Recent content by BrianPacos

The AZCR took delivery of two "new" wooden coaches from Hamilton Manufacturing in Washington this week. The decision to order a set of wooden coaches from the carmaker came out of the need for an increased capacity on the railroad's weekday steam trains out of Flagstaff - the new coaches are...

I love Trainz Forge's passenger equipment but their textures are very reflective and don't blend in with the rest of a consist... is there a way to remove this reflectiveness from their passenger coaches? Showing one of their Washoe Valley cars next to my K&L-made consist for reference:

Santa Fe 5000 ran in an unusual configuration this past weekend - due to the ongoing installation of PTC on her larger tender, the 5000's smaller display tender was rolled out and painted to run behind the locomotive for weekend excursions. This tender was never used in regular service with the...

The Arizona Central unveiled their "semiquincentennial" paint scheme for locomotive no. 2321 at Flagstaff's Independence Day celebration. 2321 also ran behind Santa Fe no. 5000 on the weekend's excursion trains. The paint scheme is based on the Santa Fe's "bicentennial" scheme for five of its...

Fitted my Santa Fe #5000 with a sealed dual-beam headlight, similar to N&W 611 and NKP 765. Trying to decide if I like the look or not. And a shot of the 5000 out on the road today... The benefits are better visibility (a huge plus if you ask the 611 crew), and built-in redundancy. The...

The perfectionist in me will, quite unfortunately, never let small things go. Been spending some time re-doing the sides of ALL of my fluted steel coaches (close to a hundred), and I must say, a little bit of gradient makes one hell of a difference. On the left is my old standard fluting...

Arizona Central's Summers Spring Shops completes their next restoration: Southern Pacific no. 2472 for the Golden Gate Railroad Museum in Schellville, CA. This was a project similar to my CP 2860 one, where an existing base model of the locomotive was reskinned (and some physical elements were...

Thanks! I patterned the scheme after the F7's that the ATSF rostered as opposed to the later F45's to make it look more accurate to the steam/transition era consists the Santa Fe ran. Its number (330) is also consistent with the number for ATSF F7's. I also have a SP wrap for it for when I host...

Finally decided to put the finishing touches on my model of CP 2860. The model is Ben Neal's CP 4-6-4 Royal Hudson, re-textured and with all new engine specs, whistle, and smoke effects, paired with K&L Trainz's CP oil tender with 6-axle trucks. It includes toggleable front nameboards (visible...

Then again, this is also pretty good... thanks to CPLW doing a fantastic job with the base for this 4960!

Then again, this is also pretty good... thanks to CPLW doing a fantastic job with the base for this 4960!

Wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this. Honestly, I don't hate it...

Wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this. Honestly, I don't hate it...