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I am amazed at how little I can accomplish in a year!

 

Let's see now: I've been doing a bit of foam construction, running trains, installing LED lighting, running trains, doing a bit of foam construction, etc., etc.!

 

Foam is sort of fun, love using the hot wire tools.

 

North end construction-1

 

 north end under construction-1

 

North end construction-2

 

north end under construction-2

 

 North end construction-3

 

north end under construction-3

 

North end construction-4 (RR owner's home - could you guess?)

 

north end under construction-4

 

 Busy main line ca 1953 (MTH GP-9 PS2 & Williams GP-7 PS2 conversion, MTH K4, MTH Camel)

 

busy main line

 

old favorite MTH PS2 Premier Camel

 

MTH CNJ Camel

 and don't forget the K4! (PS1 with PS2 upgrade)

 

MTH K4

 

where I was a year ago...

 

 And a Happy Thanksgiving to all!

 

Gary F.

 

 

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Great to see another NY&LB fan!  I am working on mine in 2 rail, but I mainly just have the PRR side covered in equipment.  The CNJ is a little more difficult for me as MTH canceled the 3-2 H24-66 and I still haven't found a CNJ coach that is acceptable to me.  All in good time though!

 

I'd like to see your track plan too.  I am trying to figure out what exactly I want to model.  I am thinking at a minimum South Amboy to Long Branch, but fitting that in 25x15 is proving a challenge. 

 

Here is just a vignette of a start of what I am planning:

 

 

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Hi Adam & Jonathan,

 

The upgrade (Atlas bridge) is 2.5% with O-81 & O-90 curves, the downgrade (curved bridge) is 5%. The K-4 handles 7 60' MTH passenger cars with no problem on the upgrade. The Camel handles 5 70' MTH cars and will slip a little at speeds around 15mph. I have an 18 car freight (MTH premier cars) that I use the double headed GP-9/GP-7 for. The GP-9, on a good day, will pull the 18 cars by itself, but getting both motors to pull together is a pain, and doubleheading is more fun anyway!

 

Here's my track plan:

 

layout 6-6-10

And here's the Atlas RTS-10 file, I think:

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know whether you have come across this before, but there is a fellow doing an HO model of the entire NY&LB! An amazing piece of work.

 

NY&LB in HO

 

Regards,

Gary F.

Merry Christmas!

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