That Waterloo (WLO patch) Boxcar Finished Up

I did get the 50 foot Waterloo boxcar finished up since last week, so here are a few looks at that in a couple of different locations out on the layout.

Also though, friend Chuck identified the model brand for us in the comments section in last week's post, so here's what he wrote about that:

That Maryland and Pennsylvania car is a 50' Berwick boxcar originally made by Branchline Trains. Much later Atlas acquired the brand. Keep up the good work!

Spotted sitting behind a chain link fence, I think one would hardly even notice such a non-descript boxcar if driving past in a car.

A distant view from the end of a rail spur

A look at the graffiti side as the boxcar sits out on the main line just beyond the scrap yard fence

Same location, different angle.

Couldn't resist taking one more look at that side

A look at the roof.  Looks like a lot of time might have passed since the roof was it's original shiny galvanized metal.  Some grey paint, then some roof brown, followed by rust powders to get this appearance.  I also brushed on a light grey for the look of sealant between the roof panels.

I was messing around a bit on my laptop with that AI that we keep hearing about on the news every day. This is the picture I started with.I quite like this picture the way it is, but I told the Microsoft "Co-Pilot" to add a rainstorm.  That's all I told it to do...a nice simple command.

And here's the result of just doing that.  Looks like quite a downpour, and I'm glad I'm not working outside in that.  But I do like the image.

Finally this week, and I had intended to post these two from Brian Smith last week and didn't, so here they are now.  Just down the road a short drive from Brian's home, these were taken in Caron Brook, New Brunswick:

This is CN 3204, an ET44AC built by GE.

2871 coming up the hill.  The trees look like flames.  Thanks Brian.

Have a good week out there everybody.