A company down in Florida has opened a branch factory in Roseyville next to the John Deere Factory. Think they are furnishing clutches for JD. I think the CEO goes by Frank53. [thanks old buddy, OH, it has lights too]
Finishing up the back room. The short curved sidings is a OFF/ON and is used to stage trains. It now goes on to reach the other side of the loop.
What was to be a coal loading siding only is now also a passing siding too [with the addition of that switch].
Looking where the tunnel will be and the siding above.
The other side and where that tunnel will be. Notice the new "switch over" switches to let trains go back and forth to the main tracks.
Outside in big room view of sidings and main line going into tunnel.
The coal mine is in operation.
Now all the clutter of engines and cars are gone off of main layout. Stored neatly in the back room area. Going to build car storage under the layout.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Another great batch of pictures! Thanks to everyone for posting.
Regards,
John O
Buckeye Riveter wrote: Railfan1 wrote: brwebster wrote: fifedog,That has to be THE BEST winter scene I've ever seen executed on a layout
Railfan1 wrote: brwebster wrote: fifedog,That has to be THE BEST winter scene I've ever seen executed on a layout
brwebster wrote: fifedog,That has to be THE BEST winter scene I've ever seen executed on a layout
fifedog,
That has to be THE BEST winter scene I've ever seen executed on a layout
Great pictures all around.
Here are a few of some electrics under the new catenary.
That's it for today.
This really isn't a photo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-6z0_aS9C4
WOW, really great layout pics!
Jim
Finalized the last row house - this corner is now just needing landscaping and it is done:
This will have the top level complete from the far corner at GW Dunn and sons, to this corner, up the abandoned factory wall, through the city corner and all the way to the far end of the Lionel Factory. Just need to complete the last structure, shown below:
- the white factory to the left of Lionel and I can finish all landscaping and ballasting.
ChiefEagles wrote: A company down in Florida has opened a branch factory in Roseyville next to the John Deere Factory. Think they are furnishing clutches for JD. I think the CEO goes by Frank53. [thanks old buddy, OH, it has lights too]
Frankly Frank, I'm likin the new location. Send me the new dimensions and I'll put together a bigger loading dock for ya.
Here's a few pictures of my first-ever layout. 4x8 Rural farm area. No trains in these pics but you can see the track!
The fish pond - that isn't the Chief 'cause I did this before I knew him!
Back of the farm house- that's my hubby at the bottom taking aim at a big buck! (It's kinda covered up by the date stamp!)
My version of the Hobo Hotel
Lisa
Originally posted by Lisa:
that's really a nice scene.
CSXect wrote:Buckeye where did you get Ohio Central rolling stock?
I have four pieces and I think two of them came from Davis in Milford, Ohio. One of them came from the hobby store in Sugar Creek, OH and the last one may have come from Glenn's in Akron.
If I were looking for them, I would call Glenn's. I swear he has one of everything MTH has ever made. The cars are the coil car, flat car w/ trooper cars, box car, caboose. There is also a Ohio Central powered and non-powered locomotive.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
laz 57 What town is that with the nickel beer???
Nick12DMC Good find on the Hellgate bridge!!!
daan I never thought of using MDF....looks great!!!
Frank53 The houses along the tracks are fantastic!!!
jefelectric I really like all of the catenary work!!!
Lisa-n-NC Great work on your first layout! I could tell the guy in the boat wasn't Chief cause I think I see a registration number!!!
underworld
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Phish - nice coaling tower with bunkers.
Buckeye - love that GP30 nose shot.
daan - are you gonna include all the illumination outside the station?
Spank - ...I'm sorry, there was a stationwagon? I'll have to review again.
Frank53 - you are becoming a master with the false fronts.
laz57 - Congradulations on DA bears.
CHIEF - good looking trackwork. I may have to rethink MTH.
Lisa - no fair throwing salt-lick blocks out the back door.
Demon9, brwebster, Railfan1, underworld, Buckeye, daan, jefelectric...thank you.
As always, the photos are great everyone.
jefelectric - I love the new catenary. Will you make it live at some point?
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
GREAT PICS ALL!!!!
LISA very nice pics love your scenery.
FIFEDOG, used to drink beer in Hazleton Pa. where I grew up for a nickle a glass, only 6 oz. but for a nickle what the hey. It was Old Reading and the guy that owned the bar was a doctor and was built for all the miners in the area. When beer went up to 10 cents lots o people complained, but they still came. When we were small we used to take a half gallon jug and get it filled of beer for 50 cents, no questions asked only who was your dad?
JELECTRIC great job on the CAT system! Keep up the great work.
laz57
@ jefelectric: the catanary looks great. Is it powered as well or just for show? (here in Holland almost every track is under catanary. Diesel is only used in harbours where the catanary is in the way of the cranes. Our engines are mostly English and French type's, but we have a lot of self proppelled passenger trains without a locomotive)
@Lisa, Your small layout looks great, I like all the details..
And yes, the lights should also be on the station. It's 8mm from the wall, I try to make interior lights with LED's. On the outside I use 2 algap leds in beamers to light up the towers and of course the big neon sign and clock also will be lit. I have a few idea's for the neon lights, but I'll need to see what I can get here to make it lit the way I would like it..
mickey4479 wrote:Frank, how big is your layout? The back drops and foreground detail are neat.
thank you - it's in a 12 x 12 room. Check out the links in my sig line - hundreds of photos of it from the first day I started building it.
Working on a nearly 3-ft long combine and coach representing Maine 2' in 7/8n2. Doing some scribbing here on birch, not an easy wood as it is harder than basswood and the grains go every which way, as you can see. But if it were a more facile wood, it wouldn't nearly be as much fun and challenging. I've also drawn up plans to reproduce Lionel early 20-th century era freight cars that ran on 2 3/4 inch track. I'm eying a small crane car. It will be reduced to O gauge.
Here are some pictures of the benchwork currently under construction.
The table will be 6' x 14' and is made from two seven foot L-girders joined together with 16" plates. It will be about 40 inches from the floor to the top of the decking. The joists are 1" x 3".
Click on the picture to enlarge the picture.
Overall shot of the benchwork:
Girder web clamped to the legs with the keeper joist:
Wood plate holding the two seven foot L-girders together:
Leveling feet purchased at "Wood Craft":
Another shot of the leveling feet:
Shot of legs with braces and keeper joist:
Gussets for side braces are made from extra pieces of 1" x 4" that are glued together with "Gorilla" glue:
Chris
Thanks guys!
Lionroar88 - thank you for the suggestion regarding the leveling feet. I did a mockup of the bottom leg area by clamping the gussets and braces to the legs - there is still plenty of clearance to get to the feet. I decided to place them on the inside so I wouldn't hit them with my feet (the metal corners on them are quite sharp), and to provide a cleaner look to the table.
The pictures don't show it, but there is actually a fair amount of room around the feet. The feet are fully retracted in the picture, so they will never hit the braces above them. The leg also sticks out just beyond the brace. The feet can be adjusted either from the top with a screw driver, or from the bottom sideways with a wrench, or by hand if you left the benchwork up.
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