JTEX A switcher junkyard

[wheeler1963]

The paint shop area got a new office/paint storage building.

 

[BigGRacing]

Looks awesome Wheeler!

 

[Greg@mnrr]

Great progress on the layout!!!

Greg

 

[TLOC]

Progress is fun and addictive. Congrats

TomO

 

[Patrick]

Making better progress than I am....

 

[wheeler1963]

More progress on refuel/defuel pit. Digging out detail parts is always fun. Lots of weathering is needed. Us POL troops are a pretty messy bunch.

 

[Rico]

Making better progress than I am....

Yup, he’s leaving me eating dust too!
Or... is that cinders I’m tasting...

 

[2Tracks]

that cinders

RED cinders!!!

 

[2Tracks]

Jerome, looking nice! I like what you have done!

 

[wheeler1963]

I'm building another 2-lane truck offloading area. This one will only have 2 offloading racks. I just purchased 2 proto 40' fuel tankers for this project.

Jerome

 

[wheeler1963]

Making lots of progress on fueling pad.

Also have the basic form built for the offloading area.

Jerome

Merry Christmas to all.

 

[wheeler1963]

Well I guess I can call this one complete. Pretty happy with the way it came out.

Jerome

 

[Greg@mnrr]

Jerome: Do you find that working on the detail parts or scenes of a layout at the workbench is a lot easier than budding them on the layout? No back breaking, or bend to reach, only to find out later than some items were off center or crooked.

Greg

 

[wheeler1963]

Greg, yes I like to work on things on the bench. Much easier that way I think.

Jerome

 

[wheeler1963]

Got the base painted concrete today, now starting assembly of the offloading facility.

Jerome

 

[wheeler1963]

Got pretty much everything assembled today. I still need to paint the Guard rails and in stall them.

Jerome

 

[wheeler1963]

Ordered a couple of these kits from Walthers. here's the first one completed. it will be at JTEX's only entrance. I have to keep all of those pesky railfans away!!

This will be it's new home.

 

[wheeler1963]

After 15 years, I finally finished this gantry crane.

 

[wheeler1963]

And finished the fuel offloading area. Guardrails installed and a light coat of weathering applied. I will have to dig out an area on the layout because it goes below grade.

 

[beiland]

Don't know how I missed seeing this rather long discussion, but found it tonight and looked thru the whole discussion,...interesting.

I believe in the early portion you were playing with the radius of track at the 'rounded end'. Did I read that you ended up with something on the order of a 30" radius and still had trouble with some of the longer diesel engines making it around those curves??