Gidday Folks, yes I have double checked that I do have the correct date and month this week [:$] , “The Wally of the Week” award was bad enough, I don’t need to go for “Moron of the Month”.
Something a bit different, two weeks ago I contributed a photo showing the dismantling of the local club layout. I hadn’t been active in the club for quite sometime, got far too political with no modelling, in fact the main reason that I continued my membership was that the clubs reference library contained a good reasonably continuous selection of “Model Railroader” and "RMC"dating back to the 50s.
The club building, a Word War ll US military pressed steel framed prefab, is under threat due to a possible road by-pass, so a rejuvenated Club committee formulated and agreed (some what amazingly) to a modular concept. I was asked if I could make the end templates and here’s the result.
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Presented them to the Cub at the Wednesday evening and they were immediately snapped up by a member who had already built the wood framing for several modules.
As it’s now an overcast misty 48 F early Friday evening, I’ll wish everyone “A Great Weekend.”[:D]
I am slowing down right now on buidling car kits so here is a shot of a PC SD40 and SD45 going through the town of Thurd on the Strongsville model railroad club.
Recent progress on the layout are vehicles I made from kits (Mostly resin kits). They are placed in my downtown scene. I will be adding more details to the city.
Double-headed westbound Rio Grande freight drops down the 2% grade through Malakoff Diggins and across Bullards Bar reservoir on the North Yuba River. Lead locomotive is 3-cylinder 4-8-2 #1605, with helper #1400, a 2-10-2. The 2-10-2 is kitbashed from an old brass PFM ATSF 2-10-2 ‘junker’ I picked up at a swap meet back in the 1970’s.
I had the pleasure to again visit the San Diego Model Railroad Museum recently, Those that don’t know, the museum houses several club layouts, one being the La Mesa Model Railroad Club, they model the Tehachapi Pass, and have 28 scale miles of track. I would guess that 25% is complete, mainly the loop and the are around Caliente. This is a huge layout and worth a visit if you happen in the area.
I have nothing to post today but, I just have to say to all of you that post on the WPF this week is: You folks do some of the finest modeling I have seen. It just makes me feel like I would love to come visit your layouts and steel some of your ideas. Great work everyone.
Curt Webb said he’d put a flashing fire in the hobo camp picture. I was being facetious when I sais it wasn’t flashing (bit hard to show flashing in a still photo). But I would like to know what he used to make it flash.
In Don Ball Jr.'s book “America’s Railroads;The Second Generation” there is a picture (page111) by Jim Boyd of the depot at Thurmond on a summer night,taken from almost exactly the same vantage point as your shot. You’ve really nailed the look of that depot!
E8 #940 leads the “City of Denver” out of town as a trio of road-weary E7’s,now used as stand-by power,idle on a siding.
Alan- The light is from www.ModelTrainSoftware.com . It is very reasonable and they are very quick shipping. I also bought a ARC welding light from them for my RH.
PS- I did shoot a short video but it came out really dark so I deleated it. Oh well.
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