General Discussion (Model Railroader)

Great stuff everyone! I like your layout, MilwaukeeRoad! I would reccomend a team track, you can load/unload almost any type of car there, and all you need is a parking lot for them to transfer the load to trucks.

I don't use sound, because it is too expensive to equip my  entire fleet with it.

I have a 12 by 22 foot layout, which has a 7 track yard, a bunch of passing sidings, and a 4% grade on a pass; it has a yard job, a local turn, a through freight, and a piggyback train, the last 2 alternate directions every session.

My railroad merged with a few other  freelanced railroads, forming the New England & Atlantic Transportation system (NEAT) The other railroads in it are created by other teens I know. 

Bonjour Ya'll (Southern French),

I am 16 and my signature explains most of my modelling focus. I also like the Southern (Hence my Ps4 avatar) and the N&W.

I don't have a layout yet, nor hardly any engines and rolling stock, but money is now starting to flow steadily into the Smoky Mountain & Southern Railroad's bank account and constuction from Knoxville to Pigeon Forge will soon start (with much selective comepression).

The railroad is now in the works leasing a Baldwin USRA Light 2-10-2 from the Southern and ordering 1 USRA Heavy Mikado and 1 ex-Norfolk and Western 2-8-8-2 Mallet (Life Like Y3).

Cheese

this is what i got

 

im planning on modeling the WC around 1996-1999 on Byron hill.

so far i only got 3 locomotives &  5 pices of rolling stock.

WC F45 6650

WC SD45 6524

WC GP38-2 2004

& then i have a SOO ACF, SOO boxcar & planning on some more soo stuff.

WC acf

WC gondola & planning on gettting a black one

WC caboose.

also planning on some wc boxcars & otherstuff i can find along w/ some other railroad cars

heres some pics

Welcome aboard guys.

Brent: I like the roster. Wish I had an F45.

Brandon: I like the layout. Even though it's a blue deseart it looks good. lol.

Max: I would like to see some pictures of your layout. Sound interesting.

Cheese: I know how it feels to be short on cash. Espicaly when you don't know how much your spending untill you finaly see the bill. Sigh.

I do too! I curently owe 7 dollers for the rest of my DCC decoder; origanal price was $25, I paid the rest off; and I will finish tomorrow when I mow the backyard. I also have a $25 gift card to a bookstore, which I will give to Mom in return for $25 in cash. I still need to finish most of my layout's scenery, and replace all my 40-foot RR cars with modern freight cars.

I can earn $21 by mowing all our lawns, so I have a reliable source of income. 

Yeah, I got a realiable source of income too. Mowing lawns, just like you said. But it will only work if the weather is right! Right now it's so dry.

Here the lawn is really high and wet; it's hard to push the mower; when I came inside, I was dripping with sweat.

Oops, off topic. Sorry.

Here are some older pics of my stuff * A Note* The layout you see is just holding me over unitl the new NST&T can be built.:

Weathered MIssabe bentonite car:

 

BNSF bentonite hopper:

 

UP SD90/43MAC KATO. Yea. Its awesome:

 

Another BNSF bentonite hopper speeding by:

 

Transfer consist, consisting of DM&IR SD40-3, Great Northern SD45, and BNSF GP60M.(Athearn RTR, Bachmann (SD45 is one of my best runners) and Athearn RTR):

 

It is lettered and painted GN, but is sublettered for its owner, the NST&T and it part of the executive fleet:

 

Here are some pics of a layout of a guy I volunteer with. ( WC guys can start drooling now):

 

 

 

 

 

About a 1/3 of the fleet:

 

 

 

Mowing the lawn was my main source of income normally too; at 15 bucks a week I could survive. But I haven't mowed in almost exactly two months now, so not much money coming in there (it's been so dog gone dry in Wisconsin. We just finally got about 4 inches of rain the past few days, and with more predicted, hopefully that'll mean the grass will grow again.) I've been making money other ways though, doing odd chores my parents want done. Still enough to survive on. I suppose I ought to get a job, but it's just so nice having summers to devote completely to relaxing...

Nice photos there too Max. The GBW RS27 actually has me drooling more than the WC stuff...

Noah

Max, I wish there was a smilie for drooling cuze that's what I'm doing right now. I love that Wc equpiment! I really like that Fromer Norfork and Western SD35. I also like WC 6660. Those are those "odd" locos on the WC. Like 3018. That's an odd one to have too. Well I hope in 2 years that the Historical seocity will have the Lee Yauky House Finished. The I'll be old enough to join the MR "Club" they got. I just wish the "club" wpuld moe into the curch across the street. Then they would have more room.

Hey I'm alex, I model the B&M and the Midland New England(part of NEAT) in HO and the Assabet Valley (strong relations to the B&M) in G

Hey there my name's Bennett. Thought I'd represent a little west-coast flavor. All you guys seem to be out east, or modeling it anyways. I'm down here in Southern California. My favorite railroads are ATSF and SP. I'm 17 and work at my local hobby shop in the train department (dream come true plus i get a discount!) I'm currently dismantling my old layout and building a new one using the same benchwork. I'm basing it on ATSF/BNSF in the mid to late 90's in San Diego, California. My layout is an 11x8 around the walls and peninsula..sorta lol I'll put some pics up tomorrow hopefully. I enjoyed everyone's postings! Look forward to more!

No East here.

Hockey on the West Coast eh? Try coming here. To Duluth MN. One of the Hockey Capitals of the US, Along with MN as a whole.

WOW! Awsome photos! Most of my equipment is too old to post here; they're all 40-footers and other oldies, except for about 5 or 6 modern cars. I've phased out wooden cars, stockcars, and iced reefers, now I just need to replace my 40-foot boxcars, 30-something foot coal cars, and get some shorter (60-foot) intermodel cars. (my autorack is too long, and my 2 double-stacks don't work and have duplicate numbers.

I'm glad I'm modeling a shortline; most modern day railroads don't have SDP35s, GP9Ms, F-units, and leased Conrail C40-8Ws. (I only have one of each.) Right now, one is in the process of being re-painted by my friend, and the rest need to be patched or repainted. I will probobly sell the C40-8W eventually, it's too big for my 22" radius curves. 

Hello, I am david. I am 14. I do not have much of a layout at this point. The bench work and the top for a 5 by 10 layout is done. Now I am working on my track plan. I want a setup with two ovals that connect with crossovers in both directions. The inside loop will have 18" radius curves and the outside loop will have 22'' radius curves. This will all be nicle silver Bachmann ez track. The inner area will be for my yard and stub tracks. At this time I only have 2 locos. An Athearn gp50 and a Bachmann gp35. I want to get more but money is tight. All the stuff for my layout was given to me as a birthday present from the neighborhood. One family brought in the plywood, another brought the 2x4's, 1x2's and 1x1's, still anothercontributed tools. There was also a joint contribution of $500 in track and scenic materials.