Buffalo Creek & Western Railroad

Buffalo Creek & Western Railroad

Serving Montana Heartland Since 1979

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  • Painting and Weathering,  Rolling Stock

    BC&W GP15-1 Weathering

    / January 7, 2026 / 0 Comments

    BC&W GP15-1 Weathering (ex Missouri Pacific) After patching and lettering my Athearn Genesis BC&W GP15-1, it was time to start the weathering process. I decided to apply only light weathering. Since the locomotive was purchased in 1984…

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  • Painting and Weathering,  Rolling Stock

    BC&W GP15-1 Patching

    / January 5, 2026 / 0 Comments

    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…

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  • Painting and Weathering,  Rolling Stock

    BCW Caboose

    / December 1, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Painting and lettering the BCW caboose I purchased an Athearn Genesis Ft. Worth and Denver (ex-Chicago, Burlington & Quincy) caboose with the idea of painting it in the BCW scheme. The backstory is that BN sold the…

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    GP15-1 Keep-alive installation

    / November 17, 2025 / 0 Comments

    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 CurrentKeeperā„¢ item no. 810140 to provide keep-alive capabilities to the Tsunami2 decoder. The Tsunami2…

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    GP9 Final Details

    / November 6, 2025 / 0 Comments

    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…

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  • GP15-1 Keep-alive installation
  • GP9 Final Details
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