Dry Creek Models: Photos Historic Models from California Railroads

Photos of built Dry Creek Models kits
Here are photos of build Dry Creek Models. Some were built by us, and others by you all. If you'd like to share photos of models you built, send them to us at info@drycreekmodels.com.
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Tom Dill's model.

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Tom Dill's model.

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Three variations: doors up, doors down with bulkheads, doors down with open ends.

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Detail of Hart gondola with hopper doors down.

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Detailed brake gear. Notice brake rods to trucks, and rod and chain leading to brake staff.

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Simplified brake gear. Note rod to brake wheel ends near truck to avoid binding wheels.

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Detailed look at underframe.

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Many of the Hart gondolas built when creating the W-50-3 kit.

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Loaded gondolas. Filled gondolas are an earlier version of the kit; the foreground, empty cars are the current model and have much more detail.

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Now that's a nice string of gons!

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W-50-3, Robert Bowdidge

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W-50-3, Robert Bowdidge

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Steve Mahan's W-50-3 (original)

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Steve Mahan's W-50-3 (original)

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Joe D'Amato's W-50-3 (original)

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Pat Davis's W-50-3 (original), seen at BAPM 2016.