Glenn,
Interesting pics, Looks like it will be a great railroad.
I do have some earlier rolling stock, but it’s pretty quaint. By the time I got into HOn3, I was adult enough not to play crash and burn [B)][oops]
Currently, I am building an extension to my layout. Here is one photo of it. I have a thread in the Layouts and Layout Construction section entitled " Project - Building an extension to my layout ". You may visit that thread if you are interested in seeing more along with a brief narative.
Great stuff gang!
Progress has been made with the Mikado this week. Paint happened last weekend, then the boiler fell off the holding jig and crushed the headlamp. Thats was repaired this week and the speaker was installed in the tender. Just waiting on the decoder to come in, then decals!
Finished up adding grab irons on my Athearn F7 this weekend (first “super detailing” job I’ve ever done). Accidentally drilled holes on the top of the cab (forgot that the early passenger F units don’t have those grab irons. D’oh!). After filling in the holes, I painted the patched spots and now I have some “accidental weathering”[:P]
Just need to work on the B unit now; And get some new side frames eventually.
Fun little Walther’s kit for the weekend. pic taken with my phone
Needs windows, bit more weathering, and some decals.
Derek
PHOTO : A Bachmann GP9 #1725 I received on Friday afternoon to MU with a Bachmann GP9 #1701 I bought some months ago.
FUN : I had to reprogram six locomotives from the beginning because I selected “Use programming track” while the locomotive was on the main. [:$]
GGOOLER,
Looking good. I’m very jealous! The 22’x13’ space that had long been designated as my retirement train room was taken over just before retirement, by a returning son. (I should have moved faster.) Sounds like your layout plan was similar to the one I had planned, except mine would have been a single track main. The shape of my layout was based on one of the track plans in the data base for a similar sized room. It had a peninsula to lengthen the mainline. I had my own track plan, quite different from theirs. Mine would have been on the 2nd floor, probably a bit hot in the summers, but I’m otherwise occupied then anyhow. My 8’x14’ basement spot needs a lot of work before I can do much layout building.
Keep us posted.
Good luck,
Richard
richard,
here is a link to my railroad
http://www.warcrc.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10505
my layout was in a 24’x24’ garage, but i was out voted to be able to work on hotrods in my old train room. but hey its alot warmer now being in the house.
later
g
Derek,
Not trying to be picky, You may have only done it for the Photo, but the Grappler arms are not used to load or unload containers,they would not fit in the tub car,with a container,also you could not stack a container,on another one with them. They must be lifted from the top of the container,with the twist-lock part of the spreader bar on the crane. Take a close look at a 48 or 53 ft container and you will see,top lift only,some long container will break in half,if picked up that way. The grappler’s are used for TOFC,van Trailers. That Mi-Jack crane should have come with two magnets,that go in each end of the twist-lock bar,they sell little metal plates,that are glued inside the top of the container,so you can pick them up that way. Was that not fun to build and get it to work??[:D]
Cheers,[D] Crane operator,CSXI Intermodal,Bedford Park,IL.
Frank