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I actually feel like I have accomplished something this week. I took a bunch of photos of some of the new scenery, but only one came out good enough to show. I will take more of the lakeside property and a new business in town tomorrow and post more then.
The view of Seneca Lake looking over some farmland back in 1925. Even a small vineyard in the making......
Chip, nice work on the new Lilliputians - you hand-painted each of them, right?
Josh, that gon would look great in my mill!:D
Ray - I didn't notice until a few minutes later that Seneca Lake is painted directly onto the wall - lookin' good!
Since my trainroom's a mess [again] I don't have any pix to share tonite. The photos I took of the Severna Park MRR Club still need to be "cleaned-up", and I promised the club president that I'd let him review them since they're for my SMRR mag article [he wants to protect the Club's image y'know...]
The bridge is no longer on the layout. It had to be taken out to make way for a wider radus track and longer trains. I didn't want to spend the time to rebuild it.
We went back and salvaged the remainder of the TC&I signal on Red Mountain yesterday. 1:1 scale signals are a lot of work! I still can't believe we hauled the whole thing out in two trips with my Toyota truck!
There was also a unique switch stand hiding in the woods near the signal. The latest patent date on it is 1911. Dirt had been piled around it years ago, so we dug down enough to cut the trasfer bar (points) and pulled it out with the truck. It took Alex, myself, a come along and some serious grunting to get it loaded into the truck.
Please forgive the colors on some of the pics. It was getting late so I had to use the delayed flash.
This first view shows the lampstand clearly. The lock is still in place, but the handle was broken off. I need to go back and see if the handle can be found. It should be able to be straightened. Note the mast and battery cabinet for the signal in the background.
Great Pics! Love the graphics on the 185 rail bus...cool to see some custom work make it to rolling stock...over here the only way it makes it on a train is by vandals...lol...And grande man, That's a unique project to take on!..allot different work involved in real scale than HO when it comes to painting and detailing!! Especially wrestling it around! Good Luck with that!...I would like to see a few shots once its underway.
