WM Western Lines Engineering Report

[Philip H]

"We are Conrail modelers.  Resistance is futile.  Your life, as it has been, is over.  From this time forward, you will service us.  We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own."

Sincerely,
The Conrail Queens

 

It's a bit long, but I nominate this for the next CRHS tee shirt.

[wm3798]

Digging through the archives to clear up some hard drive space, and cobbled this together.  Enjoy!

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Lee

[davefoxx]

@wm3798

Video no go.   

DFF

[delamaize]

@wm3798

Video no go.   

DFF

same with me, saying it's unavailable...

[wm3798]

Apparently I need to find a source for public domain music.  The jack booted thugs are going after my dad's scratchy 78s now...

Lee

[jpec]

Probably Mr. Boh blocking transmission from his throne of lies on Brewers Hill...

Jeff

[wm3798]

Long time, no see. 
It's nice to see chunks of the old layout surfacing here and there from their new homes.  I wondered if I could impose upon those of you who have obtained structures, scenes, or even engines and rolling stock from me in the past few years to post pictures here of their current locations, and describe any modifications you've made, or how you're now using them.

It might be useful information for others thinking about dismantling things, or otherwise re-purposing all or part of your model railroad.  It will also be a treat for me.

Lee

[davefoxx]

Cool idea, Lee!



This picture doesn't do it justice, but I'm not home to take a more current picture.  Anyhow, here is the former WM commissary building repurposed on the Seaboard Central as some sort of railroad office-type structure thingie for the Seaboard System near Aberdeen, North Carolina.

DFF

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Well, I took a big chunk and built a layout around it...

http://conrail1285.com/moving-hagerstown-to-york-and-my-basement/

Here are all the articles on my site of it:
http://conrail1285.com/tag/ncr-windsor-st-yard-in-york-layout/

As of two weeks ago, things were running.
http://conrail1285.com/trains-now-run-around-all-of-the-windsor-street-yard-layout/

[mu26aeh]

The power plant and Westvaco warehouse ended up on the CSX Hanover Sub.  Power plant and coal pit are suited in place where they will stay.  Westvaco warehouse is currently on ex Ma & Pa trackage in Hanover.  Only modifications were to the warehouse, as some of the glue joints did not survive the shipping process.  In real life, there are some metal sided manufacturing buildings here without rail service, so I'm not sure it will stay here.   

20160624_191503 by Adam Henry, on Flickr
20160624_191623 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

After a visit to Ed K's layout to retrieve a throttle for an open house, I ended up with this too...

20160624_191558 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

I am not sure what I will do with it.  I used it for a teaching tool during said open house, showing visitors how foam board and plaster can be used for different landscaping techniques.  Eventually I plan on redoing the back side with new landscaping once I figure out what I want to do with it.  If I remember correctly, the area had an elevated rail line.  Was thinking of putting that back in place, or possibly put in a highway with overpass over the road.  And for your pleasure, I'm displaying my Western Maryland equipment in the shots 

[mighalpern]

Lee:
the video did not work for me either
your building on the CMMMD re-alocated as a furniture factory.
cleaned up the shipping damage and added LED's inside and the entrance little roof to hide the little LED for the front
glad i got the building, fits right in with my vision
thanks  Lee !!!

Miguel

[OldEastRR]

And how's the new layout going, Lee?

[wm3798]

Glacially.  I've got two old houses I'm trying to finish, an old car that needs more attention than it deserves, and more or less continual urge to eat and pay bills, which requires an enormous amount of time.  I did recently get to visit an old friend, though... and raise a toast...



Lee

[wm3798]

The power plant and Westvaco warehouse ended up on the CSX Hanover Sub.  Power plant and coal pit are suited in place where they will stay.  Westvaco warehouse is currently on ex Ma & Pa trackage in Hanover.  Only modifications were to the warehouse, as some of the glue joints did not survive the shipping process.  In real life, there are some metal sided manufacturing buildings here without rail service, so I'm not sure it will stay here.   

20160624_191503 by Adam Henry, on Flickr
20160624_191623 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

After a visit to Ed K's layout to retrieve a throttle for an open house, I ended up with this too...


20160624_191558 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

I am not sure what I will do with it.  I used it for a teaching tool during said open house, showing visitors how foam board and plaster can be used for different landscaping techniques.  Eventually I plan on redoing the back side with new landscaping once I figure out what I want to do with it.  If I remember correctly, the area had an elevated rail line.  Was thinking of putting that back in place, or possibly put in a highway with overpass over the road.  And for your pleasure, I'm displaying my Western Maryland equipment in the shots 

In what I believe was the final salvage operation on this project, we were cleaning out the garage over the long holiday weekend, and I came across the last three bits of the old layout that needed to be dispatched.  I finally removed the salvagable turnouts and track from the section that had housed the Cumberland station.  Since that model now resides safely on a set of TTrak modules, I was able to let go of the idea that it would ever become useful again.

Also, the bit that ran behind Cumberland, the Thomas Sub from Hinshaw bridge to the helix, was denuded of scenery details, track and bridge abutments,



It now resembles a stretch of the ROW circa 1976.  Here it is in happier times, there with the billboard signs:


Also, the section Adam photographed in the image above all those years ago, had been returned to me last year when I was working on designing his addition.  I haven't decided what to do with it yet, it might make a fun photo diorama, although it might get reworked into another TTrak module. 



Another view from long ago and far away...


The rest has been carted back to the fire pit.

On to the next thing!
Lee

[wm3798]

One final disposition report.
It's just a fond farewell to a friend...  the fabled Western Maryland Roundhouse at Hagerstown is being transferred to a new owner, one who is in the process of building a beautiful series of modules based on WM scenes from the 1950s.
https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=48816.0
Eric Henson is an extremely talented modeler, and I'm excited to see what he will do with my very rudimentary start.
Of course, it couldn't be sent off without one last visit from my fleet of vintage N Scale relics.

Naturally the Home Boy, BL2 #81, had the place of honor front and center.


For those of you unwilling to fish through the previous pages, here it is in its original scenery.


So now the yard is in Gettysburg, and the roundhouse will soon be in South Carolina.  Good to see the efforts are being enjoyed almost 10 years after the layout was dismantled.

Happy New Year!
Lee