I thought this would have been out by now. Anyway Lets get started!
Some of my efforts for the last couple of weeks. Not as far along as a lot of you are but I’m getting there!
Bill
I needed to take a break from building the Mountain so I started the Engine facility. It is a whole new area so I was back to table work. That was fun. Here are some pics of the last work on the mountain for a while and the first steps of the engine facility with the roundhouse and the turntable, just set in there this afternoon.
Art, I’m liking the engine facility. Is the walthers 130 foot turntable gonna fit in there?
Nice work Art. Can’t wait until I am advanced as you are on the layout. Great Pics.
Bill
Art, that is a substantial expansion! I was hoping for a few pictures from your progress. You certainly don’t disappoint. Is your layout in the basement, or your dining room? Either way, you certainly have an understanding and loving wife! Great work!
Very nice Art! Your general layout feel reminds me of John Allen’s work! Great job![tup]
I have plenty of new stuff I haven’t shared, 2 scratchbuilt industries, and a new section of street running, (after the article on street running in TRAINS and the embedded rails in MR this issue, I couldn’t resist.)
Unfortunetly, I can’t find the [censored] camera card reader![banghead] They’re on the camera now.
Art, the first image is truly inspiring…and inspired. [8D] Amazing. It will be very good to see your engine facility done in the weeks ahead. It looks most promising at the moment. [tup]
-Crandell
Bill, you are making fantastic progress. You appear well on your way toward a monster layout. Your trackwork and benchwork aren’t too shabby, you know? [:D]
-Crandell
The J. B. Ford Glassworks…
… with a nice sports car parked nearby.
Nice work fellas.
Northbound #126, “PRITA”(Proviso-Itaska) passes the old Andreason farm just north of Sarona,Wis.on the way to Spooner.
Terry
Like most Canadian Railroaders, I purchased my new Vans from True Line Trains. Here they are mixed in with my other Brass Cabooses.
Thanks TLT!
David B
Art, are you having an “Encounter” on top of that hill?!! Great job!
Terry, Is the farmer in the red suit answering natures call? Great job also!![:D]
I just noticed that…[(-D]
Awesome place for an “Encounter”.
Rotor
Moving into the final stretch with my engine house project. One of the things that slowed me down a bit was that I had to fabricate my own door hinges. While installing the plastic hinges that came with the kit, I managed to glue one of the doors in a permantly closed position. In the process of trying to free up the door I trashed two of the hinges on it. It’s one of the few things I have found about this kit of which I am critical. There are a number of small parts molded in plastic that are far too delicate for regular use and handling.
I wound up replacing all the hinges with my own homemade ones. I made the hinges out of .005 inch sheet brass. I folded the brass like a flag around a standard sewing pin, and soldered it together. Being careful not to solder the pin to the brass as well. The pin is then bent 90 degrees, and inserted into the door jamb. It worked out pretty well.
What’s left is interior details, and interior and exterior lighting.
Good work, everyone!
Here’s a couple of railfanning snapshots I took while I was on a business trip a couple of weeks ago. I was touring the Civil War battlefield in Fredericksburg, VA.
This first shot was taken at Hamilton’s Crossing, where the extreme right of the Confederate battle line was. During the battle, they off-loaded resupply trains from Richmond near this spot.
This next shot of a CSX southbound freight is not a very good one, but it was also taken from the top of a ridge near the far right of the Confederate battle line.
Lou/Rotor: For the life of me I could not figure out what you guys were talking about. I pulled the CFO over to the 'puter and she says “right there ,looks like a guy is taking a…” ,doing what you said.So… down stairs we go and sure enough, she points out where the red WHEELBARROW is laying in the scene.[(-D] Being color blind(yeah that explains ALOT) I didn’t see it! It has been moved.
On the other hand , this was intentional:
Back right corner of the building.
Terry
Jeez, Art! [tup]
I went railfanning for the first time in years today. Unless I’m mistaken, I spotted the last SD20 that the Wisconsin & Southern owns in the Janesville Five Points yard. (Later in the day, I also moved from a great filming spot only to have a train pass it minutes later.)
I am enjoying all the real and definitely real images, guys. [:D]
For this week, I returned to an old favorite railfanning site of mine, the natural portal in the west of the Seneca Falls Sub. I caught this lovely gal laboring lightly ahead of a considerable coal drag.
Getting back to building my shop, kinna slo going, LOL…John