Ties and rail

Jay C posted:

Erik,

Thanks Bud!  Having a great photographer helps a bunch!!

Jay

Oh yeah Jay who took those!?  

Oooooòooooo time to place an order.....

Some fun tracks all hand laid 

Beautiful work, ahhhh such satisfaction when you roll your own. 

Erik,

A friend of mine from Colorado took the photos.  Guess it pays to have talented friends!

Jay

Old Goat posted:

From our friends at the A&O 2.0 a living masterpiece 

Outstanding! I am a member of The Huber Breaker Preservation Society in Ashley PA, and have been restoring a CNJ switchman shanty that was in the CNJ Ashley Yard, which was situated in the Huber Breaker complex. At some point, I plan to build a diorama of the breaker, the yard tower, the shanty, and possibly the round house and engine house that were part of the complex. I will most definitely be using two trail track, and quite possibly hand laid. This and other threads here and on other forums regarding hand laid two rail has been my inspiration. 

Don

Don,

A couple of thoughts, there is an outstanding publication, authored by Mike Cougill, on techniques for modeling prototypical looking track (a quote from the cover of said book).  If you don't have a copy, I would suggest obtaining one.

The other item, please share your work with us.

Jay

High Plains Route master track laying team!

Jay C posted:

Don,

A couple of thoughts, there is an outstanding publication, authored by Mike Cougill, on techniques for modeling prototypical looking track (a quote from the cover of said book).  If you don't have a copy, I would suggest obtaining one.

The other item, please share your work with us.

Jay

That is one of the best books out there, exceptional modeling in there with a great understanding of the prototype.  I love it.

Hey Jay do have a current price list/catalog I could get my hands on?

Hey Chris,

Yes, I'll email you a copy.

Jay

Thank you Jay I got it. 

Jay C posted:

Don,

A couple of thoughts, there is an outstanding publication, authored by Mike Cougill, on techniques for modeling prototypical looking track (a quote from the cover of said book).  If you don't have a copy, I would suggest obtaining one.

The other item, please share your work with us.

Jay

Thanks Jay for the book reference, I will look into it. When I get started on the project, I'll be sure to post updates as I progress. I have to find out what amount of space if any we can use in the Earth Conservancy office building. This used to be the former Blue Coal offices, and it is a huge two floor building, but is mostly full of mining maps and offices for Earth Conservancy and the PA mine reclamation administration. I had approached the head of Earth Conservancy several years ago about the possibility of starting a model train group, but was turned down due to the so called sensitive nature of the maps and mining info stored there.

Don

I built a couple of 8's a some years back on my provisional grad school table/layout, and they worked and look fantastic. Right O' Way parts are the way to go.

That's awesome Santiago keep it up. 

Oh yeah good work Santiago.....  I've worked with a few of those ROW parts.....