Weekend Update 2/19/17

[Mark W]

Free-moNebraska is set up at our hometown show in Lincoln this weekend.  Once again everything has been running beautifully!

Kicked off the day celebrating my Cab Forwards return to service with a run of about 50 cars up the mountain. 


After lunch I began switching cars in the yard while my father ran some locals and we had a few friends and family stop in periodically to take some trains for a few laps as well.

At the end of the day, I was able to successfully chase away all the programming gremlins in my new Scale Trains Turbine!   


And to top it all off, as the crowd started dying down, dad collected the donation jars and found a few raffle tickets.  As he was walking over to the trash can, they began announcing the next winner.  As fate would have it, he looked at the tickets before dropping it in and there it was!  The winning number! 
What a day!

[nkalanaga]

Lemosteam:  Google says if I want to see your pictures I have to sign in...

[Joetrain59]

Sometimes progress on my layout is stalled or slowed because there are too many trains in the way of productive labor sitting on the mainline. But they do look good
 So, in an effort to get organized, I shamelessly copied @Chris333's storage tray idea and built four 12.5 x 24 inch trays that fit in a drawer below the layout. Some 1/4" ply, 1 1/4" pine lattice strips, 3/8" x 7/16" self-stick rubber foam weather seal strips and voila, done. Each tray can hold up to 70 freight cars or 40 passenger cars, four trays per drawer, three drawers available...sweet! Pics below.
Thanks Chris!
Otto K.

So, trays are nice but what drawers to put them in?
Thanks,
 Joe D

[John]

I got my gantry crossing from Ngineer / Shapeways painted this evening.  Really sets the location

20170217_195106 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

If you extend the height of the cantileiver, you have a modern CSX signal mast as well

[SP-Wolf]

Wolf pour out some details on that concrete mixer truck set. Yes those are intentional puns.

Peter,

That's good -- I saw what you did there... LOL
Haven't quite got to weathering and detailing my vehicles. Been having to much fun detailing Saticoy.

Thanks, for the laugh!!
Wolf

[basementcalling]

Peter,

That's good -- I saw what you did there... LOL
Haven't quite got to weathering and detailing my vehicles. Been having to much fun detailing Saticoy.

Thanks, for the laugh!!
Wolf

So where can the rest of us find similar reinforcements for our fleets of trucks. We need concrete details! 

[SP-Wolf]

So where can the rest of us find similar reinforcements for our fleets of trucks. We need concrete details! 

Hi Peter,

My concrete trucks are stock Athearn. I just need to add the chute extensions and some weathering. Showcase miniatures offers photo etched mirrors and mud flaps. I will be adding those details to other trucks I have.

Thanks,
Wolf

[Cajonpassfan]

So, trays are nice but what drawers to put them in?
Thanks,
 Joe D

Joe, these. It's a small chest that used to be in my now grown up daughter's bedroom.
Otto K.

[svedblen]

Put some trees up on the HOn30

Trees are looking good. What did you use for foliage?

[Cajonpassfan]

I had another opportunity to spend a very pleasant Saturday morning  operating on Joel Morse's New York, Ontario and Western set in upstate NY in the fifties. It's amazing how much operation can be packed into a relatively modest space in N scale. We had seven guys busy all doing what we like, two yard masters, a hostler, three crews (could have used another) and dispatcher/great poobah (Joel). Good times.... thanks Joel!
Otto K.

[dmidkiff]

Finally finished up the details on my GP35's, so these are ready for a first coat of paint to see all the imperfections and sanding marks. I can't say enough good things about the Miniatures by Eric parts, I especially like his air hoses, they are not as brittle as the BLMA ones. I also got to put on the wonderful BLMA EMD cut levers, I think I'll try the Trainworx ones from here on out.








Doug

[BCR751]

Doug

Boy, I wish my soldered handrails looked that good

Doug

[Chris333]

Trees are looking good. What did you use for foliage?

Super trees with Super Leaf
http://www.sceneryexpress.com/SuperLeaf/products/1289/
2 different colors and each of them was mixed with some other foam to break up the color. The pine tree I bought on ebay. It was bright green. I sprayed it flat black from the bottom and dark green from the top.

[MichaelWinicki]

I had another opportunity to spend a very pleasant Saturday morning  operating on Joel Morse's New York, Ontario and Western set in upstate NY in the fifties. It's amazing how much operation can be packed into a relatively modest space in N scale. We had seven guys busy all doing what we like, two yard masters, a hostler, three crews (could have used another) and dispatcher/great poobah (Joel). Good times.... thanks Joel!
Otto K.

Nice Otto!

I'm a NYO&W fan... luv to see a trackplan.

[Philip H]

Hard to do train stuff during Mardi Gras:

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