I like scrap yards anyone else?

Absolutely top notch. I've always liked unusual things like that. I'm working on a bank of Coke Ovens. Nicely  done Roo.

There is at least one O scale kit for one out there, a quality kit, and I think others. I have spent time in them chasing auto parts. 

I like scrap yards as well, they are a railroad staple. I didn't model one as large a ROO did, but here's a photo of a smaller scrap pile located outside my small engine house.

Bob

When growing up I worked summers while in college at a Scrap Yard in Hazleton, Pa.  Learned a lot about running heavy machinery and about metals.  Great summer vacation!!!  Kept me in shape for playing football in the fall.  So yes I do like scrap yards.

I love scrap! Every time I go to a scrap yard, I look around to see what other folks are getting rid of, and what goodies the scrappers put aside for re-sale. He is a pic of one of my scrap loads:

I have a spot picked out for what will be Rube's auto parts and scrap metal from my teen years. The pictures are just of some items I might want to include. When I look at your great scrap yards I get motivated to make it much larger and more detailed.  But it's still 3rd on the list of projects. Azgary

Yes, scrap yards are cool and very necessary.  When my sons were teens we would go to the "yards" on shopping trips for car parts just like the girls would shop for clothes.  "AltoonaWorks" website has photos of Cresson steel  where a lot of NS stuff is scrapped.  Some years ago when Conrail was scrapping their caboses I roamed through a big scrap yard in Sharpsburg jammed with cabooses and other cars.  Thousands of rail cars met there end in that yard. I have video of a CR train going to Conway Yards with gondolas loaded with cut up rail cars and light engines.

Nice work, Roo!  It really sets a certain and very identifiable tone.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

laz1957 posted:

When growing up I worked summers while in college at a Scrap Yard in Hazleton, Pa.  Learned a lot about running heavy machinery and about metals.  Great summer vacation!!!  Kept me in shape for playing football in the fall.  So yes I do like scrap yards.

Brenners recycling?

Thanks for the kind words, I like your photos too keep em coming, I am trying to find more, my computer is in a mess, in the meantime I found some old forgotten photos of a switching move on the old layout check out the thread sorry for the small format photos it would have taken to long for the larger one's and I'm a busy man I have a railroad to run Ha Ha. Roo.

Jameszz posted:

laz1957 posted:

When growing up I worked summers while in college at a Scrap Yard in Hazleton, Pa.  Learned a lot about running heavy machinery and about metals.  Great summer vacation!!!  Kept me in shape for playing football in the fall.  So yes I do like scrap yards.

Brenners recycling?

No, Hazleton Waste Materials.  Behind the Laurel Drive In.  Was owed by ART ROMIG.

Those are some great looking scrap yards!  I too believe no railroad is complete without one - large or small - and plan to have one on my new layout.

-Greg

That's nice Roo!

Very nice guys!

Simon

I see DJ JOSEPH scrap gons all the time , so I made one with real scrap aluminum .

Great pics, everyone!

Peter

Really good work in the first post, Roo!

As for me, I can't have a scrap yard on my layout. Why? I model the WW2 era. Anyone with scrap was strongly motivated (as in made to do so by law enforcement) to sell at the frozen scrap prices during the war. There were some who tried to hold onto their "horde" of scrap but were forced to sell for what were in effect bargain-basement scrap prices dictated by the OPA. Countless historic artifacts (such as church bells, civil war cannon barrels and plenty of WW2 artillery and tanks form parks) were melted down in the most tragically misguided horror upon the historical preservation movement. None of this was ever used for its intended destination; to be used for defense purposes, as the metal content couldn't be confirmed, so much of it was destroyed just to make the locals feel good about themselves, and then never used.

So, knowing this, a junkyard on my layout would be quite historically incorrect. It's a shame as I'd love to model one...

With no new cars you could have the "junk" cars on the road !!  As a kid we participated in all the scrap drives, going around the 'hood" with our wagons. I remember a big pile of aluminum at the end of our street, then much later I learned they didn't even make canteens out of the stuff.   Only virgin metal in aircraft.  A bunch of WW I cannons in parks were melted down but after WW II some of these towns got German  artillery to replace them.  A high school not too far away had a German 75mm PAK41  anti tank gun in the front. I almost got my hands on it but I had no help and couldn't do it alone. I wonder if it is still there ??  A lot of the scrap drives and other stuff was to make the peasants(us) feel good about the sacrifices.

jim pastorius posted:

With no new cars you could have the "junk" cars on the road !!  As a kid we participated in all the scrap drives, going around the 'hood" with our wagons. I remember a big pile of aluminum at the end of our street, then much later I learned they didn't even make canteens out of the stuff.   Only virgin metal in aircraft.  A bunch of WW I cannons in parks were melted down but after WW II some of these towns got German  artillery to replace them.  A high school not too far away had a German 75mm PAK41  anti tank gun in the front. I almost got my hands on it but I had no help and couldn't do it alone. I wonder if it is still there ??  A lot of the scrap drives and other stuff was to make the peasants(us) feel good about the sacrifices.

Yep, my Dad did the scrap drive thing as a kid, too.

As there were two giant rayon mills in the next town (Elizabethton, TN), I think a few people probably had cars, but all were older ones. You hardly ever see photos of cars that look washed, either. People stopped taking pride in their cars for the duration, it seemed. I would model a car up on blocks, but I'd think such a vehicle would have the wheels off and in a shed and the car covered over. I still might model that someday.

I've done a lot of research into the WW2 years since I was a teen, and found out years ago that most scrap drives gathered up material that nothing was ever done with as they couldn't know the metal content. I know of one case where a giant ball of aluminum was collected by kids, a big fanfare was made, then it was quickly dumped into a nearby lake after everyone had gone home with nobody knowing a thing until long after the war was over.

I have a civil war 12-pounder "Napoleon" barrel on a pedestal (my Dad made the barrel and I did the rest) for a civil war memorial. East Tennessee was about 50/50 split in who they sided with in the war and sent as many soldiers North than South. So, a memorial in that part of the country could be for either side.

I'm seriously thinking of putting a sign in front of it stating it's to be melted down for the war effort, to illustrate the tragic loss of historical artifacts for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

Here are a couple more this scrap yard shared the site with a cement pier once.... Some great photos being posted thanks. Roo.

SWMBO says I organize my stuff like a scrapyard.....LOL

Roo posted:

I love these shots!

When I change my layout I sometimes record in photos here is the scrap yard itself becoming scrap, and some other real estate that was cleared compare to above.

OK. It's back to Scrapyards. When I started this thread I mentioned that I was building another scrapyard well I have the real Estate so now is the time to start putting some junk on it. If your interested join me as I build it won't be a five minute job I will try to stay focused and keep going till it's finished. I must say that all this property is a part of the Steel Mill and part of the junk yard will have old locomotives and rolling stock sitting around waiting to either be cut up or repaired probably repaired because this is only a small Steel mill who are pushed for funds all the time like me. Sitting on one track at the moment is an old All Nation Switcher that maybe one day I will get it running again so here are todays photos. Keep in mind nothing is finished, just starting! Thanks. Roo.

An ideal spot, Roo. 

It seems to me that there is an abundance of scrap everywhere one looks with this in mind. I find stuff that can become loads or piles all the time.  I had several scrap piles in the float bridge area of my former O scale layout. I will try and locate photos.

Great work guys! Very motivating to start another layout!

ROO! Where is your float bridge? Was it scrapped by BRHRR company? 

Hope not mate, but metal is metal is scrap...

Pierre.

Very nicely done.

I have a bunch of scap parts under the layout. I'm wondering if it would just be easier to keep them visible on the layout.

I am working on the scrap yard at the moment so to put you in the picture this is where it's situated and as a bonus the locomotive depot for the Steel mill throw in nothing is finished all under construction the track work all works along with the wiring.Thanks Max and Pierre Chris don't hide the junk! Roo.

I'm sharing the frustrations with you guys hope you don't mind this is just a mock up but look what a couple of rough trees do! Roo.

Friends.

A bit of greenery no matter how rough seems to change the whole picture I just put those trees against the fence to see the effect and I like it.

I have lots of ideas for this area, what you see in the pictures is only a third of the area this basically is the junkyard for the Steel mill locos and rolling stock the proper scrap yard for the Foundry is to the right where the yellow gantry crane is, I hope to be able to blend this all together to make it one big dirty untidy mess!

I have not given the idea of putting a small lift out section in the aisle as well blending in to the whole thing maybe with a road and a couple of rubber tyred trucks dropping off scrap to the scrap yard and of course a small building to take care of the paperwork along with a weigh bridge but this will only happen once the above has been finished. Roo.

As I was walking into the room I spied a piece of 6mm MDF under the layout it almost fitted! This is for the lift out section I mentioned above. Roo

Here is a picture of the scrapyard on the Cedar Valley O Scale Modelers layout in Cedar Falls, Iowa.  I want to extend a big thank you to Merlyn for showing me the layout even though it wasn't normal operating session and it was well after store had closed for the day.

Steve

Roo posted:

I am working on the scrap yard at the moment so to put you in the picture this is where it's situated and as a bonus the locomotive depot for the Steel mill throw in nothing is finished all under construction the track work all works along with the wiring.Thanks Max and Pierre Chris don't hide the junk! Roo.

Hey Roo,

I really like that long shot leading up to the engine barn and metal intermodal (?)/scrap metal magnet? arm.  (It wasn't directly embedded in your post and so didn't show up in the forum email.)  It's a really nice part of the layout.

Also, I'm trying to figure out what those two rounded brown shapes with handles are in your fledgling scrap pile.  They look a bit like Mr. and Mrs. Potatoheads :-).

And, yes, those trees work really well to set off the junk.  Good visual contrast.

TRRR

Steve that is a very nice photo and nice modelling to thanks for posting. TRRR. they are slag pots off slag cars. Steel Mill junk. tomorrow weathering time! Roo.

Nice! There's something special about slag cars.

Nice work, everybody!!!

Your scrap yards look cool! The options are endless, I see.

I'm now working on two fronts while the glue is drying one side I go to the other side just installed a water tank I had lying around. Roo.

One of our members, Chuck Sees, made this small scrap yard in the harbor area of the layout about six months ago. Chuck scratch-built the fences and structures. Notice the raccoons setting up housekeeping on the old roadster at the right.