NSRRM for Cliff

[Rick_Marty]

Just ran across this.

Tahoe & Glenbrook Double Header - Star Spangled Steam Up, Nevada State Railroad Museum 2025

[John_Bouck]

Thanks, Rick.
I have started to really admire those old fancy locos. My weathered beat up engines have been shelved for a while so I can enjoy the Bachmann versions of these.

[Cliff_Jennings]

Thanks Rick, I hadn’t seen that. Great shots!!

Much obliged!

[Rooster]

John,
The beauty of those old Victorian era locos is incredible and the craftsmanship/ PRIDE put into it just puts it over the top for me.

Whats crazy is I sit on my back porch and watch NS run local freight over the original CVRR line which this little gem was built for. Sometimes I sit out back, drink beer and envision it still huffing past like back in the day in the hood. This is why I modeled what I did. I was gonna do the Pioneer but the "OFG"s in chat talked me into Utility instead and I was stupid enough to listen.

Inside Look features Passenger Station, the Stationmaster's House and the Freight Station Museum in

[Cliff_Jennings]

I didn’t know that museum existed, now I gotta go!

Was it your Utility loco model displayed there?

This is at RMPA I think, very cool:

Advice: Find that narrator and marry her, Dude!

[Deneh (Bruce S. Gebbeken)]

Ah! So Nice! Pictures from my hometown.

[Rooster]

@Cliff_Jennings

Was it your Utility loco model displayed there?

Well unless you know of someone else that tried to model one I’m gonna say yes. The CVRR Motor Car model is in there as well and they all have stories to tell…It’s much better than pictures and I love when people ask how I made it.
Well, you start with a PVC sink drain, then you need a cap off of Miracle Grow African Violet food along with a power steering fluid bottle. You have to purchase a Thomas the Tank engine (Percy) model and gut it …etc,etc,etc !

Terrible picture with the back lighting and reflections.

[Cliff_Jennings]

Dang, you beat me getting a model into a museum!

That’s fantastic, big congrats David!!

Did you make the combine or motor car as well??

[Rooster]

Old hat Cliff…

CVRR Electric Motor Car #15

[Motor Car 15 other side with only 2 poles] In the early 1900’s the Cumberland Valley Railroad needed a better way to transport folks cost effectively on the Dillsburg Mechanicsburg Branch of the CVRR. The ore mining which started the branch had declined greatly and passenger ridership was starting to decline as well so running daily steam service into the area was becoming costly with the exception of the Grangers Picnic at Williams Grove,PA. However “The Grange Picnic/Fair” only happened one…

CVRR Combination Car (kitbash attempt)

[eclist052Med] [eclist054Med] The CVRR or Cumberland Valley RR was a very prosperous RR back in it’s hey day. The tracks still stand for the most part (now owned by NS) however most of the branches are long gone. Part of the main line runs behind my home (active daily) moving local mixed freight. I’m certainly not converting to this era modeling but I do enjoy history and perhaps have a bit of a fetish for local history. Back in the day this car(now residing at Strasburg Museum) certainly wou…

CVRR Utility #17

Ok I’m not a steam guy but as noted in the past I’m totally into local history. I have several books on the real Cumberland Valley RR which the main still runs behind my house now owned by N.S. (as noted in the past). I spotted this unit in one of my books several years ago and found it quite interesting, flat out ugly and down right badass… It kinda looks like the Munster Mobile on rail’s …did I say it was ugly and has a bellcrank, … it would have pulled the CVRR combination car over the Susque…

[Cliff_Jennings]

Thanks for the links. I remember the Utility thread, but somehow missed (or completely forgot?) the other two. My brain’s getting rustier by the day. Anyway, belated congrats on getting all three into the museum, they all look fantastic.

[Turbo4whl (Wayne Powell)]

@Rooster

Terrible picture with the back lighting and reflections.

Back in the day when we all shot film cameras, you could add a polarizing filter. Spin it around until the reflection was gone, snap the shot.