From The Start Where Does The Time Go ?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hi Guys.Thought id post this ,How many of you look over from when you started?And are you proud of yourself,I am.This is a short Please post yours!

Oct 2004.

March 2006.

Carl…

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Excellent topic Carl! Looks like you have come a long way over the past couple of years.

I never got any decent 'panoramic shots of the layout in my previous home, and my new one isn’t fully scenicked yet - so the best I can do is show track plans of the old and the new.

First, the old:

Now, the new (current):

(I posted some pics here a few months ago of the blast furnace/loading dock area)

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Wow Carl. I remember when you were still working in that section. You’ve been a busy beaver man. Looks so good now.]

Ken, that plan is nice too. I like the dockside, nice touch

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Very impressive, Carl. I really like your suburban theme…the roads turned out well.

-Crandell

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Great idea - Photo Fun with a theme. I really like the open space and parking lots in Carl’s “after” photo. I had to have Sherman set the Way-Back machine for Spring, 2005 to get this first one:

Then and now. You’ll have to mentally rotate the view, but here’s how it looks today. The old photo was taken from the right side of this new one.

(EDIT) OK, here it is. I took another shot from roughly the same angle as the first one:

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I’m getting jelous. I’m just at the benchwork/roadbed stage.

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Loathar - remember to take some pictures now so you can do before/after next year!

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Thats a must! That way you can look back on your work Im glad i did so you kinda lern for next time also

Carl…

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I don’t have a pic from the very beginning, but how about these:

Plaster Falls in mock-up stage:

Plaster Falls in finished scenery:

Nick

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Thats great nick looking good guysi Can see we all started out the same way. Keep em comming

Carl…

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I love this kind of stuff.

Click the “SJSRR History” button on the web site in my sig (“The San Juan Southern RR”) and follow along with the construction. I haven’t done much lately and need to get busy!

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Here’s a snap from October of '03:

and here’s one from today from almost the same location:


(click to enlarge)

Tom

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Good thread Carl! This is the type of stuff I like to see here. A couple of photos of Cooley’s Blue Ice and Mountain:

The before, taken a little over a year ago (sometime early 2005).

And a photo taken last Friday of about the same spot (from a different angle).