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Hi All!

 

It's been a long time coming, but I finally made progress today on the yard for my big steam engines (the PA's were my son's doing!). The first photos show the state of the yard this morning and the later photos show the progress made today. I hope you enjoy!

 

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These were taken this afternoon! I still have some scenic detail to finish (I plan on using Woodland Scenic black cinders as a topcoat) but at least I can "park" the big engines somewhere!

 

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I was thinking of doing the same thing, but put the parking on casters so the whole island can be moved and connected to the main track from outside the loop at will. I am restricted with space, so when it's time to play, I just move the parking into place and then store it near the layout once finished. I was thinking of a 2'x8' to make two from 4'x8'

 

BTW, who's BB and AC9...look great!

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Thank you all for the great responses and support! It means a lot to me coming from fellow forum members. The current ballast is a mixture of Woodland Scenic Gray blend (B1395) with a touch of brown (B1386) thrown in. I plan to topcoat it with WS black cinders (B1376) and some brush and weeds.

 

Lee, the first thing my son did was run those fine yellow locomotives into the bumpers. The sad thing is he is 17 and drives a car! Better on the layout than in than in the car, I guess!

Pete,

 

I purchased the LED lamp holders from Radio Shack (#276-0271), before they were going out of business. I installed the assembly in a flat washer and glued the washer to the top of a piece of 3/4" gray plastic conduit cut 5/4" long. Both were painted black prior to installation. From there, I just soldered the wires to the rails of the track beneath the stone piles, so when I power up the track section, the light comes on.

Originally Posted by dennish:

Pete,

 

I purchased the LED lamp holders from Radio Shack (#276-0271), before they were going out of business. I installed the assembly in a flat washer and glued the washer to the top of a piece of 3/4" gray plastic conduit cut 5/4" long. Both were painted black prior to installation. From there, I just soldered the wires to the rails of the track beneath the stone piles, so when I power up the track section, the light comes on.

Dennis, thank you for the dtailed reply......I really like your idea and the way you constructed it......I like it so much, if you don't mind, I am gonna steal it...

 

nice job, again

 

-Pete

 

CGWforever,

 

A full O72 curve gets the outer spurs to run parallel to the inner spurs (no curves attached to the inner spur). The two wye switches are connected to the single wye switch with no additional track.

 

Art,

 

So far, my 17 year old son (who drives by the way) has run the UP PA's into one bumper and ran the Big Boy into another! They have flexed slightly but so far have 'held their ground'. If one of the wooden posts falls off, I figure that should look right at home.

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Sam,

 

The AC-9 and the Challenger are the two engines in the pictures and are both my engines. The Big Boy is on the outer loop and isn't in the picture. I have collected those three engines in the last two or three years and are all among my favorites. The AC-9 was upgraded with a cruise board by Boxcar Bill (here on the forum) and is my favorite engine to run. It crawls like a champ! He did a great job! Thinking about doing the same with the Big Boy! It is a little sensitive and inconsistent, but still a great engine.

Originally Posted by dennish:

 

 

So far, my 17 year old son (who drives by the way) has run the UP PA's into one bumper and ran the Big Boy into another! They have flexed slightly but so far have 'held their ground'. If one of the wooden posts falls off, I figure that should look right at home.

Hey, better he learns on model trains than cars.  My youngest had similar experiences driving my trains.  Eventually he turned out to be a superb driver (of both cars and toy trains, I let him drive any of my cars or trains now).

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