Here is an old image from the files. A company selling oil field lubricants and mud additives. It is still there but called NALCO. A T&NO maintenance of-way-train is parked on the siding at the loading dock in front.
Well, I finally got some more cars done this week. [/url] Eastern Car Works 1958CF ACF Covered Hopper Kit, added airlines and A-Line Sill Steps, painted with Scalecoast II MofW Gray and lettered with Champ Decals. [/url] Stewart 14 Panel Hopper, painted with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Herald King Decals. [/url] East Car Works 2000CF Enterprise Covered Hopper Kit, added airlines and A-Line Sill Steps, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with what I believe are F&C Decals (They were in the box). Thanks for looking! Rick J
This one is from last September. Here is a bit of the Mud Bay and Southern, which I got to visit during the NNGC 2012 convention.
The Administrators shall now administer 50 Lashes with a Wet Noodle. Prepare to be beaten about your head and ears until your eyes narrow with pain....LOL
From their website, "1950:Realizing that foreign nations lag behind America in the conversion from steam to diesel locomotives, National Aluminate Corporation (NALCO) exploits the great potential to sell boiler treatments abroad by forming an Overseas Division."
Mark, your final photo gives me the Willies. I don't care if it's 160:1, 87:1, 48:1, or 1:1, but every time I look up at a train crossing a spindly trestle it causes my toes to curl. I don't know what primal fear causes it, but I remember the same feeling looking up at a New Haven freight crossing the Poughkeepsie(NY) Hudson River Bridge or a Pennsy freight trundling along the high line trestle passing above Philly's 30th Street Station. I guess what I'm saying is that you've created a fantastic model of a beautiful structure.
Mark, I especially like your water and the way you captured the look of the gravel/sandbars. Very credible, and you have my compliments. I haven't contributed for a couple of months, so here is another oldie:
Some shots from an op session on Saturday. A view of the Leadville/Glenwood Springs Switching districts. This stacked area extends up 7 feet. You need a step stool to get access to switch the upper level. RS-3 switcher assigned to Malta and Leadville. The yard in Montrose. and on the other side of the layout, 278 is the narrow gauge switcher in Salida.
and one more bonus shot. Eric uses Live loads for both coal and iron ore. This adds a unique aspect when combined with his no 0-5-0'ing large wrecks rule. Even with all that weight from the real ore inside, this car still managed to climb the rail when it hit a switch thrown against it. The car was left in this state for the remainder of the session along with a slow order attached to the mainline trackage in the foreground. The car will be righted and put back into service after the session, the pile of ore? Eric leaves the wreck spills where they are, the yard area of Glenwood Springs has many coal spills coming out of the curve from the coal mine branch where past engineers hot dogged it down the hill and found out the hard way, real coal is heavy, and atlas RS-3's just can't stop the train on that steep grade if you get going too fast.
