IVRW I dont know why, but I have always thought that Canadian VIA Locomotives look like they are pouting. Great Job THayman!
I dont know why, but I have always thought that Canadian VIA Locomotives look like they are pouting. Great Job THayman!
Thanks!
And yeah, I suppose I can see what you mean with the LRC locomotives. The LRCs definitely had character, there's no doubt about that! I'm not sure about any other VIA locos though.
-Tim
That entire station complex is fantastic. It makes me wish that I had enough room to do something like that myself. Excellent work!
Motley Rich, What an awesome passenger station! Very impressive. I love how you have the Y coming into it to back the trains in. Did you use the Walthers Milwaukee Station kit?
Rich,
What an awesome passenger station! Very impressive. I love how you have the Y coming into it to back the trains in.
Did you use the Walthers Milwaukee Station kit?
Michael,
That is, indeed, the Walthers Milwaukee-Style Station & Train Shed.
That wye track gives me a lot of flexibility, especially with the double crossover in the throat of the wye. Trains can enter and exit the station from either direction and can even turnaround within the passenger station complex.
My one objection to the entire arrangement is that the passenger trains can leave in one direction (east or west), but must return from the opposite direction since the layout is essentially an oval, albeit a long one. That somewhat defeats the element of realism.
I really would like to return trains from the same direction that they left the station, but I have no way on my current layout to turn the trains around once they have left the passenger station. My layout is so crowded with yards and servicing facilties and other structures that I lack the room to place a wye track on the opposite end of the layout. And, my wife informs me that I have run out of real estate.
Rich
Alton Junction
secondhandmodeler Rich, that's quite the complex you have there. I'm glad I didn't go ahead and try to cram that station into my small layout. That thing is huge!
Rich, that's quite the complex you have there. I'm glad I didn't go ahead and try to cram that station into my small layout. That thing is huge!
It is huge. The train station itself is just over two feet wide and nearly two feet high. The train shed is just under two feet wide and nearly 12 inches long. To simulate the Dearborn Station complex, I bought and constructed a second train shed (one train shed is included with the station) but without the roof just as in the actual train shed.
My layout originally ended where those tracks curve at the bottom of the photo. To build the station and train sheds and design the complex that you see, I had to add a 4' x 12' annex.
It was easier to build the annex and all of its strcutures than it was to convince my wife to let me do it. She wants to finish the basement with bedrooms for the grandkids when they visit.
Building the station itself, and painting it, took me several weeks.
I just noticed that the station and shed are currently in stock at Walthers but are scheduled to be phased out. So, if you want one, buy it now. It is on sale at Walthers.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Motley Wow! Nice farm scene Rich! Thanks, that gives me some ideas for my farm. Let's see more pics of your layout. Specifically the passenger station, you posted a pic of the Y leading into it in another thread.
Wow! Nice farm scene Rich! Thanks, that gives me some ideas for my farm.
Let's see more pics of your layout. Specifically the passenger station, you posted a pic of the Y leading into it in another thread.
Thanks, Michael.
Here are some photos of the downtown passenger station. I tried to capture the look and feel of Dearborn Station in Chicago without actually trying to prototype it or the surrounding area. Forgive the gauche blue blanket and sheet in the background, It was a feeble attempt to hide my basement mess.
Thanks Ken,
The support beams are for the left over post from the Walthers kit #933-3188. I cut off the braces and glued the to square post for Playstruct then added a the bottom piece next size larger so that is would fit over it and allow me to adjust the height. Painted them white and that's it. I wanted to bring the same look as the outside platform to look cohesive.
The station is what was left form and old kit St. Mary Hospital, Painted brick red and the side addtions are from kit #490-542 Pot Chester Staion just he ends needed. I love to bash kits and come up with a whole differnt looking structure. Thanks again for you comment.
What's a layout without a farm?
Gary, is the passenger platform a kit or home made? I love your support beams on the plateform, any parts numbers you could share?
Ken
I hate Rust
All of the contributors have outdone themselves this week. Keep up the good work.
Bruce great job on the sunset. The effect is striking.
Crandell great photo and I like your smoke. I'll have to try it myself soon. Here is one from the BRVRR:
Keep the photos and ideas coming everyone.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Station looks great, Gary. The only work I accomplished this weekend was moving furniture and destroying a giant china cabinet (on purpose). I hope to match your production soon!
Sean
HO Scale CSX Modeler
I made a little more progress on my diorama...
You can see my shelf layout here:
Oregon Trunk
Be Wise Beware Be Safe
"Mountain Goat" Greg
SP&S Oregon Trunk
Finaly got back to my station, here are some before and after shots. Still needs lots more details nut on my way.... I think lol
BEFORE
AFTER
STATION BEFORE
INTERIOR BEFORE
NEW AND OLD DOOR
THayman Great work as always everybody! This week, I've got some photos of my recently "completed" (still needs couplers) Associated Model Makers resin LRC locomotive kit. I built, painted, and decalled the kit, as well as added details such as handrails, intake screens, windshield wipers, uncoupling levers, the horn, ditchlights, and classlights. The LRC coach seen in two of these photos is one of my Rapido Trains resin LRC coaches.
Great work as always everybody!
This week, I've got some photos of my recently "completed" (still needs couplers) Associated Model Makers resin LRC locomotive kit. I built, painted, and decalled the kit, as well as added details such as handrails, intake screens, windshield wipers, uncoupling levers, the horn, ditchlights, and classlights. The LRC coach seen in two of these photos is one of my Rapido Trains resin LRC coaches.
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
The shell is mounted on a heavily modified Athearn U36B frame, and is unpowered.
I'm shifting from regular human hours to Tuesday-Saturday retail hours...which netted me a nice little three day weekend this week. Plus, Laura took the kids out of town yesterday, so between beers and Polock Johnnies, I worked on the river scene...You may recall that for the last 2-3 months it's looked like this...Well, after sacrificing another big chunk of the Chaffee Branch, I'm happy to report that it now looks like this!Here's a test shot for another view that I hope will be a show stopper...It felt good to get back in the train room!
For those of you that are so inclined, check out the November/December N Scale Magazine... I made the cover!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Outstanding work! Inspirational as always.
For this week, PL&M 568 prepares to pull a couple of mtys from the Voytas Produce Company in South Portsmouth, Virginia, during the summer of 1958.
JTG, Thank you for the compliment on the trestle and depot. I've tried for 'close enough' on both of them rather than exact modeling. The station kit is the Walthers City Station. I had originally planned to kit bash two into one in order to have the second floor and correct roof line. Then fear struck and I sold the second kit. The Walthers kit has a pretty strong resemblance to the depot. Every one of my family members that walks into the room says, "oh, you're modeling Mankato". That's the best compliment I could ask for. With a paint scheme that resembles the real one, it is 'close enough'! Thanks again for the compliment. Let's hope they repair the trestle instead of tearing it down.
Here is an older picture before scenery.
Here is another shot of the trestle. It's not finished, but will be soon.
I hope you recognize this building. It needs a lot of work, but I hope it is close enough.
howmus Scarpia, Was your double crossover done with Fast Tracks Jigs? Very nice job!
Scarpia, Was your double crossover done with Fast Tracks Jigs? Very nice job!
Yessir, it was. I find their products very "empowering". The double crossover is a huge waste of real estate for me, but I wanted one anyway.
I'm not much of a judge, but you look like you're well along your way for the Certificate. Congratulations in advance!
I'm trying to model 1956, not live in it.
secondhandmodeler This is the last project I worked on. The ballast is complete in front of Mankato's Union station. I now need to weather the ballast to make it look nice and used. Here is a shot from the side of the trestle that doesn't see the camera much. I really need to figure out a temporary backdrop for this section of the layout. It's two sided so there is no permanent backdrop.
This is the last project I worked on. The ballast is complete in front of Mankato's Union station. I now need to weather the ballast to make it look nice and used.
Here is a shot from the side of the trestle that doesn't see the camera much. I really need to figure out a temporary backdrop for this section of the layout. It's two sided so there is no permanent backdrop.
Corey,
As someone who drives past that Mankato station and under the Red Jacket trestle 5-6 days a week, congratulations on a tremendous job. (At least I used to drive under the Red Jacket trestle before that tree nearly took out a support.)
I'd love to see more closeups of the depot. I've been thinking of modeling it (or free-lancing a design based on it) for my N scale layout.
Thanks for sharing!
Crandell, must be the weekend for showing off turnouts, huh? Nice photo with nice smoke!
I managed to spend most of the day working on the project for the Civil Merit Award. Got the track finished, and basically all the track wiring done. Tomorrow I will be playing around with the Humpyard Purveyance Switch Levers. Will need to wire them to change the polarity on the Frog in each turnout.....
I have the unit on its side (and clamped solidly to the table) while i was doing the wiring, so I got some photos in that position.
Closeup of the turnout to the siding and the crossover.
And one of the underside with the wiring in place.
The 3 green wires not attached in the center are from the turnout frogs. They will be attached to the Humpyard Purveyance throws.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Very nice images, Motley and Corey. Wow!
I finally got around to producing an image, and an artifact in it provided an opportunity to try out the clone brush in Sagelight to produce a smoke effect out of the Y's stack. My first ever self-produced smoke!!!
Crandell
Tom Bryant_MR Fantastic, fantasic photos everyone. The hills still have the morning haze in Spoon Yard as two engineers fire up and say "Wanna race to see who gets out of here first". [pic edited]
Fantastic, fantasic photos everyone. The hills still have the morning haze in Spoon Yard as two engineers fire up and say "Wanna race to see who gets out of here first".
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since it had already been quote don page three I didn't want to clog the thread up, but very nicely done with the scenery, it really has a sense of place with the backdrop, trees, and figures/locos.
I finally edited my update video. I'm not sure what exactly went wrong with the text on the pictures.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Tom Bryant_MR Fantastic, fantasic photos everyone. The hills still have the morning haze in Spoon Yard as two engineers fire up and say "Wanna race to see who gets out of here first".
I really like your backdrop. It's realistically vague. It sets the location for the yard and gives it a true "in the valley" feel. The impression is that you could walk past the yard and start wandering up the hillside out of town.
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
I haven't had a chance to work on the layout lately do to other commitments. I was hoping to do some work this weekend and this thread is all the inspiration I need. Great work on here lately!