Rolling Stock
BC&W GP15-1 Patching
BC&W GP15-1 Patching (ex Missouri Pacific) In 1984, to handle increased traffic, the BC&W Railroad purchased an EMD GP15-1 from the Missouri Pacific and did a patching job. Since there was no time to repaint the locomotive…
BC&W Caboose
Painting and lettering the BC&W caboose I purchased an Athearn Genesis Ft. Worth and Denver (ex-Chicago, Burlington & Quincy) caboose with the idea of painting it in the BC&W scheme. The backstory is that BN sold the…
GP15-1 Keep-alive installation
Installation of a keep-alive device on the BC&W GP15-1 Step-by-step installation of a keep-alive in an Athearn Genesis GP15-1. I purchased a Soundtraxx CurrentKeeper™ item no. 810140 to provide keep-alive capabilities to the Tsunami2 decoder. The Tsunami2…
GP9 Final Details
Adding final details to the BC&W GP9 #171 The final missing details on the Buffalo Creek & Western GP9 no. 171 were the numberboards. After testing some Microscale decals, I decided to design my own custom set…
ESU LokSound 5 installation
ESU LokSound 5 with built-in keep-alive installation on an Athearn Genesis GP9 Step-by-step installation of an ESU LokSound 5 DCC decoder with built-in keep-alive on the BC&W GP9 #171. I started by removing the clips that held…
