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Eateries.  I have four eateries with little vignettes.  

 Pie in the Sky is a British TV series about a detective who loves food and opens his own gourmet restaurant.  They don't have sidewalk dining on the show, but I wanted this sidewalk scene. 

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On detective street is Kahboessan Indian with all my British detectives.  That is DI Jack Frost and George Toolan and his trashed Ford Sierra in front, and Inspector Lynley and Sgt. Havers to the left.  The name of the place (Cowboys and Indian) is a pun on the detectives, the TV rouge cop often portrayed as a "cowboy" and the favorite cuisine of British detective shows, every other one of which has a scene in an Indian restaurant: 

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The best chop house in town is at the Premier Hotel.Slide3

 

And of course, out near all the used car dealerships is the only place in town to get a really first class breakfast. Slide4

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John Sethian posted:
 
June 29, 2014 12:28 PM

I guess this counts as a vignette:

 

The Original:  Edward Hopper "Approaching a City"  Oil on Canvass, 1946:

 

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my attempt at modeling it:

   

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Brilliantly done!

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of seeing the painting. Nearly a religious moment!

Back a few decades, John Armstrong created a vignette based on Hopper's Nighthawks painting: Model Railroader January 1989.

Someone was able to obtain the vignette after the layout was torn down following John's death. Anyway, along with Coming into the City, I'd love to be able to recreate Nighthawks.

 June 29, 2014 12:28 PM

 

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"Lined up perfect and ready to dump..!"

 

Alan

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Alan,

Is the rotating coal dump operational?

 

I worked for a power company back in the '80s and '90s.  One interesting thing was when I went to a power station on top of a mountain in West Virginia and had to service controls at the coal yard.  I had the opportunity to watch their rotating coal dump in action.  Quite an interesting operation.

 

That is an exciting part of your power station, that many modelers don't include.  I like it.

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Originally Posted by leavingtracks:

Under the rotary coal dump the workers keep the coal directed toward the under ground conveyor which transfers the coal to the power station.....

 

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Alan,

your workers sure are "super clean" and not dirty at all shoveling all of that coal.

Good point Roger!

When I worked in the power station, my nickname was Mr. Clean.  It wasn't because I was big and strong and had a bald head, which I was none of that.  It was because I seemed to be able to keep the coal dust and fly ash off me better than most others.  Yes, I still got dirty, but not like some.  On the other hand, I did not shovel coal.  You are correct, I probably would not have been Mr. Clean then.

I've always wondered why Lee only runs conventional. I'm going to guess that if I had a layout that rich in detail PLUS the streets action I would also run conventional. Just watching everything in motion -- basically a living interactive diorama -- would keep me entertained for hours.

 

And he hasn't even posted the 77 Sunset Strip scene yet. My personal favorite!

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I've always wondered why Lee only runs conventional. I'm going to guess that if I had a layout that rich in detail PLUS the streets action I would also run conventional. Just watching everything in motion -- basically a living interactive diorama -- would keep me entertained for hours.

 

And he hasn't even posted the 77 Sunset Strip scene yet. My personal favorite!

Yeah, its one of my favorites, too.  Here it is . . . 

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Veranda Turbine has just arrived and Kookie is walking up to park her Dual Ghia for her.  Dean Martin has a G&T already in his hand for her, and John Wayne . . . well, John Wayne is just being John Wayne.  

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If you're not getting too bored with mine, here's another.

 

My daughter is a pharmacist and my daughter-in-law is a dental hygienest so this Lionel Pharmacy was a natural buy, along with the Miller Pharmacy sign and the toothpaste sign.

 

The figure in blue/green in my DIL.  The one in white is my daughter.  Both were made by Trainsformations.  Boy do I miss Marcie!

 

- walt

 

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Old Elmer the conductor--standing on the "front porch" of the grimy ALCo RS--hurries Charlie his engineer and Butch his brakeman to quickly assemble their unit coal train.  Why?  Because the faster they get that done, the sooner Elmer--whom as you can see hasn't missed many meals--can run walk across Main Street to grab a sandwich (or three) from Samuello's before they leave town!

 

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