Sunday Photo Fun -- Memorial Day Weekend, May 24, 2015

[mlehman]

Looks like many are enjoying the long holiday weekend, but I'm sure that SPF must go on as scheduled

Crews were busy at the new turntable in Tefft, getting it ready for when the turnout for the lead arrives.



The TT bridge was decked and grading for the 2-stall enginehouse and a couple of ramps, one end-loading and the other side-loading, for the new location of the 9 Lives Cat House (umm, they repair dozers) is underway. The Unimog is sitting in the caboose pocket.



The strategic location at the junction with the Cascade Branch puts 9 Lives within easy reach of its many customers including the RRs serving the area. Here are views of the two ramps.





Getting equipment on and off several of the fingers tracks requires either a car-mover (yep the old-fashioned lever kind) or locos short enough to fit on the 65' bridge with the car. This should do the trick, and can pop-over to Purgatory where a similar situation exists, as well as providing it with a strategic base to get out on the main and slow down things in the middle of an ops session.



Hope y'all have a great long weekend!

[mrsocal]

Boy Mike you do not waste any time where it comes to the layout do you. Man I am telling you, I am going to have to come visit my airplane some day and see what you have built all around it. But for now here is my contribution to the SPF, it took the 1 yr. and 4 days but I got them all complete. I give you the 3 sisters.





















And I want to take just a moment to thank all of you that have severed in or for our US armed forces. We are still free to make our own choices because you have protected and defended that right. My God bless you!

[mlehman]

Scotty,
They are beautiful and look so, so...real!

Thanks for the comments. I tend to have long run-ups as I plan and prepare. Construction here started several weeks ago when I "dug" the pit, then came building the bridge, then flooring and the ring rails, then the pit walls, then the basic Sculptamold backfill and finish grading -- and we arrive where in about 8 hours over two evenings it all came together. Still needs some detailing after another wash or two to keep toning things down.

I'm thinking I have enough pics to do a build thread, we'll see. A nice working turntable for about $20 is a nice option to have, although not as big a requirement for many here who model modern stuff as it is for us steamy old-timers.

BTW, if you are ever in the area (central Illinois) please feel free to stop for a visit.

And if anyone just wants to browse layout pics from roughly the last three years, here's a link to my pic feed (95% trains, 3% cats, and the rest SFW*, BTW.)

imageshack.com/user/DRGW476
* There is one exception I forgot. A group of pics from inside Maguire's, a "dance club" in Red Mountain, does have some rather racy classic art prints that miners keep paying the cover charge to sip beer over. In 1:87 I doubt there's much to actually see but one's imagination...well, you're responsible for that. Pretty good taste for something in [modestly] bad taste. You've been warned!

[dti406]

Nothing new this week, graduation and parties last week delayed any work along with some procrastination and outside work on the house.

This is for Mike, since he lives close to the old P&E lines, my collection of P&E Cars I have built and painted from various kits.



















All these cars were built from kits from Athearn, McKeen Kitbash, Eastern Car Works, Branchline and Intermountain with added detail parts where appropriate.

Cars were all decaled with decals from Mark Vaughn with the Cigar Band Heralds from Microscale.

Thanks for looking,

Rick J

[tankcarsrule]

Great set of photos Scotty.

Regards, Bobby

[tankcarsrule]

Not much new.     Bobby

Old stuff.

[brotherlove]

Almost done,

SW-one.

[ddatrainman]

Just Doing some work and programming the loksound decoder in this modified Bachmann F40

[gp74444]

playing with oil paints this week

[MONSTERRAILROAD]

I hope these photos post.

[mlehman]

Nice work, Big Al!

[MONSTERRAILROAD]

Thanks Mike! I take pride in weathering my models to look good. BTW I STILL have that track sitting here for YOU and you only. I will get to shipping it out asap since I have had it for so damn long here.

[mlehman]

Al,
That would be very welcome material right at this point. Let me know if I need to resend my snail mail addy to you.

[nsfantodd]

mrsocal,
Your tank cars turned out great...and a year+ for three cars seems like a reasonable pace to me:-)

Todd

[iandrewmartin]

May 24, 2015 10:04:34 GMT -8 mrsocal said:

I've got to say that on first viewing of the top 2 pictures, I thought you were posting something from railpictures, not of your models. Fine job.

[mrsocal]

Thank you Andrew, that a huge compliment.