Thans for starting WPF, Mike. Impressive start by everyone.
Mike. Great scenes on te layout. Well done.
Ed. A great feeling when by moving something can make a scene look far better.
Rich. Amazing work on the Union Station building. Well done.
I think the main things on my layout are finished. Okay I know there are several small things to do, but these past weeks I just run trains and love it.
I have a book with timetables of trains in and out of Leeds Central Station. I am in the process of building a timetable for the layout.
Class 26 26009 on a two carriage Leeds Central to Castleford local service passing Crown Point Yard
IMG_2128 by David Harrison, on Flickr
The sun is shining as the same train passes the Junction.
IMG_2129 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A busy time at Crown Point Yard.
IMG_2131 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Keep the photographs coming.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
I am building a new passenger station, and I needed a showcase building for passengers waiting for their train. So, I decided to build the Walthers Cornerstone Union Station. No scratchbuilding or kitbashing, but it still took me 8 days to complete. The following series of photos document my progress.
The first two photos show the walls, windows, doors and pillars painted but still on the sprue.
This next photo shows the walls with windows and doors installed in place. The dark gray doors are service doors for vendor use. The gold doors are for passenger use. Passenger access are through the front doors or side doors on the two wings attached to the main building.
The next two photos show the rear and front walls of the main building.
The next photo shows the completed front wall of the building with the six pillars installed.
The final photo shows the completed building with wings attached, ready for passenger use.
One last detail will be the installation a clock at the top of the building.
Walthers manufactures some very nice looking structures with a fair amount of detail. But, the structures are not always easy to build in terms of fit and finish.
All of the corners of the walls are mitered, but it would have helped to have a series of pins and holes for alignment purposes and for a tight fit. Try as I might, the finished walls had open seams along some of the corners. This required extensive use of Squadron Putty to seal the open seams. But, overall, I am pleased with my new passenger station.
Rich
Alton Junction
Thank you for your contribution, Kevin!
Thanks, Mike, for posting Kevin's graphic...
Great Stuff Mike! Thanks for getting things off to a good start!
I did some "brain work" this past week by trying different structure configurations in one of the final "no-man's land" areas between the city and the Post Office Annex which again, was long overdue. It's been said that he who hesitates is lost and I guess that sums my philosophy up HOWEVER he who hesitates while planning for a structure plan might just be on to a good thing.
I'll step through my thought process:
This photo shows pretty much how this area has been for about the past six or seven years:
Midplan_Feedlot-test by Edmund, on Flickr
I wasn't too impressed with the feedlot right in front and I didn't like that the meat packing house was across the tracks. After some thought I felt the Champion Packing house was too tall and blocked the view to the nice roadway/bridge behind it.
I cleared everything away and sat with a beverage-in-hand to mull things over:
Midplan_blank-slate-test by Edmund, on Flickr
I was looking for a long, narrow building to place by the stub siding.
Borrowed the R.E.A. building from Union Station, but what do I replace it with in the vacancy?
Midplan_REA-test by Edmund, on Flickr
THEN it dawned on me to pull the two-story building from the background and swap it with the taller meat packing house!
Midplan_final-crossing by Edmund, on Flickr
Bingo, this might just work. View lines are less obstructed, a plus. The white stuff is Genesis ceiling tile, a type of PVC that, IMHO, is ideal for a base over the bare plywood, easy to cut, form and paint plus makes a nice smooth surface for further scenery, pavement and structure bases.
Here's an overall view with the relationship with the GE building and the city in the distance. Then I thought of the feed mill which I've had sitting on a shelf since 1997! But there's no siding for it... so, why not set a length of "abandoned" trackage that the feed mill no longer uses and the leg of the wye can pass between them
Midplan_final by Edmund, on Flickr
This last plan allows me to have truck access to the mill, the white building (a machine-tool rebuilder) the P.O. Parcel Annex and the slaughter house. I like it!
I'll add one more photo as I'm presently cutting the EVA foam to simulate the asphalt as I type
Got my Rapido PC E-50/EP-5 yesterday and I'm breaking 'er in. So far an excellent "motor" and she'll pull 13 cars up a 1.75% grade with no hesitation.
NH_EP5_Jet by Edmund, on Flickr
Update:
Cutting and fitting the EVA foam "asphalt" for the truck turning area:
Midplan_asphalt-truckway by Edmund, on Flickr
— and getting the crossing ready. The darker foam represents newer asphalt that was put down when the rails were pulled up:
Midplan_asphalt-crossing by Edmund, on Flickr
Weights are holding down the cork filler while the Weldbond sets.
Sorry for taking up so much space but... we're here for the photos, right?
Thanks, Ed
This is the weekly thread where you show what you've been up to, what's on the bench, or just wander around the layout taking pics. Post them up.
Guess I'll kick this off with some railfanning pics around the layout.
This is an old PFM Shay at Crater Lake Junction. It's lettered for the Loon Lake Line of its previous owner, the late Bob Miller. You might just see it at the local train show this weekend at Urbana's Lincoln Square operating on his Loon Lake HOn3 Timesaver module with it's exquisite handlaid track. We'll be running that along with some other modules and layouts that the public can operate on.
Here's the big power, NW2Ms 104 and 102, on the Cascade Branch rolling into CL Jct with the local freight.
Here the pair of diesels is transiting the wye in Crater Lake itself.
The oil spout is used to fuel the Shay.
Later at Summit, the 104/102 crew is out of hours and in the siding and is passed by 82 and its loads of raw ties and crushed stone.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL