Okay all I take the blame for the cold wheather I’m finally starting my frame work after 8 years lol
heres begining pics
Had to go get more wood lol
RT glad to see your getting started. have a track plan?
Ryan
The worst type in my head lol
Nice work, RT - I can see it all now! [:)]
Go RT. [tup]
Have fun RT, building is FUN!!!
Needed a new project and was tired of the 5’ upper loop
BEFORE
AFTER
Here’s one end of my town:
Have a great week,
J White
Like RT. I been working on the railroad. Trying out different track configurations for the addition. [:)]
I do have a question on curve pitch I will ask in another thread. [^o)]
Texaco Truck:
Oh wait - wrong thread . . . .
Nice start RT, keep us posted on your progress
Frank53, Its hard to find words of congratulations and admiration that match the work that you have done on your railroad. I feel as if I know the history of the businesses and the town. Your work sets the standard for others. Excellent job.
Winter Frolic 2013
Every year in February we have a celebration of winter here in town. In Wisconsin there isn’t much you can do about winter except celebrate it. This year the old guys have had plenty to talk about down at the coffee shop. The weather has been so erratic with snow and then warm temps and melting and then snow again that the organizers of the Winter Frolic have considered canceling it altogether. The old guys have even started taking wagers about it.
Once again Nils Jameson has come to the rescue. He decided to help out by providing another attraction, other than winter weather and winter sports, to draw folks to town. Nils made contact with the Mid Continent Railroad Museum down at Baraboo Wisconsin (also the home of Circus World Museum) and made arrangements to have them loan one of their steam engines and a consist of passenger cars to the organizers The idea is to take folks on excursions further north into the old resort areas and enjoy the view of the northwoods. He also negotiated with the board of directors of American Flyer Lines to have the antique steamer make connections with other trains to bring folks to town from places like Milwaukee, Chicago and Madison. The topic of conversation among the old guys of course was which one of the trains at the museum would be selected.
Well we found
I decided I needed some exterior facilities to dress up my factory. After looking at a number of HO tank farms kits, and deciding I didn’t want to pay that kind of price, I set about building my own. For those of you who may be interested in what the large white storage tower is made from, you can find one in the plumbing supply aisle at the hardware store.
My contribution today of before and after photos showing renovation of a very marginal Lionel 2328.
Looking good all have a few for my update of today.
Putting your layout that close to the fireplace makes it pretty easy for Santa to leave trains for you. [:D]
J White
We bought this house thinking it would be nice to have a fireplace but later found out the previous owner had some non licensee person to build the room. also built wrong so only way to use it and not get smoked out is to push it all the way to the back do that and all heat goes up chimney so worthless
RT - Congrats on getting started. Take it from someone who made the mistake - make sure you can reach into those far corners.
RT, That’s why they say “Measure twice Cut once”. [swg][swg][swg]
The devil made me do it ! [:o)]
I will be cutting a access spot so I can its only going to be 13 1/2 feet wide and 8 feet deep so I figure one acess about the 4 foot area going wide will give me access to about everything its also only 32" high.
Also worst case I can come up in the fireplace lol