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I can't help you with your caboose quest but I was wondering if you had anymore pictures of the industrial park that you could post Josh?
Hi Stephen, is there specific areas of the industrial park you would like to see? I need to make another trip out there as when I went out there i didnt know what parts I wanted to model so the pictures I got wernt all that great lol
Anything would be great. It's not often I see one that isn't run down and over run with weeds. Is it a fairly new park?
Anything would be great. It's not often I see one that isn't run down and over run with weeds. Is it a fairly new park?
Ill get some pictures up for you in a few minutes. Im off to eat dinner real quick and then will be back to post some pictures
La Mirada industrial park isnt even close to being new, there are alot of parts of the area that are in pretty poor condition track wise. Alot of spurs have also been removed/are in the process of being removed, so there is missing rails and such. It is a very busy area though, and makes for some great modeling!
Stephen, Ill post some pictures for you, if you have any questions about any of the pictures please let me know and I will do my best to answer or explain where the location of the picture was.
First thing ill do is post a link to Bing Maps of the Industrial Park so you can browse around it as well. This link puts you viewing Airgas, with the La Mirada Yard just to the left and the BNSF Mainline running parallel with Stage Road
http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9LmxhK...lMTEuNjkwODE5OTM2MzI2MSU3ZS0xNTguNjYyMTM5ODky
And here are some pictures. Please excuse my thumb as he made an appearance in some of the pictures. These are the ones I had to use my grandfathers camera to take because mine died halfway through the trip and im not used to taking pictures with his camera lol
If you like abandoned spurs and branchlines, come to the east coast! It's pretty much all we have lol
You might also want to check out Atlas' International Extended Vision caboose from their Master Series for your project. You could probably also find the older non master series version on places like eBay. Either way the Atlas model's roof and ends of the car are closer to the picture although the windows are squared as opposed to rounded. I believe the Athearn model is a model of an earlier version and Atlas' is the more modern. Rapido is a Canadian prototype which is similar.
Walthers has one in their Trainline series but it seems rather toyish compared to the Atlas, Athearn, and Rapido products still it might be a good start for kitbashing or a project
That's a really interesting mix of tracks and ballast colors in the first few photos. I wonder how long it will be before concrete ties become the norm for mainline railraods?
Great industrial shots also. I've been working for years trying to get that overgrown, trash covered look on my industrial tracks but I still haven't succeeded in matching those picture. This about the best I've come up with and still be able to run a train down it.
Nice work on the roadbed Jim. The only thing I would add to the ROW is some litter and maybe a few old ties laying on the side.
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