Our 'local' Midland based Freemo group has taken on the name of the Midland Belt Freemo group. We've decided to run our own shortline too - the Midland Belt Railroad.
Although we haven't really fleshed out the detail, Chris Gilbert has sorted out some decals in a similar style to his Florida Central locos, so we hope to get a few locos re-painted and patched for the joint RR, that way there is a sense of consistency when we run our trains at our Freemo get-togethers.
Although we are probably going to 'allow' some other plain colours - the consensus is that the ideal livery will be black with the yellow branding and striping of the MBRR.
I recently picked up an Atlas HO "Trainman' RS36 from eBay and this week managed to get the loco fitted wth a Soundtraxx chip as well as getting the decal job started.. as the loco was already black with a red band, I decided to paint out the 'Iowa Central' and replace with the Midland logo. I also added the yellow line to the footplate.
Looking at it now, I think that I may replace the numbers too, I may stick with 900 but use the decals for a more consistent look.
Hopefully once it's done, a light weathering will help to tie it all in together.
A short video showing how I bodged the speaker here..
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I enjoyed the footage. It looks like you folks had a genuinely good time.
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