Instead of pulling up the old thread I thought starting a new thread for this. It was very popular a year ago and no one has posted in it for about a year so there has to be some new work done and some new favorite spots on your layout.
Post pics and if there was a special technique to make something explain briefly what you did to accomplish the scene.
I keep changing my mind as I find new angles to photograph. For example, I love how this turned out:
I also like this one because it is my own trestle, creosote-stained and all:
-Crandell
This was my only section with scenery, and although it looks good the results look more like Northern California. So this area has since been stripped of the shrubbery and a new coat of goop has been added. It’s still waiting for me to finish it in a more Cajon like look and feel.
Old scene, new shots. The new favorite is still a ways from finishing.
Here’s some that stick out to me.
-Dave
This scene shows my attempt at converting an F30A Pennsy flat car to TOFC, trailer on flat car, that was a pioneer of today’s very successful Intermodal service. I slotted some old rail, added an ACF trailer hitch, bashed working ramps, chained down the trailer, added wood chocks, added rail uprights, and weathered the whole thing. Then I built an end loading ramp to load and unload the trailers. DJ.
Awesome pictures everyone! This thread was very inspirational last time around.
I still haven’t done any more work on this area, but it’s still my favorite. I also haven’t taken a great picture yet either.
New year, new layout, and currently have two fave scenes. one per side, with another scene in the making. Yard side (since this photo done some work on the scenery): 
Town side (I’ve since done a little work on the scenery): 
and the in-progress one on the town side: 
Great start everyone. It was very inspirational the last time around. I saved a lot of the pics for ideas for my layout. It is also great to see how things progress on everyones layouts.
Mike
Dogs going “postal” because my daughter and I came up with it together.
Because it’s a bridge and you can’t go wrong with a bridge scene.
Well, I haven’t done a whole lot on the MR this past year, but I kinda/sorta like this photo of a double-headed freight with a Rio Grande 3500 series USRA-clone 2-8-8-2 running as head-end helper to a 3700 4-6-6-4, lifting an eastbound freight up the 2% grade out of South Yuba Canyon. It’s a non-parallel double track mainline on two different elevations–the upper grade is 2.4% westbound. Yah, I know, TWO articulateds double-heading is rought on the track, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. [:P]
Tom [:)]
The layout I took these pix on doesn’t exist any more, I wanted to build a new one without duck-unders. Since it was an island-style layout, I was able to get these ‘back alley’ views of my steel mill, from the perspective of a visitor in the town. Rather than shooting something breathtaking or spectacular, I wanted to make them something mundane so they’d look more believable.
The first photo is the rear of some Merchants Row structures and a WKW guard shack I did about a year ago, with a blast furnace looming in the distance:
This one is the view from a side street heading toward the mill. That red Dodge Caravan has just made a left turn onto here from River Ave [he didn’t run the red light!].
In both pics, the parking lot is a slab of 2"-thick painted Dow Board insulation foam, temporarily straddling the aisle. To cover the ugly wall shelves I leaned some 4x8 sheets of blue Dow Board to look like the sky.
This was my last opportunity to get snapshots of the rear of my Merchant Row structures; my new layout will be around-the-walls with these structures facing outward from against the wall.[sigh]
My version of the Galveston, Texas causewy using LOTS of Atlas viadect top sections. Section not installed on layout yet, and not running, but I did pose this picture and it’s my favorite.
wow! some great shots on here. CSXRoadslug I love your street scene!
My estuary on the new layout, done with two-part resin. All the rocks were hammered to size, then glued and painted.
Mike
I love threads like this one. Here’s my contribution:
It features my scratch-built engineering marvel (curved truss bridge) and my kit-bashed rail bus.
Mike,
if it weren´t for the trip pin on the coupler, it´d be impossible to tell that this is a model. Just great model work!
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Hmmmm… this is a tough one for me, but here’s a couple of my favorites.
Jarrell
Mike, this is about as good as it gets… very well done!
Jarrell
Lee
A station stop on the HHRR.
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