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
Nick! :)
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.
My Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/JR7582 My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcfan/
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:
Mechanical Department "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."
The Missabe Road: Safety First
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
Alex
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.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Guilford Guy wrote: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
Hello again, nice to see another NEAT member. Where's Yoshi; we could get all the RRs but PCRR.
Welcome guys!
Bennett: Sound interesting. I like the SP too, but not in that same era. I like the 1970s-1980s.
David: I wish I had that kind of space.
Coborn35 yeah i remember when you guys had the Minnesota North Stars. Glad you have a team again. They're young but getting better. I can't talk much crap about the Wild though cause it seems they have been in the playoffs more the past few years than the Kings have =p oh well i still love my team. that's what it's all about right?
Pictures coming soon everyone....
Where you can see the wood in the first and last pictures...that's where water is going to be. A harbor. And the styrofoam peice jetting out is going to be a pier. I don't think I said before, but obviously i model HO. And I'm a big sucker for weathering rolling stock =)
bnsf97 wrote: Where you can see the wood in the first and last pictures...that's where water is going to be. A harbor. And the styrofoam peice jetting out is going to be a pier. I don't think I said before, but obviously i model HO. And I'm a big sucker for weathering rolling stock =)
Hey BNSF, I noticed you like ice-hockey. Not only do I play it, but my favorite NHL team is the New York Islanders!
Hey guys. I found out MB Klein is taking orders till they get them.... So I will get my locomotive.
It's a bit of presure... So many things are popping up that i want. Daylight passenger cars that are accurate, new GS-4s, TTT-6s, FEF-2 and 3s, the list goes on.
I gotta work on the layout... not buy engines!
Hello everyone. Since this thread seems to be catching on I might as well join in.
My alias is Yoshi; I'm not willing to give my real name. I'm 15. My location is as specific as I'm willing to be unless we are planning to meet in a public place. That's all you really need to know about me personally. Ask for anymore and I'll never speak to you again out of fear that you are a stalker. That should help break the ice.
I model a fictional shortline called the Vermont And South Troy (VAST) Slogans are "Business thinks vast, business ships VAST", or "Think fast, ship VAST". The route follows the former B&M Cheshire route from Bellows Falls, VT to Winchendon, MA, from which it turns south over the Heywood line to Gardner, MA. Between Bellows Falls and Winchendon it passes through the major town of Keene, NH and the line's summit at South Troy, NH. Also included in the route is the line from Keene, NH to Bennington, NH as well as a fictional branch from Bellows Falls to Westminster Heights, VT. My current layout is 7x11 modeling the Westminster Heights branch, butI have 15x30 allocated for expansion in which to model the route between Bellows Falls and Keene, NH. The next phase of construction has already begun.
My fictional line has been merged into a fictional system called NEAT, New England & Atlantic Transportation. The group running the system, the Boston Area Rail Fans, or BARF, was spearheaded by Guilford Guy and I. We are planning a round-robin group and a physical interchange system. We are open to teen modelers across New England, with the center of membership currently in Metrowest Boston. Come check us out:
http://neatrailcorportation.googlepages.com/
Yes, we know corporation is spelled wrong, you can blame Guilford Guy. ;-).
The current membership is all HO, but other scales are definitely welcome in the round-robin. The only thing that they will be unable to participate in is the physical interchange system.
Hey guys. Well I did some "Rail Fanning" on my layout. I have my full roster here, except. A P2K ATSF SD45 which will be patched to WC in the future, an Atlas Master WC GP40 3005, and an Athearn WC SW1500. (Oh wow 3 locomotives [sarcasm]). I'm hoping to get 2 SD45s IF Athearn makes a WC version. They I might get a Guy I know to paint up a Bachmann Spectrum in my favorite WC loco, 7548.
Tim: I would like to see some picture when your layout get's going. Do you have any pictures of your old layout?
Well today I heard a horn down by the depot in Iron Ridge. Nothing much. A SB train stops down there daily to switch crew. So hoping I can get another GP40 to add to my collection I head down to the depot thinking nothing much about it. But When I turn the corner into Bob's Hot Dogs Parking lot it took me my surprise. A former ATSF SD45 was sitting in front of the depot. Now this is Rare, mainly on the Rock Creek Sub it gets the GP40s, or GP7Ms. Behind it was WC 3005.
Now I couldn't go right up to the depot because that would be trespassing, but I'm hoping that WC will donate the Depot to the Historical Society in Iron Ridge. Now I tried to get the best shot I could of 3005.
Now I thought I wouldn't get 3005 so I started to pack up. But then I see the crew get into the locomotive cab. So they take off and I get one more shot of 3005. Not the best in the world but I still go her
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So I quick Grab my camera and run over the Grade Crossing. I get a quick shot of her going across. I sure hope this is a sign that more SD45s are to come
So anyway the next week I catch 3005 doing a drop behind some industries.
MilwaukeeRoad-Cool! I play hockey too! Greatest sport on earth
WCFan-Thanks for the compliments! I like your roster, especially that ATSF! haha dont feel too bad, I only have 1 locomotive and 1 dummy. Im looking for an ATSF GP30 or 35 to add next.