Thanks JSL. The poles are Model Power #1310 Telephone Poles. A package of 12 runs about $5.00 at the LHS. The poles come with three crossarms; I remove the top two crossarms and shorten the pole height to match the prototype I am modeling. Jamie
Pleasure to see your work, Jamie ... suggestive of the regions and circunstances you are modeling ... great work, respects ... :tb-biggrin:
Over the long holiday weekend, I pretty much finished the South Emerson scene on the layout. This scene is about six feet long and is the southernmost sceniced area on the layout. There are still some details to add (milepotsts, signs, electrical cabinets, etc.), but all major construction will now move to the north. Looking north: Looking south: Jamie
Awesome modeling, scenery, photos...as always! Love the progress you've made on this layout. Modeling a Class 1 with Class 1 effort! Keep it coming!
Jamie, Those pictures look fantastic!! If the engines and freight cars were weathered, I would have sweared that you had taken pictures of the real thing! Craig
Congrats on the "finished" scene (quotation marks, since nothing is ever truly "finished"). Looks absolutely fantastic
Layout Electrical Outlets Reading your blog I noticed you had several 120v outlets attached to your benchwork. Did you install these yourself? Are they hardwired or do they plug in? Did you have a special circuit installed for your railroad? Any help is appreciated.
I did install these myself. They are wired just as any 120VAC standard residential recpticles are wired. For the first recepticle in the series, I wired a three-prong pigtail so that it plugs into a wall outlet. This powers all of the new outlets (basically I created a massive power strip). By doing this, it is very easy to overload the 15A branch circuit for the room. However, I am sworn to ONLY plug in my CFL lighting fixtures used to light the layout. Since my CFLs are very low wattage, there is plenty of capacity on the branch circuit for the layout lighting, even though there will be around 60 bulbs when all is said and done. Jamie
I have a kill-a-watt I'll usually plug into my primary outlet in the room to watch my amp draw on the circuit from the layout. Amazon.com: P3 International P4400 Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor: Home Improvement Very handy to have to see what the electrical usage looks like. Of course you'll want to know what other items are on the circuit (room lights/outlets in other rooms, etc..) so you know your layout limit. Here's a photo from 2007 showing the amp draw from my old shelf layout's t4 Fluorescent lighting:
Magnificent Having taken a 3 year (!!!) break from N scale (gave On30 a whirl, then stopped completely for a year, due to my new job), I'm excited to get back into the hobby... only now I'm in Brasil on vacation! So I've been spending the last few nights doing a LOT of research and "modelfanning", and the progress on YOUR layout is spectacular! Reminds me of my days in Atlanta- good times, but not enough to pull me away from modeling Chicago! Thank you so much for posting your progress- tonight I learned about spline roadbed, a technique I'm DEFINITELY going to use in the future (but I'm not sure how well it would relate to the door layout I'm planning now) Thanks for the inspiration! Ken
