Kato SP SD70M # 9818, patched as UP # 3998, before and after. Altough I live in Switzerland, N-Scale Supply in CO is my favorite US-dealer for...
Kato SP SD70M # 9818, patched as UP # 3998 with Microscale Decals, BLMA sunshades added an some lightly weathering.
Testing helix track while laying with a six axle engine as well as the two longest and the two tallest cars I could find. Here we see the engine...
MNPFR with 75 loads, 6 empties and three SD70M's for power. Here we sit in the hole at Humboldt waiting for Amtrak #6, which was close to being...
UP 3845 West at Williams Loop. The train was long enough to go under itself.
Laying the flextrack for the staging deck, second ladder and mid-yard module. All track is down. Nothing is soldered down yet, no track feeders.
In the siding at Humboldt waiting for Amtrak #5
Gluing down flex track for the helix-end staging yard ladder. Since the acid test of any track I've laid is a 6-axle engine, pulled out a 6-axle...
Looking over the ladder
The track has now been glued down for 2 days, so it's time to see if it's shifted
Looking from the helix down the yard across the new ladder.
Heading east in Palisade Canyon
Kansas City Southern ES44AC #4662 in the "Retro Belle" Scheme, leads NS Eastbound Intermodal Train 220 as it rumbles through Leeds, Al....
New Flag'd UP SD70M showing of it's flared 'nostriles' hauling a load up a 0.5% grade. Ran 65 SMPH at 6 VDC
At home with the boyZ
