Lumber loads for your lumber trains!

Just in time for your lumber trains. New lumber loads from Wheels of Time that will fit our new 53'-6" bulkhead flat car and any standard deck 50-ft flat car.  Check it out.

3 days from now, Wheels of Time N-scale 53'-6" bulkhead flat cars pre-orders are due ( Nov. 21st) . You may reserve directly or through your favorite hobby store!

Tools of the trade

Some of you have asked what are the tools of the trade to make railroad models. Well at Wheels of Time "as-built" drawings (if measuring the real thing is not possible), clear photos, car & lettering diagrams and the Officiial Railway Equipment Register are important in developing our authentically scaled models. Further, SolidWorks MCAD is indepensible especially in communicating our 3-D models faithfully to the tool & die people. Here is part of a drawing for SP class F-70-10 car which you will see in the near future. Btw, the Gunderson F-70-12 and -26 were a copy of the F-70-10. And if you have forgotten, we are taking N scaling pre-orders for the F-70-26 bulkhead flat cars which are due soon!

Coming up!

Here is a pre-production shot of Wheels of Time N-scale lumber loads for your Wheels of Time flat cars.

Skybox on SP F-70-12 . . .

During our research phase of our Wheels of Time N-scale F-70-10/12/26 flat car project, I ran across a photo of a Southern Pacific F-70-12 flat car with a Skybox. The skybox protects airplane parts from damage during transit. I don't know if this was assigned to McDonnell Douglas, Boeing or Lockheed airplanes. I am giving a shout out if you know more about this skybox on F-70-12 flat car(s). Was it a one-off prototype?

BTW- be sure to reserve your flat cars by Nov. 21 from your favorite dealer or direct. 

BNSF train action!

Ok this doesn't have anything to do with Wheels of Time in a direct sort of way. But I hope it will spark your imaginations to go out and model the prototype and see the real thing every so often. On my receent trip to the Grand Canyon, I took some time to check out the action.  Enjoy!Westbound merchandise train with a Warbonnet loco no. 930 in the consist!FedEx boxes at Williams. Cool bridge. Model that.Solid westbound JB Hunt trainEastbound empty auto trainATSF bulkhead - what's with the box?Santa Fe's Grand Canyon Depot