Well, we knew it wouldn't last. Yes that work week is here again. Let's see how we did. Saturday: After a nice long and pleasant drive through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, I found myself at the fairgrounds where the Ohio N Scale Weekend is held. Set up was quick, despite the down pours and crazy weather. After a good nights sleep and an early morning breakfast, my buddy and I set about finding some deals and items we just had to have. We returned back to our table and layout and had a great day running trains and talking with a lot of folks. The Door prize was a hit as well as the German food the club brought us for dinner. The Auction was a little light in the bidding wars but fun nonetheless. My buddy and I then finished the evening with a bit of ice cream before retiring for the night. Sunday: was more relaxed and we spent the day just running trains. Here my buddy switches out the Illinois Power spur with his awesome Atlas S2 with sound. Before we knew it, it was time to pack it all up and by 4:30 we were saying goodbye until Galesburg which is just a few short weeks away. I hit the road about 5:00 EST and got home about 9:15 CST. Unloaded the car and went to bed. So how about you? What did you get done this weekend? Let us know. We'll be back here on Friday the 26th to start the process all over again. Until then, have a great week, stay safe and as always... High Greens!
I had a pretty productive weekend. Made some head way on my version of Highway 101: And, with inspiration from John (bremner) - I started a yard office: Hope ya'll had a great weekend, Wolf
I didn't get a thing done on my home layout because the weather was so nice and wanted to spend the time outdoors, but I did go over the the Livingston Model Railroad club Saturday night and ran some trains. I'm not a big fan of smoke with model railroading, but the Yellowstone in this video is probably the best attempt at it that I have seen.
Managed to "almost" finish the 200' CVM bridge. Only have 2 sets of cross bracing to put in and its done. This weekend I managed to get the track installed, cut the guardrails, pinch the guardrail ends to a point and get them soldered and installed. All that remains is to put in 2 cross braces. I hope to paint this puppy and get it installed during the upcoming 3 day holiday weekend.
That is a BIG bridge! Like to see where it's going to fit. Donald Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
T'was a great weekend indeed. Here's a few more lousy pictures of the Galesburg City Job layout at the Ohio N Scale weekend. This was the only rail fanning I was able to do on the way down. These two were south of Findlay, OH. A road detour brought me closer to them. Thanks ODOT! Jim's steel plate loads really added to his Butler industrial area, I thought. Indeed, the whole area of his biggest industry was looking good. It was really nice to have our whole layout together again. Think we spent half our time just talking with fellow modelers, but thats what its all about eh? The only modeling I got done before the show was this unmowed lawn next to one of the houses. Hey, perhaps this resident worked for the railroad. Who has time to mow? On the way home, I spotted this closed tower at Dunkirk. Nice to see one still standing! Since he will be moving soon, all our midwest shows have an air of bittersweetness (is that a word?). We hope to be back next year though, as we really enjoy the show. Thanks to the staff for putting it all together. Thanks to Jim also. Good times my friend!
After finishing the CN GP38-2W, I changed the couplers on the GP40-2 I purchased at the same time. As with the 38, the Kadees went in with no modifications at all. In a parallel to modeling, I did my stroll through the local flea market (with a sharp eye out for the odd model railroad stuff), and found some outdated navigation charts for the Hudson and Richelieu rivers up to the Saint Lawrence, and from there upstream to the west end of Lake Ontario, including the Erie and Welland canals, and enlargements of major port areas. These charts include railway trackage - which is particularly interesting since they show how the rail system interacts with the maritime system and the industries and other installations along the waterfront. I call that modeling gold - over and above my fascination for maps (road, topographic, aeronautical, etc.). I picked up the two large format books for $5 apiece... when new they retailed for around $80.
Your unmowed grass is amazing - do you detail how to do that someplace, or can you refer me to an article? It's exactly what I need ... Thanks! .
Great stuff everyone, thanks for sharing! After installing about 40 sets of micro trains trucks I decided to make some signs and a billboard kit I had. I made some for some of the blank buildings on my layout and then installed the billboards. EDIT: To fix images that didn't show up. Short video of some new freight running on the layout with new trucks. Steve
Montanan - that is awesomely realistic looking smoke! Wow! Am glad that the club is working out for you, they are a good bunch! Ran trains in loops over the little bit of free time I made over the weekend. It is a great way to relax when the trains are finally running reliably and I can just sit and enjoy listening! Aaaaah!
I think its simply known as Dunkirk. It had an old name plate on it that said so. It was the crossing of former PRR & NYC tracks. This must have been at least the second tower on this spot as a 1941 PRR passenger wreck took out the old one. Amazingly, the towerman escaped.
Thanks Max. There really is no magic to it. It kinda came out of the applicator that way. Multi layers I guess. Also a lot of serendipity.
I've been out of the field for awhile - what is the applicator? Is that the "static grass" I've heard something about?
