Salute to all our Veterans: I'll start the party....
SP FOREVER
This pic is already posted in the Construction Started on the CA&S RR thread, but I'll post it here to. Here's a link to the other thread http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1261093/ShowPost.aspx
Here's mill switcher #14 still awaiting decals and weathering.
Athearn BB GP38-2 awaiting DCC decoder. Layout improvements have been at a standstill the past couple of months what with the income being low. Bills come first. There should be more money coming in December. The first purchase will be a few more decoders.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
I'm thinking about expanding the layout some more... better head down to the lumber yard!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Our Club's layout at the Science Center in Nashville for Whistle Stop Weekend
As always, nice work guys.
Lee I really like the lumber yard. Very nice.
Well for the past couple months I've been working on a Diorama of mine. I would like to get some more supplies for scenery, maybe even ballast tomorrow (I know, I'm dreaming). Hopefully I can get some pictures on Sunday. Hopefully it doesn't snow.
My Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/JR7582 My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcfan/
#252 switch engine in the day's last light..
an Atlas smooth runner.
JaRRell
davidmbedard wrote: WCFan...great looking progress. One word of advice, though, keep the ballasting till last. Ballast should go on top of any scenery you may want on your layout.David B
WCFan...great looking progress. One word of advice, though, keep the ballasting till last. Ballast should go on top of any scenery you may want on your layout.
David B
Thanks. Yes I do know I should put my scenery down before ballast, that's why I said I was dreaming!
Wm3798, very nice!! I could swear I was driving up to the place.
espee, some very nice scenery there, and the water turned out well. Thanks for the great images.
JaRRell, your images are stunning. This one is no exception.
-Crandell
Great work everybody.wm3798 Lumber supply looks real, really like the old beatup station wagon out front. Is that yours? jacon12 That is a nice looking engine.Couple of shots here, caught a F7coming thur tunnel.And this is the only EOT you will find on this roadHave a great weekend everybody
Great work everybody.wm3798 Lumber supply looks real, really like the old beatup station wagon out front. Is that yours?
jacon12 That is a nice looking engine.
Couple of shots here, caught a F7coming thur tunnel.
And this is the only EOT you will find on this road
Have a great weekend everybody
WCfan wrote: Well for the past couple months I've been working on a Diorama of mine. I would like to get some more supplies for scenery, maybe even ballast tomorrow (I know, I'm dreaming). Hopefully I can get some pictures on Sunday. Hopefully it doesn't snow.
WC fan, that looks like its going to be a great place for photos. What type are the locos?
Jim
Here is a shot I entered into a contest last week.
Not nearly good enough to place, but I was happy with the result. Playing with depth of field is an interesting challenge.
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
Soo Line fan wrote: WCfan wrote: Well for the past couple months I've been working on a Diorama of mine. I would like to get some more supplies for scenery, maybe even ballast tomorrow (I know, I'm dreaming). Hopefully I can get some pictures on Sunday. Hopefully it doesn't snow. WC fan, that looks like its going to be a great place for photos. What type are the locos?Jim
Thanks, it was really designed for photos. The lead loco is a P2K WC SD45 6588, second in the consist is another P2K ATSF SD45 5547, the last locomotive is an Atlas Matser GP40 WC 3005.
Here's me with my layout last weekend at the 23rd Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club Train Show.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Hope you are all enjoying the long weekend. Here are a few more pictures of DDW.
Another view of the engine facility and the main line coming from Tokyo. That's a C57 stopped on the siding with it's coaches.
This resort is the major destination on my layout. You can either drive there or hop on the local that makes several runs a day. People come from as far away as Tokyo to enjoy skiing in the winter and fishing/swimming/hiking in the summer.
The main station.
Don
Don Agne
DonaldAgne, your photos are fantastic. A pleasure to see.
Below a Pennsy K4s chugs up a grade as it tows some older wooden passenger cars on a local run.
In this next image, quite self explanatory, the same train as seen from inside the tunnel.
Finally, an FA2/FB2 set that must have plowed through some near liquid clay during a rainstorm somewhere back along the run.
Great work so far everyone, no trains here yet but here's a detail shot from a loading dock I'm working on.
take care & be safeKarl.A
Karl, you always were a tease.
How about giving us a real sample of what you have been up to....hmmm?
It is very good to have you post here once again.
Happy Veterans Day all.
I just had to say, those palm trees are amazing. Where did you get those?
Best Regards, Big John
Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway
Yes, as always, good work from everyone.
Simon, that scene you entered is really good! The building the painters are working on looks like it is getting a new "coat".
In the last weekend or two there has been a thread about making cheap grass. I've been experimenting. Thanks to hminky for his tip about using a shaver and thanks to SouthCoastRail about the chalk tip - that was magic.
First shot - the samples. The left one is a "mitt" ($3) I picked up at local grocery. The others are free samples from Mendels (thanks loathar)
Second shot - using the tips and the left hand piece in the sample above. The mainline and siding are a bit of a mess right now as the ballast is still wet and has floated. It will be cleaned up when dry
Regards,
Tom
Thank you my friend..
Tease? me ? surely you have me mixed up with someone else
Nice pics Crandell, here is a link to this current scratchbuilding project...
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/ppuser/8980/cat/500
Karl.A
Tom is that track bent or is it just the way the pic is. it looks like there is a dip in the track where it comes across to the lower one.
I f I,m correct how did you do that without kinking the track?
WOW! What scale is that, UKguy?? I could never put induvidual nails in stuff like that!
Jacon; amazing shot!
Selector; I love the tunnel photo!
I don't beleive I've posted this before:
The depot is too close to the tracks, a fact I discovreed when my CP wide vision caboose scraped it! Nothing else hits it though........ I don't have problems with it, just annoying. Unfortunatly, I installed scenery and glued it down before I discovered this, so now the depot is permanatly connected to the ground!
These are my new Atlas Silver Series SD24's hauling their first train.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
sledgehammer wrote: Tom is that track bent or is it just the way the pic is. it looks like there is a dip in the track where it comes across to the lower one. I f I,m correct how did you do that without kinking the track?
It's just the picture. All three of those tracks are level and on the same plane.
Very quiet...must be the holiday weekend thing. So, if it won't be overstepping, I'll post some more images.
This last one is an attempt to simulate a night shot. I call it Last Light at Seneca Falls. I havent gotten into the details of setting the shutter speed and iris on my camera, so this had to be done in low light. Depending on your monitor and settings, it may seem too dark to see much at all, but on my monitor it shows the engine clearly, if quite darkly. Anyway, I hope it works for you.
Still working on the highway. I sure hope this doesn,t offend anyone. Remember the old days when good old dad used to drink and drive and nobody knew what a seatbelt was?
N scale
Glenn