santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
I posted this in the Coffee Shop last week.
What's happening on your layout?
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logandsawman
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I see it as an adventure. Especially with the huge upgrade we are getting!
This will be my 5th layout since 2013. (notice the previous one was called "Daves Layout v 4.0")
Layout 3 was a basement layout, a nice new basement with lots of room. Layout 2 was a 4 x 8, was moved 60 miles, and later I was able to sell it!. Layout 1 was also a basement layout, in a pretty crummy basement.
For me, the fun is as much in the building as in the having.
Dave LASM
Bruette
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I'm still in the dreaming/planning stage and I'm enjoying that!
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
I've ordered a new station kit and warehouse/workshop building. The station will replace the current station on Deutsche Bahn's main lines through Michaelstadt. The current station is an Auhagen kit that I did not know at the time was in 1/100 scale. It's rather small, and was to be used for either TT or HO scale. Too small for me though.
The workshop is a wood and cardstock kit from Busch, but a location hasn't been determined for it yet.
The station is a reproduction of the station found at Schwarzburg in Thuringia, Germany.
The workshop is a wood and cardstock kit from Busch, but a location hasn't been determined for it yet.
The station is a reproduction of the station found at Schwarzburg in Thuringia, Germany.
KriegslokBR52
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Wiring was done on some far away places on Waldenburg Midland, mainly to make sure enough juice flows to the far side of the railroad:
I have also weathered some mainline rails, this time using oxide red primer, visible where the E44 comes out of the tunnel on mainline. The derailment at the end was caused by me recording and not payin attention to misalligned switch points. Besides that there are practically no derailments with trucked locomotives.
kjd
Go make something!
This showed up. Not sure what you'd need to haul that weighs 370 tons but if you do, here's your car.
Actually, it is a day off the printer and minutes out of the spray booth. All the visible (and some you can't see from here) brake piping is in the print. The steps are brass because they'd be taken out by the first derailment. The trucks have lettering on them so small you could write it on the side of a stack of 2 sheets of paper. Amazing...
I'm not sure if a flat car this big has ever visited the Pacific Northwest. Usually, we barge our big shipments close to where they need to go then put them on a truck. We also have lots of tunnels.
Actually, it is a day off the printer and minutes out of the spray booth. All the visible (and some you can't see from here) brake piping is in the print. The steps are brass because they'd be taken out by the first derailment. The trucks have lettering on them so small you could write it on the side of a stack of 2 sheets of paper. Amazing...
I'm not sure if a flat car this big has ever visited the Pacific Northwest. Usually, we barge our big shipments close to where they need to go then put them on a truck. We also have lots of tunnels.
KriegslokBR52
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logandsawman
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Looks like a tornado went through here, just a bear roaming around on the streets and a few odd things left standing:
not sure how the water tank survived
just a couple derriks left here
somehow the Wyoming depot moved about 100'.
Dave LASM
not sure how the water tank survived
just a couple derriks left here
somehow the Wyoming depot moved about 100'.
Dave LASM
Rico
BN Modeller
Paul, here’s a few loads you could print for that car…
industrialscenery.blogspot.com
Flatcars and Oversize Loads
Flat cars are interesting because of the loads they carry. Special flatcars are built for extra high, long, and/or heavy loads. If the load ...
industrialscenery.blogspot.com
kjd
Go make something!
Paul, here’s a few loads you could print for that car…
Flatcars and Oversize Loads
Flat cars are interesting because of the loads they carry. Special flatcars are built for extra high, long, and/or heavy loads. If the load ...
Thanks Rico. There are lots of interesting things to see.Paul, here’s a few loads you could print for that car…
Flatcars and Oversize Loads
Flat cars are interesting because of the loads they carry. Special flatcars are built for extra high, long, and/or heavy loads. If the load ...
Some of the commenters aren’t too good at counting, a link to an article about a “12 axle flat” leads to photos of a 16 axle car. Later, “The frame spreads the load over 16 axles” and the photo shows a frame sitting on two 12 axle cars.
Colorado Midland Modeler
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These photos remind me of some of the historic photos of railroads that have closed and were abandoned. It's very realistic looking, that theme would make for an interesting diorama subject.
logandsawman
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While I was removing the buildings, I found this forgotten bear. When I set him on one of the old roads, that was my thought.
Makes me want to have a bigger open space on the new layout.
Thanks for commenting!!!
Dave LASM
KriegslokBR52
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Grab some black and white shots without the facia showing up.
logandsawman
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Here is a sample:
I have 8 photos in B and W. All the buildings are down, and track will be coming out as soon as the benchwork is done in the new shed, probably early next week.
Looks really different with the buildings out. When I built it, I landscaped everything then put in the buildings, so there is usually ground cover in the building pads.
Dave LASM
KriegslokBR52
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That's a good shot. Looks like storm clouds gathering over the prairie.
KriegslokBR52
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Waldenburg Midland RR got some "sky light improvement" mainly installation of a 4' LED at far right wall. It definitely helps to light up the room and for making nicer shots. Fairly new are the coal and water tower in the enginehouse area. Here a Lehigh and New England G-1 is passing by:
Kentuckyjed
Active Member
Thats post-apocalyptic looking. Only Smokey is left.
Colorado Midland Modeler
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Great photo! Having many of the books on the Colorado Midland, it reminds me of some of the photos in them of the CM just before the tracks were torn up.
Bruette
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Even in the process of being dismantled, it retains its beauty.
The bear and the black and white photo make it even more interesting.
