MOW Car Construction
A new MOW car was construction in April 2018. Special thanks to Norm W. and Bill L. for putting this car together.
Siding Construction Time Lapse from Spring 2019
In March of 2019 work began on a new siding on the west side of the railroad. The siding is just down from the passenger station area as you travel down towards the grade crossing. Here is a time lapse video of one of our workdays.
In March of 2019 work began on a new siding on the west side of the railroad. The siding is just down from the passenger station area as you travel down towards the grade crossing. Here is a time lapse video of one of our workdays.
The Model Train Show Mach 2019
Each year NGLS sets up at The Model Train Show held at the Cobb Galleria Centre. This year we went big and brought in some great show pieces.
March 9, 2019 Work Day
This was a lite work day as we checked on the club diesel, riding cars, and a little track work.
January 19, 2019 Work Day
Track panel construction has begun as part of the container expansion and ash pit line.
Miracle Graphics & Railroad Products
Miracle Graphics & Railroad Products has been providing quality stock and custom decals since 2000, specializing in vinyl graphics for the large scale hobbyist.
Miracle Graphics & Railroad Products has been providing quality stock and custom decals since 2000, specializing in vinyl graphics for the large scale hobbyist.
1947 B&O Chessie System
This GP-40 was built by Gene L. for his wife Joan. This locomotive took about 9 months to build and was modeled after an HO scale GP-40 and scaled up to 1/8 scale. Gene had a sheet metal shop form the body panels and then he welded it all together. He also built the trucks which are powered by a 16 HP Briggs and Straton twin V engine turning a hydro static pump transferring power to the hydraulic motors on each truck.
2791 C&O Chessie System Switcher
2791 C&O Chessie System Switcher was built by Titan Trains in 2015/2016.
Photos of C&O 2791 in action around the railroad
6263 & 6264 Southern Railways
6263 is a GP9 and was built by Titan Trains (formerly Mountain Car Company) in 2014. In 2020 the owner added a powered slug numbered 6264.
Mid-South Live Steamers Fall 2020
4032 A.T & S.F
Santa Fe 2-8-2 Mikado #4032 (1 1/2-inch scale)
built by Bob Cummings
This is my second engine built from Railroad Supply parts. I began the project in 1995 and completed the locomotive in 2004 and the tender in 2005. The tender is scratch built. I ordered the cylinders, frame, and drivers machined. These parts needed to be perfect, and I knew that I did not have the skill or the machinery large enough to have a good outcome. Railroad Supply sells their kits fully machined or as rough castings or in any stage in between. They also sell them in logical sections allowing the builder to make a gradual investment into the project. My first engine, a 2-6-0, I bought over five years, fully machined but without the drilling and tapping done. Doing so gave me some hands-on work/experience and opened the door to learning to machine simple parts. I was more hands on with the Mikado and had a mill and lathe by then.
The engine is oil fired, burning an atomized diesel flame. The prototype was also oil fired and as was typical, burned “bunker C” oil. (Bunker C is not very clean and just light enough to flow through pipes. It usually needs to be pumped and in cold weather needs to be heated.) I learned to fire live steam engines on an oil fired Northern, club engine at Riverside Live Steamers, California.
Under steam water is supplied to the boiler by an injector and a compound steam pump. The steam pump has a syncopated rhythm which I enjoy as it exhausts through the stack.
The tender is completely scratch built. The skin is attached to an underlying frame and held in place by 1500(+) rivets. The outside frames for the six-wheel trucks were cast by a friend at RLS. I had them welded to a support frame. I made the journal boxes from aluminum bar stock. The axles were turned from steel bar stock and the wheels turned from rough castings. Suspension is by coil springs. There is a large stainless steel water tank and a stainless-steel fuel tank. Additionally, there is a battery operated compressor for train brakes and a battery for the head light, number board lights and cab light. There is room for my feet inside which eases the stress on my back.
Prototype information came from; “Car and Locomotive Plans for Model Railroaders” Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System, 1953. “Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail” by Worley. “Steam Locomotives of the Santa Fe, a Former Shopman’s Scrapbook” by Frank Ellington. And photos from the Baldwin Locomotive Builders collection and others.
Video
2002 North Georgia Live Steamers (SW1500)
2002 North Georgia Live Steamers (SW1500)
Video from April 29, 2023 public run day
In Action
757 Nickel Plate Road (Berkshire 2-8-4)
The 757 Nickel Plate locomotive also known as a Berkshire (2-8-4) locomotive was built by Gene L. over the course of about 6 years working between 8 and 12 hours every day to complete the construction of this locomotive. The locomotive is fired using diesel fuel with an operating pressure of 125lbs. The locomotive weighs in at 1,140 lbs. without water in the boiler. The tender weighs in at 440 lbs. empty of water and fuel. Gene completed this locomotive in 2013 and is a joy to operate. The design drawings and some of the castings were made by Jim Kreider who helped Gene along in its construction. The casting kits can still be purchased by those who want a challenge.
Videos from October 2022 Fall Meet
Video from Saturday, April 29, 2023 public run day
Here is 757 during an annual boiler inspection which was on Saturday, September 14, 2024. The day also introduced 688 to the rails as it underwent a boiler inspection and an initial run on the railroad.
