GB Tower (and Position Lights)

Wow.

Lovely. Norm, were was the JB tower located?

VERY nicely done Norm!

Curt

As always, very, very nice.  Hope to see ya at Gratiot Valley Sunday.

Andy O

D3R

Thanks guys - Jim, this kit was based on Jacks Tower:

http://pc.railfan.net/pics/central/amtk716mh.jpg

My version is named 'GB' for Greenbrook.

Andy, I'll be there tomorrow with some trains and stuff to sell. Row P, tables #11 and 12.

Pretty amazing what the details can do!  Your work is like art Norm.

See you at GV.

-Charlie

Norm

Fantastic as always!

I loved the Ford plant too, especially the sprinkler siamese and water motor gong.  Those are great details.  Did you buy the parts or scratch build them?

Thanks Ted, those are Berkshire Valley parts on the Wilcox plant.

In a word - IMPRESSIVE.

Well done!

Peter

I got these Atlas PRR Position Lights installed last night and snagged some quick shots. Man, these are so cool. I've got a few more on the way.

I have the block occupation status routed through the aux. contacts on my switch machines so I guess these are semi-interlocked, although they are mostly for show. I'm not sure the wiring is fully correct, but the signal indication is triggered by a combination of the switch routing and block occupation status. It was a fun little project..

Norm, I thought I was looking at real life scenes. Great modelling!!!!

Aw thanks man. I had fun setting these up and figuring out the triggers. I still need to do some detailing around them and blend them into the ballast.

Awesome work Norm!   I enjoyed seeing your layout RFDTV's Toy Trains show recently.  My favorite layout without question.

Thanks! I heard that too but I don't have RFD, or at least I'm not aware of it. That's pretty awesome!

Excellent work.  Really like the overall "feel" you capture in your modeling. 

You certainly build a convincing case for how realistic Hi Rail can be in the 3 rail world.

Andre

Norm....no doubt about it, your work is museum quality.  I wish I was half as good!  You can come and practice on my layout any time you wish!

Alan

The detail, feel and interpretation of realism in Norms scenes is really outstanding. I don't know how he does it but the method of using fine ground charcoal applied with a make-up brush does give similar weathering results. 

Here are some trains running by GB Tower:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?f...ge&v=AZOlY0rR2xw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?f...ge&v=HHV0iRUtp9E

(Embed fail - sorry, just click the linkies.)

Norm just awesome video's, everything look's so real and so

nice that you don't want the video's to end.The sound of the engine's

are just beautiful.Please keep the video's coming.

THANKS VERY MUCH, ALEX

It's as close to real as you can get, great modeling!

Thanks to Terry Christopher at Custom Signals I have a more accurate and interesting signalling arrangement here.

This one should actually be restricting, I will correct that today.

The panel is tucked under the layout and hidden by the layout skirting.

Aww common Norm, stop it.

If not for the lack of escaping steam and some smoke those pics could pass for the real deal.

Great work, as usual.

Totally awesome as always Norm.

Looks great Norm!

Thanks guys. I've been pretty busy working on the layout but just haven't found the time to take pictures or post the progress.

Very nice!

This is a work of a Master.

Were you provided with a diagram to work the signal wiring?

Lee, I provided the track plan for the junction to Terry and he put together a Signal Plan for it. I didn't do the whole layout, just this section which is right at the front of the layout. He provided a diagram for the signal placement, a wiring diagram and a drill pattern to lay out the panel. I bought all the hardware and cabling from him and even bought the crimpers to make my own extension cables, etc.

Norm just beautiful work, totally professional and total realism.

Thanks, Alex