Photos

These are photos documenting some small projects either for the WPO or otherwise.

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	WPO ACF cement hopper. It took me a year to come up with the graphic design, which is inspired by the Oregon shortlines (i.e. Port of Tillamook Bay and City of Prineville). Since my railroad is set during the per diem boxcar craze, I thought it fitting to have a similar logo style. I had RailGraphics make the decals for me. This happens to be an old Front Range car that was carefully relettered.
	WPO 5344cuft boxcars (from Athearn) in the process of being lettered.
	Here are a couple of pictures of a model I gave to Wayne Roderick (TSL.) It started as a truck terminal made by Tyco or Lifelike back in late 70's or early 80's. I built it as a kid and had it kicking around in a dusty old box and couldn't figure out what to do with it. Well, Wayne had a team track with absolutely nothing there and the idea was sparked to fill it with this. I cut the back half inch off of the building which looked absolutely unsightly in the original colors. I built the sign and printed out the actual signage on a laser printer. I hand-painted all of the rockwork with tole paints and made another dock area to the left out of sheet styrene. I ditched the original roof and made a new one from sheet styrene and strips.
	Another picture of the Hoback Freight Terminal. I weathered the concrete base as the Floquil aged concrete looks a little too yellow/brown for my tastes. This picture was taken on the Teton Short Line, where the building lives.
	A tongue-in-cheek flatcar and load for Wayne's TSL, especially for Tigers Jurassic industry. Athearn flat and a Greenway "mystery load". I painted, dry-transfer decalled, and weathered the car. Notice the company name on the car and the reporting marks! The WPO will have similar car, but with a different company name and reporting marks.
	Athearn 4-bay to 3-bay grain car conversion. I cut the floor apart and reassembled with styrene spacers. I then carfully trimmed the original outer two hatch bosses on top of the car and filled them with green squadron putty. I then drilled two new holes to accept the longer hatch (from scrap box.) Rats, I didn't get the holes centered perfectly - oh well, maybe I will do better next time as I have three more cars to perform the same minor surgery on.
	Athearn 4-bay to 3-bay grain car conversion, top of car before adding new long trough hatch.