So Long, My Friend

[davefoxx]

Well, Dave's layout has arrived safely in Centreville. I escaped the majority of the rain. As soon as I got into Queen Anne's County, it started to sprinkle. I turned on my weather radio and heard the guy announce thunderstorms. My ol' pickup flew down 301. I figured I was going to make a new MSP friend last night, but fortunately, that didn't happen.

I was also listening to NS' Delmarva main frequency and caught the 13G headed north towards Wilmington. He was on the main just north of Middletown. First time for me actually seeing a train there.

As a sidenote to Dave, I had the yard attached to the studs and the first train running about 11PM last night. Thanks!   

Brian,

Glad you made it home safely and that the pick-up truck actually made it!  That's great that you have got trains running already.  I didn't think it would be too tough to graft the MRC system onto the layout.  Just two wires.  Have fun!  I guess since we removed the trees, I won't be able to follow a path of trees blown out of the truck between Rising Sun and Centreville to find the layout, right?   ;D

I'm not sure that I have ever caught a train in Middletown, and I'm certain that I have never seen the bridge over the C&D Canal in the lowered position for a train crossing.  Sounds like it was a good trip, except for the fear of impending rain.

Dave

[AlkemScaleModels]

Definitely need pictures...  I'm looking at reworking the east end of my layout (between the yard and the staging bridge)...  Some decent modules might provide the right inspiration...

Lee

I don't have any shots of Moose Lake on-line but it was on the cover of MRP 2001 and N Scale Mag a few years later. It is basically a 14 feet long module pair.  It depicts a scene in Saskatchewan at harvest time. About 11 feet is wheat field with a road and a grain elevator. The far side has a farm scene and a small hamlet.  Here is a shot taken a few years ago. Jake is in the foreground and the Moose can be seen in the back.

I stripped off the few structures that were on it, but the basic scenery is there as well as a herd of buffalo. It has a single track main, a 12 ft passing siding and a spur with about 3 feet of track.The track plan is on page 13 of this pdf  http://www.ntrak.org/Documents/oNeTRAK_Manual.pdf

It has all the legs and coffin plates, and wiring.  Construction is wood frame and foam scenery. It is very light.  I can lift each module (with the legs removed) over my head with one arm.  Just add some structures and it is back in business.

It's free to whoever wants it.

BCK

[Sokramiketes]

Definitely need pictures...  I'm looking at reworking the east end of my layout (between the yard and the staging bridge)...  Some decent modules might provide the right inspiration...

Lee

I don't have any shots of Moose Lake on-line but it was on the cover of MRP 2001 and N Scale Mag a few years later. It is basically a 14 feet long module pair.  It depicts a scene in Saskatchewan at harvest time. About 11 feet is wheat field with a road and a grain elevator. The far side has a farm scene and a small hamlet.  Here is a shot taken a few years ago. Jake is in the foreground and the Moose can be seen in the back.

I stripped off the few structures that were on it, but the basic scenery is there as well as a herd of buffalo. It has a single track main, a 12 ft passing siding and a spur with about 3 feet of track.The track plan is on page 13 of this pdf  http://www.ntrak.org/Documents/oNeTRAK_Manual.pdf

It has all the legs and coffin plates, and wiring.  Construction is wood frame and foam scenery. It is very light.  I can lift each module (with the legs removed) over my head with one arm.  Just add some structures and it is back in business.

It's free to whoever wants it.

BCK

You don't ship, do you?  I kinda collect pieces of published layouts that meet their demise, this fits.  

[Mark5]

You don't ship, do you?  I kinda collect pieces of published layouts that meet their demise, this fits.  

Will there be a seminar on this heretofore neglected aspect of model railroading?

[AlkemScaleModels]

Definitely need pictures...  I'm looking at reworking the east end of my layout (between the yard and the staging bridge)...  Some decent modules might provide the right inspiration...

Lee

I don't have any shots of Moose Lake on-line but.....

You don't ship, do you?  I kinda collect pieces of published layouts that meet their demise, this fits.  

You pay for the shipping and its yours. It makes a 2 by 1.5 by 7 feet coffin, but would need to be crated to ship anywhere. Can't imagine it would be inexpensive.

I found a photo that MRH magazine is using as a header. http://www.xoopit.com/s/219gt8glvuec0otiujnq

See if this works. I am trying Yahoo's new photo service.

BCK

[Mark5]

I found a photo that MRH magazine is using as a header. http://www.xoopit.com/s/219gt8glvuec0otiujnq

That's a nice shot.

[wm3798]

Saskatchewan looks alarmingly like the Eastern Shore.  


That would fit beautifully in Brian's basement...I'm thinking between the main loop and the yard module...  And Brian just told me he's working on a grain elevator...

And it wouldn't end up in mothballs I assure you.  You're in NOVA, right?  Let's talk.  Have mini van, will travel...

Lee

[davefoxx]

Yeah, Lee, with the right structures and other details that could absolutely look like the Eastern Shore.  Or, Brian could attach it to the Virginia Central and have it represent the C&O's run down the peninsula to Newport News. 

DFF

[AlkemScaleModels]

Saskatchewan looks alarmingly like the Eastern Shore.  


That would fit beautifully in Brian's basement...I'm thinking between the main loop and the yard module...  And Brian just told me he's working on a grain elevator...

And it wouldn't end up in mothballs I assure you.  You're in NOVA, right?  Let's talk.  Have mini van, will travel...

Lee

I live in Alexandria. About 2 miles south of DCA.

I think it could be modified to look like MD Eastern shore, especially if you replaced the wheat with Alkem Scale Models corn 

[davefoxx]

I live in Alexandria. About 2 miles south of DCA.

I think it could be modified to look like MD Eastern shore, especially if you replaced the wheat with Alkem Scale Models corn 

Did you say corn?!  Heck, Brian's probably halfway to Alexandria, Virginia now with plans to convert Saskatchewan to Iowa.  ;D

DFF

[wm3798]

I caught Brian calling the layout "Centreville" ...  Maybe Delmarva can be worked in between Danville and Iowa somehow...

Lee

[RockGp40]

I'm sure I can be talked into housing this stretch and making it look like Delmarva..... better buy the boss some diamonds for her birthday!

[Sokramiketes]

You don't ship, do you?  I kinda collect pieces of published layouts that meet their demise, this fits.  

Will there be a seminar on this heretofore neglected aspect of model railroading?

It's probably worth writing about.  As artists go, model railroaders are some of the quickest to dispose of their art.  We're eternally creative, but our biggest expense is the room that houses the layout.  As it's not easy for most to afford to add rooms each time they "finish" a layout and move on to the next, the layout gets dismantled, thrown out, etc.  I've talked about this to some degree with Lance Mindheim.  (Unfortunantly I didn't catch him early enough to save a portion of the Monon layout, but he was able to construct a diorama of the same artistic style, and included some scenic details and rolling stock that were actual layout items.)

Anyway, I could go on, but some people collect Micro-Trains monthly releases... which anyone could do and there are several identical collections that way.  I've got a collecting gene also, but am interested in collecting examples of other modeler's work.  Both chunks of layouts, and individual rolling stock, are a little more appealing and less likely to be duplicated.

Bernie, you tear through new layouts too, consider saving a few scenes for when someone opens up a museum for all this history.   

[sirenwerks]

You pay for the shipping and its yours. It makes a 2 by 1.5 by 7 feet coffin, but would need to be crated to ship anywhere. Can't imagine it would be inexpensive.

I used to move art for museums. Crating that wouldn't be all that expensive. All you basically need is a sturdy frame with long-side center posts covered in 6 ply plastic for weather and some double-ply cardboard to keep smaller objects from winging their way in. Now the trucking? That's another issue.

[AlkemScaleModels]

Bernie, you tear through new layouts too, consider saving a few scenes for when someone opens up a museum for all this history.   

I have had good luck selling my previous modular efforts. Moose Lake is not really a good candidate for sale as I took the buildings off. But I am excited to see how Lee and Brian convert it to the Delmarva.


If anyone likes the DRGW, I have an 8 ft chunk of that sitting around here too. It features the area from Deen Tunnel i  through Mitchell Curves to just shy of Tenn Pass Tunnel.  See track plan.



I think it is some of my best work yet, but I can not use it in my new project. I'd be willing to send it off for the right offer. It's just the layout and scenery. The backdrop was repainted. You can see more of it at-

http://www.geocities.com/bkempins/TennPass/Pages/Intro.html