Weathering, when is too much, too much?
(Photograph by Thomas McCann) Whacha think, a little over the top?
Never too much IMO…only depends on how it’s maintained?
The locomotive in the photo looks like it hasn’t run in some time.
I’ve seen unused equipment with a lot more rust than the locomotive pictured.
Certain surfaces usually wouldn’t be rusted on a working locomotive 
Ralph
Is that a Uintah mallet? Where and when was the photo taken?
Wayne,
That looks like an old Rayonier Lumber Co. logging mallet.
Not bad weathering if you want to model something that looks like it hasn’t run in 50 years.
I’d say that’s a loco which hasn’t run in a long time – too many moving parts are rusted.
I have seen pics of Cuban locos that are pretty severely weathered but even they keep the moving parts lubed. They do have rusty areas where it doesn’t matter so much but most of the “weathering” is mainly grease, grime, and ancient paint.
John Bouck said:jb got iy right, it is an old Rayonier loco. I understand it is sked for refit.
Wayne, That looks like an old Rayonier Lumber Co. logging mallet.
Um, maybe a tad more weathered than I want mine.
Modern Prototypical Weathering
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The Rayonier looks like the standard gauge engine Bmann used for the NG Mallet
I saw a freight car at a train historical place on the Big Island of Hawaii that had a lot of imagination holding it together. Rust, rain and sun was doing it in for sure.
TOF