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[Red Horse]

This is my new Favorite, I know, "Make up my mind".

Bad Boys, Bad Boys, What ya gonna dooooo.......LOL!

[rolleiman]

 Still an very enjoyable thread. Love that 3rd shot, Wayne.

   Here's a view from the diorama [HO scale]

I keep coming back to how good that dirt road looks . How did you make it? 

[DeadheadGreg]

heres some of my favorite pics from the American Railroad Association Ghent - Belgium:

 

 

 

I don't know where this next one comes from, I had saved it to my computer a while ago, so if anyone recognizes the layout, help!!!  lol

 

and heres a couple from my under-construction layout.  Not too much to look at yet, haha.  The first one was me testing out the basic arrangement of my 3% grade to see what I can pull up it.  The 2nd shows the final track arrangement for this part of the layout.  sheet-o-ply with #8 turnouts what?  haha

 

and heres a little shot that I like to show off (can you guess why?  hehe) of the diorama I'm building.  Its since been partially scenicked, just haven't gotten any pictures yet

[Red Horse]

This has become my favorite thread by far, the pics posted here are undiscribable, unreal at times and I have to look twice at some of them to make sure that they are indeed scaled down scenes from real life.

I also like the idea that folks update their favorite scenes as they improve their layouts.

Here is an updated one of mine, as you can see I like military trains alot!

I had to do some track work (Right side of pic) and then it was done.

Happy Rails and keep these great pics comming!

[DeadheadGreg]

A recently modified area at the West End of Sweethome.

 

 

Jon

 

 

Dude, your stuff ROCKS!!!  You freakin' Europeans...  you model our country better than we do!!!   haha

Your stuff really reminds me of John Wright and his Federal Street proto87 layout, as well as this other fantastic European layout:  The American Railroad Association Ghent - Belgium

http://www.freewebs.com/newponcayard/index.htm

[Anonymous]

gOT another one, sunset sets as a 1950 something ford flatbed crosses a crossing,

 

 

[Anonymous]

here we go again

[twhite]

Wow, this particular thread just keeps getting better and better!! 

Here's a couple of new ones that I tend to like:

Rio Grande 2-10-2 #1408 on Deer Creek viaduct.  As you can see, the scenery's not finished behind it.

My yard scene--Rio Grande 2-10-2 #1400 dumping its ashes.  Seems Fred in the gondola is a little anxious to get them out of the ash-pit.  Hey, Fred, those ashes are HOT,  and that's a WOOD gondola, Doofus! 

Tom

 

[berlingo]

I've just picked up some of my favorite scene, those are mostly my N Scale's pix.

 

http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee67/bertaxm/

[Tjsingle]

Hey Ken,

Have you been to the Hobby shop in Winfield "the moose caboose"? its not that far from Sykesville, I live in Columbia so I love to take the drive up there and get what i need from my favorite LHS.

TJ,

I agree, that's an excellent shop!  Whenever Walthers has anything on sale, I order it thru Glen and avoid shipping charges.  Not only that, he knocks off a few extra dollars from the already lower price I'd have paid Walthers.  Not sure how he's able to do that, but it certainly keeps me going back there! 

He has a great shop and great products for sure.

[wm3798]

This is simply OUTSTANDING.

Lee 

[mikelhh]

 Still an very enjoyable thread. Love that 3rd shot, Wayne.

   Here's a view from the diorama [HO scale]

[doctorwayne]

Here's a few of my favourites:

Wayne 

[CSX_road_slug]

Hey Ken,

Have you been to the Hobby shop in Winfield "the moose caboose"? its not that far from Sykesville, I live in Columbia so I love to take the drive up there and get what i need from my favorite LHS.

TJ,

I agree, that's an excellent shop!  Whenever Walthers has anything on sale, I order it thru Glen and avoid shipping charges.  Not only that, he knocks off a few extra dollars from the already lower price I'd have paid Walthers.  Not sure how he's able to do that, but it certainly keeps me going back there! 

[Tjsingle]

Okay, that's enough from the Itty Bitty Teapot Committee...  Let's get back out on the main line...

I've been working on this scene where the mainline comes in from staging on my layout.

The station is called North Jct, and it represents the crossing of the PRR/PC and the Western Maryland on the north side of Hagerstown, Maryland.

Despite being on a shelf that's less than 1 ft. x 4 ft., there's a lot of action here.  The WM main is the centerpiece, plus the PC interchange track in the foreground.  There's also a couple of industries here to switch.

A set of double diamonds provides access to the PC staging tracks.

I still have some detailing to do, and the city structures and back drop need some attention, but I'm really liking how this is coming together.

Lee 

 I like the PC Interchange with The WM rr.

Tjsingle

[Tjsingle]

Ken,

The depot looks great! Can you provide details about the building?

Thanx Don! It's from a Life-Like Main Line Station kit (now O.O.P.), based on a prototype B&O depot located at Sykesville, MD.  I live within a 20-minute drive of that place, it's been converted into a restaurant.

 

Hey Ken,

Have you been to the Hobby shop in Winfield "the moose caboose"? its not that far from Sykesville, I live in Columbia so I love to take the drive up there and get what i need from my favorite LHS.

Tjsingle

[rs2mike]

bump

 

[wedudler]

The fence was from ALLOY FORMS.

Wolfgang 

[shayfan84325]

FREMO Belt Line engine at Third Street Industrial District

Wolfgang 

I'm diggin' your chain link fence.  Was it a kit?  What is the mesh made of?

Like your scene.  The overlap of train, hoist, train, fence, train, buildings gives it a sense of a lot of depth.

[wedudler]

FREMO Belt Line engine at Third Street Industrial District

Wolfgang 

[FastTracks]

Hi,

 This is one of my more recent favorites....

 

A scene from my LaSalette Free-mo module from the Canada Southern (CASO) club layout.  Since dismanteling my Port Kelsey layout I haven't had much oppertunity to do much modeling, so this little module was a welcome project.

Rich Chrysler's NYC caboose sitting on the LaSalette module.

 I will have the module set up with the rest of the CASO layout this weekend in St.Thomas at the former CASO train station if anyone is interested.

More shots on my CNJ Bronx Temrinal site. 

[PASMITH]

Peter Smith, Memphis

Peter,

Care to share some information on those wonderful trees?

Don Z.

The trees were carved from balsa wood square dowels and stained with india ink and alcohol. I drilled holes and glued in individual pieces of caspia branches from selected bunches sold at Hobby Lobby. The roots that show through the eroded dirt are real roots from tiny plants taken from my yard. The tallest is only 65 scale foot high which is much too small for the old growth sugar and white pines that populated the area around Mt. Shasta in 1909 which is the area and era that I model. The problem is, that I destroy the illusion that I have tried to create in a small area if I make the trees much higher so, up to now, I have mostly modeled clear cut areas which are more acceptable to the eye and the brain in a small arrea.

I am going to try to solve this illusion problem by using ceiling valences so that the tops of large diameter tall pine trees can disappear behind the valences and fool the eye.

Peter Smith, Memphis

[gatrhumpy]

Only scenes I have right now. Sorry for the blurriness in some of them.

St. Johnsbury truck

Individually applied handrails to this Santa Fe caboose.

[Geared Steam]

Good info, thank you Lee.

 

[wm3798]

Well, not to stray from the topic at hand too far...

Mine runs like a dream.  It's got a die-cast metal body, so it's got plenty of chutzpah, and the external gear train is plenty flexible to make it around those tight curves on the Chaffee Branch.

Putting in a decoder is pretty straightforward, but you have to start with a DZ-125 or smaller.  It fits up in the oil bunker, but there is some cutting away of material required.

Power is transfered to the wheels via an internal worm gear, very similar to a typical diesel model.  The side cylinders do rotate, but it's strictly cosmetic.  It's slow speed capability is excellent, and it has a very low top speed.

Lee 

[Geared Steam]

I know you do Lee, I've been meaning to ask you how do they run?

Are they actually powered thru the drivelines or by a hiden gearbox?

How was the decoder installation?

Kudos to Atlas for coming out with those for the N crowd.

 

[wm3798]

Don't worry, gear-heads... I have a Shay and I'm not afraid to use it!!

 

Lee 

[Geared Steam]

yea! more powered boxcars !!!

Seriously, looks nice wm

[wm3798]

Okay, that's enough from the Itty Bitty Teapot Committee...  Let's get back out on the main line...

I've been working on this scene where the mainline comes in from staging on my layout.

The station is called North Jct, and it represents the crossing of the PRR/PC and the Western Maryland on the north side of Hagerstown, Maryland.

Despite being on a shelf that's less than 1 ft. x 4 ft., there's a lot of action here.  The WM main is the centerpiece, plus the PC interchange track in the foreground.  There's also a couple of industries here to switch.

A set of double diamonds provides access to the PC staging tracks.

I still have some detailing to do, and the city structures and back drop need some attention, but I'm really liking how this is coming together.

Lee 

[jag193]

Logging operations aren't very big on the J&RG right now, but here's a picture of the local logging camp.  We are still waiting the arrival of a good and weathered Shay to increase activity.

 

Jim

I love your saw filer's shed. Lots of light coming through those windows! Here is a picture of mine. The sun light is real.

Peter Smith, Memphis

 

Peter,

 I like the scene ... I'd love to know more about the trees as well.  I need some on my layout ... Grand Central Gems are nice but getting expensive...

Jim