Brian, the gold series MP15DC is one sweet engine don't you think, i got one a few weeks back & i still havn't put the detail parts on, not sure if it will go back into it's fancy box with them fitted
I've been too busy getting all the Fall stuff done around the house to spend much time on the layout. A couple days ago some Tortis arrived so I will be back getting the finishing touches on the trackwork in the new room soon. In the meantime, I have been doing some scenery building near the tunnels and Outlet (river) just outside of the City of Kanandaqua on the layout.
Still foam city but taking shape:
This is the outher side of the mountain....(What the bear saw when he went over the mountain):
The stone and wooden bridge (built in the late 1800s) over the Kanandaqua Outlet:
A shot of it from under the RR Bridge over the Outlet:
Ok, an hour of hand sawing, and killing a blade, I have succesfully chopped a "lump" out of an Athearn SD40-2 chassis, so that the RPP SD45-2 shell would fit on it, look closely on the engineer's (far) side, the shell is orinetated to "drop" on: View attachment 4470
some of the equipment taking a break, new rail and ties at rear capable of 140 mph running, or it will be once ballasted, and the old track and ties near camera with 110 mph speed limit