Originally Posted by Lee Willis:
Traindiesel - leaves! The one thing you photos remind me is that, come fall, leaves get everywhere. I gotta remember that. They stick around for months afterwards unless cleaned up, and what's the chance of that in a trainyard/
Lee, yes leaves are a realistic addition accumulated in corners or..... turntable pits, and they don't even need to be glued down.
Also notice the oil and grease spilled under where the turntable bridge is parked at Frostburg as well as the weeds and pit wall stains at Altoona as mentioned by David Johnston:
For the pit, maybe you could start with a pencil and put some seams in the concrete. Then some weeds along the seams. Then there will be some water leaking from the walls in places with a few cat tails. Then there is the spilled oil and grease. It came mostly from the turntable drive mechanism and was concentrated where the bridge usually parked. That how I remember the turntable at the roundhouse I use to hang around.
