Company kitbash corner 10 years 11 months ago #1459
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Reading Company kitbash corner 10 years 11 months ago #1462
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Reading Company kitbash corner 10 years 1 month ago #2866
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Another rebuild is done a couple years in the making. It got put on the back burner a few times for a few reasons but more recently was it got a wobble while running and I figured out the wheels were bent on the axles. I just needed for order a new set from bachmann but kept putting it off, then around christmas doing a favor I had to order a motor to fix someones christmas B23-7 so I ordered the drivers as well.
The original bash was a mantua shell and a chopped I-10 tender shell, if I were totally restarting the project I would do the cylinders differently. I used mantua cylinders from a switcher but being metal and not knowing at the time spectrum engines carry current in the rods I had to then drill out the cylinders and fill them with putty so they didn't short. Today I would just scratch build new cylinders but I didn't have the skill at the time and there was no really turning back, it works it was just a pain. Once the running gear was working well it got new scratch shells the tender being built at least a year ago as I pick at other parts. Decals are microscale Fs for the yellow and a microscale alphabet sheet for the white.         |
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Did You Know?
April, 1957
The famous green "READING LINES" bridge over Shepps Dam on the Reading Belt Line (near Carpenter Steel) enters service.
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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.
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Rolling Stock Reference
Downloadable reference documents on the various classes of Reading Company Freight and Passenger rolling stock.