What did you do on your layout today?

      " From all your pictures I would have to say you have more Engines then anyone I know!       

         LOL"

      PS... Marci and I are putting up more shelves...   I think more are on the way 

briansilvermustang posted:

 

      " From all your pictures I would have to say you have more Engines then anyone I know!       

         LOL"

 

      PS... Marci and I are putting up more shelves...   I think more are on the way

 

 

 

 

 

Looks nice Brain! You and Marci are doing a great job! One question though, Do you have enough wall space for all the shelves you are going to need! LOL

                   working on it,   another room is going to be all trains soon...

                          need to make room for some of Marci's favorites...

                                     hey, but where am I gonna fit ...??? 

                            OK,  just save me a spot where I can get comfy...

                                  and I'm not talking 'bout just outside either !!

I like the colors on that F3 Brian

briansilvermustang posted:

 

                   working on it,   another room is going to be all trains soon...  

                          need to make room for some of Marci's favorites...  

                                     hey, but where am I gonna fit ...??? 

 

 

 

                            OK,  just save me a spot where I can get comfy...

 

                 

                                   and I'm not talking 'bout outside either !!

 

 

 

Just make sure there is room for her bowl of Ice Cream also Brian!

,Brian, that is one beautiful diesel.

Mexican friends brought their five year old daughter to visit, and she had a blast running the trains! Yes, girls do like trains.

I had found some cheap battery-powered HO trains, and I have added three gondolas and a hopper to the "Coke a Coal a" Railroad.

Vincent, it is always nice when you havesomeone over and they enjoy the trains and to top it off you may have added some new engineers to the hobby.

Brian, have to say after all this time that you have to have the record for the most engines and still not showing any repeats yet........"WOW"

Today would you believe I found a fifteen minute window to do something train related. Been cleaning up the house getting it ready for the grand daughter and her father who are coming up from North Carolina to stay with us for a week. So fof course I had stuff all over the house which I had to take down to the basement. While I was down there I got out a couple of the cabs I have bought and took a weaver trailer out to see if they will work together. They do. All I have to do is drill out the hole a little bigger to accept the trailer. Glad I did this because now I can buy more cabs and trailers. The cabs I can repaint to other colors. Pics.....Paul 2

Got the second pour completed on the lake.  Thought it looked too flat so I used Modge Podge to make some ripples.  Came out ok though I may have been a little heavy-handed in spots, or maybe I did not apply correctly.

Did start out prepping parts for the trestles for the river crossings.

Ran the last of the 86' boxcars that included four DT&I cars.  I am placing my 10-car Pennsylvania 21" passengers cars back on the mainline as permanent rail cars behind the Vision Line GG1 #4935.  I like passenger trains.

Worked out in the yard weeding and going into the pool now.

Sincerely, John Rowlen.  

I have been working making a Slag dump for my Steel mill layout. The photos  show the progression from bare wooder and screen wire through 2 layers of plaster soaked handi-wipes tof painting and detailing. Bought some fluorescent red and yellow and orange paints at the craft store. I will try to get some pictures posted under a black lite so you can see the effect.

Bill

Brian needs to build another building to hold all the shelves to hold all the engines!    Izzy, don't worry!!

Paul, Nice trucks.

Vincent, there is a lot of coal and coke hauled in my neck of the woods, but the coke come from ovens, not bottles!   Excellent train!

Steve, I think the ripples look great!

Bill, You got the orange color right on with the slag dump!  My wife's grandfather had them bring in a bunch of slag when building the house we live in now to pave a now overgrown lane to the shed out back and to make a solid base for the shed.  Still level after over 50 years!!

Double stack? No. It's a stack and a half.

My layout has structural clearance issues that prevent me from running double stack cars.  Can't change it without a major rebuild - ergo: ain't gonna do it. Then I got thinking as to how I might work around it  I cut the lower container down in height so that combined with the normal container on top the overall height doesn't have any issues. Visually, unless I pointed it out to you you'd probably never notice. This one was the test case. I think I'll do one more.

Good solution Ralph!

Ralph M posted:

Double stack? No. It's a stack and a half.

Ralph, that's one of the reasons I stick with Railking Husky stacks and Lionel maxi-stacks.

Vincent, I am glad everything went well! I agree with Paul its always nice to see a smile on someone's face when they are enjoying the trains!

Paul, those are going to be some really nice looking tractor/trailer combo's!

Mayor Magoo, the lake looks great! Nicely done!

Bill, WOW that's some great work there! Vey nice detail!

3rd Rail,  Nice slag dump.

My summer job was that of a 59-day Fireman on River Terminal Railroad at Republic Steel in Cleveland.  I worked 3rd shift, where we were often hauling slag in the early morning toward the freeway where it was dumped above the mill.

I like limestone better than slag.  My neighbor in Hinckley used slag on his driveway, and many cars got stuck in the driveway apron as the slag rolled under the tires sinking the wheel down to the frame.

Sincerely, John Rowlen

Mark Boyce posted:

 

Vincent, there is a lot of coal and coke hauled in my neck of the woods, but the coke come from ovens, not bottles!   Excellent train!

 

It's difficult to believe that no one thought of the "Coke a Coal a Railroad" before.

I never heard of it before!  Good job!

third rail posted:

I have been working making a Slag dump for my Steel mill layout. The photos  show the progression from bare wooder and screen wire through 2 layers of plaster soaked handi-wipes tof painting and detailing. Bought some fluorescent red and yellow and orange paints at the craft store. I will try to get some pictures posted under a black lite so you can see the effect.

Bill

I really like this! Have never seen it done quite like you are doing on your layout. Please continue submitting more of your layout build so that we can see how it transforms. These pics have me very interested in seeing the rest of it.

Dave

       wow, a Canadian Pacific "centipede" just rolled by...

Thanks for the compliment.  I bought a new LED black light. Will try to get some pics on line. Next  project is weathering my MTH Slag cars.

third rail posted:

I have been working making a Slag dump for my Steel mill layout. The photos  show the progression from bare wooder and screen wire through 2 layers of plaster soaked handi-wipes tof painting and detailing. Bought some fluorescent red and yellow and orange paints at the craft store. I will try to get some pictures posted under a black lite so you can see the effect.

Bill

Great scene development and very effective use of color and detail!   Will you be highlighting with ultraviolet lighting?   Well done and Looking forward to more progress posts.

Cheers, Dave

PS:  Just noticed your reply about LED black lighting.    Looking forward to seeing how well it works as LED UV appears to be an emerging technology. 

Ralph M posted:

Double stack? No. It's a stack and a half.

My layout has structural clearance issues that prevent me from running double stack cars.  Can't change it without a major rebuild - ergo: ain't gonna do it. Then I got thinking as to how I might work around it  I cut the lower container down in height so that combined with the normal container on top the overall height doesn't have any issues. Visually, unless I pointed it out to you you'd probably never notice. This one was the test case. I think I'll do one more.

Great solution to your clearance issue!   Well done!

Cheers, Dave

Beautiful set-up, Rattler!

That is excellent John!  I can see!

Rattler21, the difference is like day and night, Wow, were the fixtures 4 bulb, and was it just dis-connect the older ones, and re-connect the new ones? No new wiring involved is my question? I was thinking about replacing my fluorescent lamps with LED lights, but probably need completely new fixtures.  Your train room sure looks nice, great layout.  

Finally got around to it....

This Chessie SD9 body shell began life as an early MTH Premier PS1 loco. This was back when all diesel handrails were black regardless of prototype.  Got me some orange paint and a small brush and made the correction. No great technical challenge - just one of those things I kept putting off. Big improvement IMHO.

Pulling out of town:

That is the Grand Tetons in the background. We walked a couple miles up from Jenny Lake to take this pic.

Lew

Ralph M posted:

Finally got around to it....

Always fun when you can make a good model better!   Nice addition! 

Cheers,  Dave

leapinlarry posted:

Rattler21, the difference is like day and night, Wow, were the fixtures 4 bulb, and was it just dis-connect the older ones, and re-connect the new ones? No new wiring involved is my question? I was thinking about replacing my fluorescent lamps with LED lights, but probably need completely new fixtures.  Your train room sure looks nice, great layout.  

My trainroom layout is lighted by four 30+ year old 2 tube 48 inch hanging shop lights (supplemented by some assorted spots). The other day while in WallyMart looking for 3M 77spray contact adhesive I discovered Great Value brand 48" LED lights (5000K) that replace T8 and T12 florescent tubes. A 2 pack was just under $9. I bought a package, thinking I could return them if they didn't work. Installed them last night & WOW! I added 3 more packs to my wife's shopping list for the next time she goes to WallyMart.

The other day, our train group, (Tennessee/Kentucky/Indiana), went to visit a good friend in Nashville, Dr. Jack Fisher, and around 28 of us model train lovers enjoyed seeing his O Guage indoor layout, and his huge outdoor G Guage layout. It’s exciting visiting others layouts as it’s a learning experience, a time of fellowship a sharing of ideas and thoughts that are so beneficial to us all.  A fantastic day...

Tuned up a postwar 2065 and am replacing the wiring harness in the American Flyer Franklin loco,  both for the working layouts on display at the Rogers Historical Museum's "Trains,  Trains and More Trains" exhibit: 

http://www.rogershistoricalmuseum.org/

Mitch

            wow, an awesome layout !       I'm sure you had a great time Larry !!

          a couple weeks ago,  Paul Kallus posted this about Dr. Jack and his layout...

                         https://ogrforum.com/...-fans-will-love-this

          that is a really nice looking layout !      really like the passenger station !

Jacks layout is in three rooms of his basement, and as one walks through the different rooms, it gives a feeling of long distance running of his trains. His scenery, scenic details are simply amazing. Paul Kallus has offered many videos of Jacks fine work and vision in the hobby. Go to that thread and enjoy the talents of Kent Cooper, builder, and Jacks Wonderful Vision of what a three rail scale toy train layout can become.  At one time, in this space was a large LGB layout and an American Flyer layout. I was able to see these years ago. The outdoor G Guage layout is extraordinary, possibly 150 feet long, 3 to 4 feet high off the ground, 30 feet wide. A fantastic wooded area is Real. A Day with Jack Fisher is a day you would both enjoy, and never forget. He is a humble gentleman, that loves electric trains. 

     thanks for sharing more photos of Dr. Jack's layout Larry.  really like it how it is laid out from room to room

do you know if he has a track plan describing it.    would be really nice to visit both yours and his layouts

sometime,  would make a nice little vacation someday...  really enjoy seeing photos of both your layouts ! 

 GREAT !!

Larry, I remember this law firm from a Three Stooges movie. I made a copy of your photo, I'm going to get it printed, and I am going to glue it somewhere on my lay-out.

Please don't sue me.

I even did some research: 

Larry and Paul, Thank you for sharing so many photographs and video of Dr. Jack's layouts and outdoor trains!

Ralph, that orange really makes the engine for sure!

I got a little bit of time to finish sanding the cork on my next section of layout and took the section outside to spray the gray stone flecked paint for temporary/permanent ballast.  This time I didn't paint gray over the cork and Homasote first, but just sprayed.  The gray I painted first made for very light looking ballast.  This spray makes for a darker, dirty look.  I'll leave it sit to see how I like it before fastening the track back down.  Left is previous, right is today.