MisterBeasley wrote: I posted this over on Weekend Photo Fun, but it was kind of late because the camera was out of town for the weekend.Anyway, here's my Pit-Bashed Atlas turntable. The pit has a false floor, which doesn't rotate with the turntable deck. The roundhouse is also an Atlas, and the engine is a P2K 0-6-0. Scenery is good enough for a carefully-framed photo, but more details will be added.
I posted this over on Weekend Photo Fun, but it was kind of late because the camera was out of town for the weekend.
Anyway, here's my Pit-Bashed Atlas turntable. The pit has a false floor, which doesn't rotate with the turntable deck. The roundhouse is also an Atlas, and the engine is a P2K 0-6-0. Scenery is good enough for a carefully-framed photo, but more details will be added.
MrB, I like it better every time I see it.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
This is one of My favorites,Great Western loco #90.HO scale brass 2-10-0 Decapod.Manufactured by Empire Midland,And painted by Me.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
wichmannb wrote: If you don't understand why these are my "favorites" then you are counting too many rivets! Actually - GREAT work by all! Had to tear down this double decker when we moved late last year and mommy is getting a new kitchen before I get my train room "re-born". Good news is the new house has a finished bsmt twice the size of the last one!!!! Thanks all for "keeping my steam up" in the interm!
If you don't understand why these are my "favorites" then you are counting too many rivets! Actually - GREAT work by all! Had to tear down this double decker when we moved late last year and mommy is getting a new kitchen before I get my train room "re-born". Good news is the new house has a finished bsmt twice the size of the last one!!!! Thanks all for "keeping my steam up" in the interm!
Great Pics, my wee one loves the trains too. Post some pics when you get settled in the new room!!
Ken.
its amazing what a few pictures of other people's work can do for your morale
You can start to think, hey i can do that.
I have the same issue, but i get to start from scratch, Brother in law moved out of the basement. So all those mistake i made from before, (cause i jumped with both feet) will not be made this time, though im sure i will make some more.
I hope this thread keeps going because it helps us new guys, and probaly "not so new" keep motivated
You guys and gals have been working hard to show me the fruits of your labor in an effort to spur me on, so I guess it's only fair to show you how you've inspired me.
When I started this thread, this was about all I had.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/Picture012.jpg
I'd not done anything in months.
Because of all of you, I've been reinvigorated!
This is just a couple of mornings ago. I didn't clean up or anything, so pardon the mess. I'm still soldering feeder wires and I have a couple of more tracks to lay in the staging yard, but here it is so far.
These are BIG pics, so be warned!
This is as you walk in the room......
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/6-29-073.jpg
And this is the first area you come to as you walk in. This is the interchange between the class 1 and the shortline.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/6-29-070.jpg
To the far right of the room is the turnback loop. There will eventually be a helix there.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/6-29-072.jpg
And here's the isleway by the windows (that will eventually be covered with heavy black material).
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/6-29-071.jpg
Thats about it for now. As you can see, I have been busy laying track. Now I've just got to get it all wired up!
Thanks, all of you!
highballin round a corner, love that engine
Here , is my Port Destiny lone locomotive on the docks waiting for the L&N Yard job to finish up.
I need a better camera , but I hope this gives you an idea .
peterj & wichmannb --->. That's a fine looking track gang you've got there.
tomkat - Odds and Ends are good.
Hi take it from one who's done it. Finish the room before starting the layout or you will be falling over it when you do try to finish the room, unless you are able to remove the layout when you work?? Good luck
here is my blog http://peterstrain.blogspot.com/ The story of my layout to date
Odds & Ends
Still plywood central but I suppose it's better than what I had (running trains in circles on the floor!). Here we have an Ann Arbor freight waiting for a Conrail local to finish it's work while a Detroit & Mackinac freight approaches.
We've all been at this point in our layouts. It's looks to me, that you have a good foundation there.
It's important to plan things out. Don't get in too big of a hurry. Place your industries, even if it's just a piece of paper cut to the floor dimensions. Sometimes we tend to over crowd things, picture the area in your mind and then determine where roads will be, how will vehicles move to access loading docks.
You're going to have a great layout.
Thanks heaps this is a VERY VERY HELPFUL TIP
Some of the best times, running a train around a circle of brass track with Matchbox cars and shoeboxes for industries when I was a kid, because that's all I knew how to do and didn't have much money.
trainhooked wrote: I'm starting from the ground up and this is probably the best i've got so far. Hope you guys like it.
I'm starting from the ground up and this is probably the best i've got so far. Hope you guys like it.
NNNNNIIIIIIIICCCCCCCE [THIS IS A DRAWN OUT "NICE"
gear-jammer wrote: mls1621 wrote: trainhooked wrote: mls1621 wrote: Best pic? That's like asking a parent which kid they love the most.Here are four pics from my layout. I really like these because the views can't be seen while viewing the layout.this cattle yard is really cool, i love it, nice work mate. Thanks for the kind words. The stock pen was stratch built using scale 2" x 6" rails and 6" x 6" posts. The most difficult part of the project was the ramps for loading the cars. I copied a project from N Scale magezine several years ago. Theirs was done with styrene strips, but I think the wood looks better. Mike,I like your multiple shutes for loading. Our fences here on our farm are 2 x 6 on 6 x 6 posts. So great job. Sue
mls1621 wrote: trainhooked wrote: mls1621 wrote: Best pic? That's like asking a parent which kid they love the most.Here are four pics from my layout. I really like these because the views can't be seen while viewing the layout.this cattle yard is really cool, i love it, nice work mate. Thanks for the kind words. The stock pen was stratch built using scale 2" x 6" rails and 6" x 6" posts. The most difficult part of the project was the ramps for loading the cars. I copied a project from N Scale magezine several years ago. Theirs was done with styrene strips, but I think the wood looks better.
trainhooked wrote: mls1621 wrote: Best pic? That's like asking a parent which kid they love the most.Here are four pics from my layout. I really like these because the views can't be seen while viewing the layout.this cattle yard is really cool, i love it, nice work mate.
mls1621 wrote: Best pic? That's like asking a parent which kid they love the most.Here are four pics from my layout. I really like these because the views can't be seen while viewing the layout.
Best pic? That's like asking a parent which kid they love the most.
Here are four pics from my layout. I really like these because the views can't be seen while viewing the layout.
this cattle yard is really cool, i love it, nice work mate.
Thanks for the kind words. The stock pen was stratch built using scale 2" x 6" rails and 6" x 6" posts.
The most difficult part of the project was the ramps for loading the cars. I copied a project from N Scale magezine several years ago. Theirs was done with styrene strips, but I think the wood looks better.
Mike,
I like your multiple shutes for loading. Our fences here on our farm are 2 x 6 on 6 x 6 posts. So great job.
The double chutes are for loading double deck stock cars. They were used on the pens I copied from the article in N scale magezine.
This high shoot gives a little better overview of the stock pens.
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0
I have a couple of pics. There not the best but I do like them.
How about a bunch of Milwaukee Road units sitting and waiting for there next assignment.
This shot I thought was kind of cool. You can see the trains made and ready to leave but it's focused on the locos. Pretty neat stuff.
Happy railroading
James
Well, I guess we have seen all the new pictures, I was hoping we'd see a few more. Great thread by the way.