Weekend Update 4/18/2010

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Guess where THOSE came from.

Nice! 

Yep!

The Altoona Railroaders Museum got a similar set, and a whole bridge. That wouldn't fit in the uhaul...

[bicknell]

Quick correction..... CINTRAK is Central Indiana N-Trak I believe. Our NTrak club in Cincinnati is Tri-State Ntrak.

You are quite right.  I got it wrong in the video, but right on my blog post.  My apologies to the CINTRAK guys.

[wcfn100]

Out of town again so no RR'ing for me except for a video in Sterling again.  But I did hit a $2 exacto for $171 at the track in Grand Island so that was nice.

Back to memory lane for me...

Our second HO show layout November 1981.  I used to run a full circle with the locomotive nearly coupled to the caboose.  For some reason it was a show pleaser.  In the upper left of the first pic, you can see a coffee table layout that should come up at some point and possibly the worlds largest Amtrak button (it had a stand built in).  In the second pic, you can see some of the custom painted Minnesota RRs that my dad made.






Jason

[GaryHinshaw]

Did a little rail fanning in Cajon Pass...

Photos taken on Ron Sipkovich's N Scale Cajon Pass layout.

I did a little railfanning in Tehachapi on Friday:


2x3 UP GEVO's each leading up 100+ car manifests meet near the Cable crossover, just shy of the summit, on a very sharp curve on a 2.3% grade.  The noise was glorious!!    (Weather was kind of overcast, so the pics are so-so, but an awesome visit nonetheless.)

Prior to my California trip I picked up some BLMA trucks and an assortment of MT body-mount coupler (including some Z-scale) to see what the future holds for my rolling stock.  Not sure which way to go yet.

Craig, the spines look fantastic!  It looks like I'll need to up my order.  I too would like to know if there any more info on Ron's layout out there.  It looks great!

-Gary

[Iain]

I spent Saturday at the Norfolk Southern Historical Society convention in New Bern, NC.  As part of the event we got to tour the Frit Car repair facility north of town, which included some nice closeups of the weathering on top of tank cars and a ride in a GE 25 tonner.

[Arob]

After way too long with out a post I'm back with a new video.  Last weekend the Great Train Expo came to Nashville and I took some footage and made a short video of the event.

Check out the video on Youtube:

You can also check out a few additional pictures on my blog:

http://www.realityreduced.com/Reality_Reduced/Blog/Entries/2010/4/18_Nashville_Great_Train_Expo.html

Don't forget to subscribe to the Youtube Channel and the RSS feed on the blog!

Leo,
 Quick correction..... CINTRAK is Central Indiana N-Trak I believe. Our NTrak club in Cincinnati is Tri-State Ntrak.

There was also another N-Scale layout by the Tennessee Valley club out of Murfreesboro that was not seen in the video.

-Arob

[ednadolski]

I did a little railfanning in Tehachapi on Friday:

I'm speechless with envy!   This is the best time of year to be there!   

Ed

[Arob]

After way too long with out a post I'm back with a new video.  Last weekend the Great Train Expo came to Nashville and I took some footage and made a short video of the event.

Check out the video on Youtube:

You can also check out a few additional pictures on my blog:

http://www.realityreduced.com/Reality_Reduced/Blog/Entries/2010/4/18_Nashville_Great_Train_Expo.html

Don't forget to subscribe to the Youtube Channel and the RSS feed on the blog!

Leo,
 Quick correction..... CINTRAK is Central Indiana N-Trak I believe. Our NTrak club in Cincinnati is Tri-State Ntrak.

It is disappointing to see that The Tennessee Vally N-scale Club was not included in this video. They had a 36 ft x 36ft. layout set up at this this same show.

-Arob

[bicknell]

It is disappointing to see that The Tennessee Vally N-scale Club was not included in this video. They had a 36 ft x 36ft. layout set up at this this same show.

No slight on the club, I've set up with those guys before and like them a lot.  It was purely a time problem.  I took 34 feet in 8 modules myself, ran trains, and tried to shoot some video all in a two day weekend.  I just didn't get out of the layout I was in much at all.

[tom mann]

Jason, I had the same Tyco orange unloader thingy.  ;D

[Packer]

I recieved and put together 30 car kits over the week. Gonna have to go back and put proper couplers and metal wheelsets on them. Luckily there is a show next week and a few of the vendors will have said wheelsets and couplers (helps to be friends with the vendors  ;D)

In other news I traded a few 50' boxcars for 40's with a friend. It helped the both of us since we got cars for our respective eras and eliminated ones that weren't (50's-era SF and WP box for late-60s GN and a BN). I read though the RMC mag I picked up from a forum member here and found an article on a shortline (WI&M) I could almost model with what I have. I'd just have to pick up some thrall all-doors or 60' centerbeams.

[oakcreekco]

Craig that layout is hot. He have a website?

I bought this this weekend. Picking it up in MI Jun 13th. 1974 Fairmont A6, 5200lbs of pure power.

That's really cool. I've been wanting/dreaming about joining the "speeders" in action. I think that it would be a real blast

Congrats

[SquirrelHollow]

Well, I've been working on a GCLaser kit for the small industrial building along with the MT SP station in z scale.  We had a discussion about how to cover up the seams on the GCLaser kit.  I used joint compound to get a stucco look, but had some warping and cracking occur due to the cardboard construction moving around. 

This building is only 2" tall!

What's wrong with cracking?  It gives it a nice 'aged' look.    (It's not very noticeable, either.)

Nice job.

[Ian MacMillan]

That's really cool. I've been wanting/dreaming about joining the "speeders" in action. I think that it would be a real blast

Congrats

Thanks. I got into the hobby in 2006 and its been a blast.  I have a 1985 Woodings CBI (just sold it yesterday actually) and a 1954 Fairmont A5-C as well.

[oakcreekco]

That's really cool. I've been wanting/dreaming about joining the "speeders" in action. I think that it would be a real blast

Congrats

Thanks. I got into the hobby in 2006 and its been a blast.  I have a 1985 Woodings CBI (just sold it yesterday actually) and a 1954 Fairmont A5-C as well.

Wow, post some pics. The ulitimate "full scale" toy.