Gidday All, Three day weekend for me, Labour Day on Monday, but if the weathers fine, I’ll have to get stuck into Her-in-doors outdoors jobs to do list.[sigh]
I was reasonably pleased with how my ladders from last weekend turned out, and have started to put them to use; still a lot of work to do photo.
Looking forward to the Really Good Stuff,
Have a Great One ffolkes,
Cheers, the Bear.[:D]
Like the Ladders Bear
November17th and 18th my home will be open to the public
for the Houston Fall Layout Tour
For those who can’t make it here’s a sneak peak
Sing it Willie~!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAcXq21BrQk&feature=youtu.be
Bear, good use of the ladders, boy those stacks look huge!
Terry, nice looking layout picture, can the Texas guys deal with that many trees?
I did not finish any cars this week as four cars are in the middle of decaling right now but I have some construction pictures of in progress work on some cars.
ExactRail PS4427 Covered Hopper Kit, I had previously posted the beggining pictures this shows the completed underside of the car with the bolsters, discharge gates and air line all installed on the car.
This is the B end of the car with all the brake gear including the hardest part of the retaining valve air line that runs from the ABD Valve to the Retaining valve up next to the Brake Wheel. Also installed all the grabs, brake wheel platform and brake wheel.
This is a Tichy Panel Side Hopper Kit with an extension that was used for hauling grain from the Anderson’s Elevator i
Bear … Impressive progress with you project!
Terry … You have a great layout.
Rick … Good to see your work in progress with the hoppers.
I installed a pumpkin patch along the branch line this week. The doodlebug is a Bachmann model repowered with a NWSL Stanton drive. DCC has been added too.
Tri-weekly service on the branch line means they try once a week to operate passenger service. Conductor will punch ticket or passenger as applicable.
I think you mean the 15th and 16th since the 17th and 18th are monday and tuesday. I will also be open that weekend down in Dickinson.
Bear, your ship project is really coming along nicely.
Terry, your layout looks great.
Rick, those hoppers are progressing nicely
Garry, I love the fall scene
I decided to hop into my DeLorean, fire up the flux capacitor and return the layout to the present day with Norfolk Southern equipment. Just ignor that fourth track that was removed in 1980.
Anyway, here’s the latest progress at Horseshoe Curve:
Here’s the Lehigh Valley heritage unit lading a coal drag between Scoth Run and Kittaning Point:
Here’s a wide-angle view of the curve:
A great beginning to WPF.
Bear, the ladders look good to me. I can’t wait to see the finished product.
Terry, good looking layout and slide show. Good luck with your open house.
Rick, where do you put all the cars you build? I would have run out of room long ago.
GP-9 Man, Your Horseshoe Curve looks just like it does today. Love the modern equipment.
Here is one from the BRVRR:
NYC #9519 with a mixed freight train, crosses onto the east bound main line behind a passenger train waiting at the Black River Depot.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.
Yes you are correct it is in fact the 15th and 16th had to look it up
here
http://sanjac.leoslair.com/styled-5/photos-3/index.html
those must have been last years dates stuck in my mind
Old age is not for cowards
Thanks for the correction Renegade1c
Great work, everyone! Love that pumpkin patch, Garry.[:-,]
I finally figured out a design for the Silverton freight depot. There actually wasn’t one, as the Rio Grande’s Silverton station handled that. However, in my scenario the thre little lines prospered, so there is a need for a dedicated facility to handle LCL and transfers between the Silverton Union RR and the Rio Grande. The big sticking point was the limited foot print for the building. This was the result.
Another completed project was the overhead crane at the May Day Mine. Had to find a leftover hook fro the Tichy 200-ton wrecker kit I built first, then build a block around it. Came out well to finish up the lift trolley.
After that, did some railfanning…
Big power off the Durango-Silverton run
RGS 40 handling the local at Red Mountain
375 in Animas Forks
Garry,
I love that pumpkin patch, that just looks outstanding! Where and how did you make it? Are there scenery products for pumpkins?
Thanks everybody for commenting on my pumpkin patch.
Michael… Pumpkins are made by JTT, part of MRC. They include vines not visible in the picture because weeds are in the way.
Mike L … More outstanding photos from you.
GP9 … I like seeing your horseshoe curve even with modern locomotives.
Alan … Your NYC steam always looks good
Nice work everyone,
Here’s a little video of my lighthouse. I used a PICAXE Chip to make it a bit more interesting than just a flashing light.
Alan,
I love it! A wonderful little bit of animation. [I]
Garry,
Thanks for your appreciative comments[:D]
Lighthouse keeper Bob should be fired (or should I say courtmartialed) for allowing the light to stop.
Bear, Thanks for getting WPF underway. Wow! Your ferry work is A1, looking forward to the christening.
Garry, Like your harvest season scene, pumpkins and all.
Mike, Nice to see your traveling gantry crane is “hooked up”. If not a bother might be calling on you in the not too distant future for a few crawler type crane building tips.
Thanks to all and Happy Halloween, Peter
As one might expect, a moose has shown up at Squirrel Creek:
All that’s left now is to glue and ballast the track crossing this 3-foot section. It’s a liftoff with a bridge.
Peter,
Thanks! Be glad to help you out on the crawler crane.
Well guys. I am back. Did this one for the club I belong to. Extremely hard considering there are no color photos of it, and very few black and white.
As always, some great model railroading being shown. I finally got some new photos of the dairy I have been refurbishing…
Added a roof over the loading dock and lighting over the store door and under the new roofing.
Very quick photo of the lights turned on…
Still have a lot of odds and ends to do before it will be finished…
73
Ray,
The creamery is coming along nicely. The lights look great[I]
When you started posting pics of it a couple of weeks ago, it reminded me I had my own creamery project. I’ve had a spot picked out for some time, as Silverton actually had its own in the early days, before the RR and then probably continuing afterwards just in case they got cut off in the winter. My location even has a cold mountain stream, which the original used to help cool the milk, etc. There was a remodeling and expansion, including starting to make cheese, a few years back and they now ship a reefer now and then.
Some pics of my mini-creamery. First a location shot.
A night pic.
Computer is chugging along right now, so hope these come through. If not, will fix them later.