Oregon Joint Line N Scale

[High Hood]

Very cool to see the Milwaukee Road  have a part on the Oregon Joint Line. You know Mike Confalone’s Allagash Railway was merger into the Guilford too, so you’re not alone in having a merger to spice up ops.

[Philip H]

Another great operations video - cleverly done!  Thanks for posting.  Bob

What he said!  Plus, it must be nice having friends give you locomotives for Christmas.  Most of mine seem to want to give me coal . . .

[basementcalling]

What he said!  Plus, it must be nice having friends give you locomotives for Christmas.  Most of mine seem to want to give me coal . . .

Must think you like steam locos.

[nkalanaga]

Phillip:  I have no idea where I read it, could be in a magazine, more likely on the old Atlas forum.  Modelers were telling what they received for Christmas.  One said he got a lump of coal, then described the lump.  It was about a foot cube, with very nice layer detail on four sides, flat on the top and bottom, perfect for making rock molds.  Just what he wanted for Christmas!

[Philip H]

Phillip:  I have no idea where I read it, could be in a magazine, more likely on the old Atlas forum.  Modelers were telling what they received for Christmas.  One said he got a lump of coal, then described the lump.  It was about a foot cube, with very nice layer detail on four sides, flat on the top and bottom, perfect for making rock molds.  Just what he wanted for Christmas!

Well being a diesel guy I’m not into coal.

[nkalanaga]

No, but it does make a nice master for rock castings.  I would have loved to have had a chunk like that 20 years ago.  Make a mold from each side, and the strata would line up, all the way around.  Just keep repeating the castings for as long a cliff as you need.  Four feet of cliff would have been plenty for most of my scenery locations.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Here's my latest YouTube effort documenting my updating the layout to the early Burlington Northern era for a single session.

Oh man, I loved it!!!

I think you can also have some fun with a BN Day+2 session too, where everything has changed but nothing has changed. Basically, everyone's doing what they did the day before but now the MILW shows up too. I loved some of the C Day+2 videos where everything was almost the same except a PC SD45 showed up on an LV train.

[milw12]

And I was just thinking that the only thing that could make this layout better is some Milwaukee 

Good stuff, thanks for sharing!

Lucas

[SAH]

Your videos are always such a joy to watch.  Thanks for your efforts and taking the time to share them with us.

Steve

[Missaberoad]

Mmmmm... Orange sherbet!

Upvoted before I watched the video, never disappointed. 

I think this is fast becoming one of my favorite layouts, truly inspiring...

[coldriver]

Oh man, I loved it!!!

I think you can also have some fun with a BN Day+2 session too, where everything has changed but nothing has changed. Basically, everyone's doing what they did the day before but now the MILW shows up too. I loved some of the C Day+2 videos where everything was almost the same except a PC SD45 showed up on an LV train.

Thanks Ed, on the Northern Pacific branchline I grew up along BN merger day meant that my branchline became part of the BN Portland Division which was for the most part the former Spokane, Portland, and Seattle.  So overnight the NP SW's which were the regular power for years became SP&S RS3's.   

Back before I hit on the idea of adding the Milwaukee I was just going to have Dayville closed (maybe used for car storage), because that's what railroads do when they merge (eliminate redundant facilities).  This would have been really tough on the poor yard crew at Monument, but that's the reality of railroad mergers.   Stockholders expect a return and that's done by reducing expenses, no matter the cost!

[coldriver]

And I was just thinking that the only thing that could make this layout better is some Milwaukee 

Good stuff, thanks for sharing!

Lucas

Yeah, I know.  I've wanted to include the Milwaukee for some time but couldn't really think of a plausible way to incorporate it. 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Thanks Ed, on the Northern Pacific branchline I grew up along BN merger day meant that my branchline became part of the BN Portland Division which was for the most part the former Spokane, Portland, and Seattle.  So overnight the NP SW's which were the regular power for years became SP&S RS3's.   

Back before I hit on the idea of adding the Milwaukee I was just going to have Dayville closed (maybe used for car storage), because that's what railroads do when they merge (eliminate redundant facilities).  This would have been really tough on the poor yard crew at Monument, but that's the reality of railroad mergers.   Stockholders expect a return and that's done by reducing expenses, no matter the cost!

Haha, dooooo it! I really do love the one shots that are possible with some borrowed power.

[nscalbitz]

Ouch!
Major injuries as caboose crash caused by excessive speed... news to follow...  

[milw156]

Must think you like steam locos.

Or have an on-line power plant...