Weekend Photo Fun 3-23-12-??

Hi all,

Here's a little scenery/structure project we worked on this past week on the NWTL.

For quite a while left the bridges unfinished with temporary wood structures in place just to get the railroad open.

I set to work replacing the first of these temp bridges with an Atlas Pratt truss.  However, we wanted to improve the details of the standard kit with a few custom touches.  For starters, we replaced the stock plastic ties with hand weathered wood ties.

This was pretty easy once we made a jig to assemble the ties into sections that match the dimensions of the stock plastic tie sections.

Once the ties were installed I spiked ScaleTrax rail across the bridge.  I also added code 148 guard rails for a more realistic touch.  A little weathering, some cast metal bridge feet, concrete abutments, and some landscaping on the edges and the job was done.

Early this morning the photographer strolled around to a different area of the layout and caught a C&O Ten-wheeler heading around a back curve. He shot it from under the elevated switch tower before heading over to the Rte 66 Diner to see the Santa Fe F3s pass by.

Memories of River City 3 Railers running at the 2011 Chesterfield County Fair. The first year with our new bridge...

That's a great looking bridge Gilly!

I finally get to post a photo of one of my locomotives...  We had a great meeting of the MDOG group today at Jim Mason's home.  I really enjoyed seeing his great layout and meeting everyone.  I even had the honor to run my old MPC Chessie System Special Berkshire on his pike.  He went out of his way so I could run my conventional engine on his DCS layout.  I've had the engine since it was new and it has never ran on anything but a 4x8 oval so this was a real treat.  Thanks Jim...

Not the best photo but a current photo of my layout as of this afternoon. Didn't have a tripod available!

I've been building!   Finally something to post in photo fun :-)

2101 & 614 You are more than welcome! I enjoyed the group's presence at the house. Make certain to notice that photo of "your" Berk crossing the Thomas Viaduct, 1976, in the background, rights side of the room!

A few shots around the township...

Frank

...a view across a service yard and into "Old Street"...

"Allow me to introduce..."

Friends begin to collect for an afternoon church picnic...

Great pictures everyone...but Frank, your pictures make me want to be 1/48th scale....."beam me down Frankie"!!.

Alan

c_sam.....that's a great looking '59 Impala convertibe in your post above.  Who is the manufacturer?  Ertl maybe? 

Paul

A few photos

Great potential model!

Here is my new Legacy B&O EM1.

Chris

Enjoying the pics, again... as usual!  Thanks fella's!

Dave Hikel:

Really like the overall "feel" you've created in your mountain scenery.  Like the heavy conifer forestation and the "granite" looking rocks.  Nice!

Andre

"Here is my new Legacy B&O EM1"

That's one fine looking locomotive!

A couple of pictures of my layout,

Re: 59 Impala convertible

   Paul    It says 'Road Champs' W. Caldwell, NJ and was sent to us by forumite Tom Shirey gratis!

Re  New B&O EM1

Great shots Chris - How did you make the palm trees?

I bought the Palm Trees from Scenic Express. 

Alan, I much appreciate when you take the time and effort to say something pleasant about my layout scenes, and I appreciate what you have so enthusiastically said, as well, of course. I don't think any of us post to hear silence, do we.

Ready to head out.

Art

looking for a red TR4? my father inlaws been trying to sell his... of your interested i'll upload pictures when i get home...