Finally back in the train saddle!

First up are a couple of rescued and partially rehabbed Ortner hoppers:

The Conrail one is missing some end components, but I now have two of these for routine work on the line.  I may try some of Ed Nadolski's etched coupler pockets from The Railwire on these bad boys so that I can file down the bolster.

And in case anyone thought the BQ project was dead:

The large side logos are now on both sides, and my first cab number is on. Considering that I've had the decals for about 10 years, and that each number has to be applied individually, I'd say I'm good. Still to come are the cab numbers on the other side, the red and yellow stripes around the nose, and figuring out if I want to remove my carefully applied etched uncoupling levers and MU hoses on the pilots to install the zebra stripe decals.

I also put up a couple of signs I printed from a prior MRH thread: