N Scale Hi Rail - Retro Hollow Core Door Layout

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 . Or pay 25 and get a Life Like lead sled that will actually work... It's good to know there are still people in the world who drop acid...

[DKS]

. Or pay 25 and get a Life Like lead sled that will actually work... It's good to know there are still people in the world who drop acid...

Thought you'd get a kick out of that...

[jpec]

Baltimore & Strasburg aka the BS Line.

Or the "Old Line Line"...

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Ordered up the turnouts for the passenger terminal.  And having inventoried the hodgepodge of stuff that I have, there actually isn't the much more to order.  Thanks to an infusion of Caboose ground throws from @glakedylan , I'm able to buy Custom Line turnouts instead of the traditional manuals...  Not quite as retro looking, but a little cheaper.  They also add the fun "throw the switch" aspect of switching the station.
11" radius snap track will be start getting rare, having just parceled a bunch off to New Jersey for the hair brained scheme presently unfolding there, but that shouldn't be too hard to find.

I also have a box of old ConCor 12-3/8" radius track, enough to close a circle 45 deg. at a time, so the outer loop shouldn't be too hard to flesh out between that and the miles and miles of c80 flex I still have in stock from my old staging yards.

I have what I need to start building the engine terminal box, I think... that might be the first project.  Re-animating my old turntable will certainly be the most fun part.

Lee

[peteski]

Lee, were you looking for some of the vintage corrugated Atlas (Rivarossi) passenger cars?  I found a set of 4 at the last weekend's show for $10 a pop. I bought all 4. They are all illuminated (with the giant light bulb in the center of the car).  They are yours for the price I paid, plus shipping.

[wm3798]

Thanks for thinking of me, Pete.  But I just rounded out my Penn Central fleet with a 6 car train... that's a good deal, though, I paid a bit more getting mine piecemeal.
I think Ed's putting together some PC commuter cars, you could check in with him.

Or with DKS, who has started his own Retro project.

Lee

[Doug G.]

If that Atlas E8 were NOS, it would have a black pilot, not gray.

Also, if you drop acid, I hope the cap is on tight. I think it can damage stuff.

Doug

[wm3798]

So the other night, Rhodana asked me why I bothered building little models of train stations.  We talked about it, and decided it was time to start working on a project that was 1:1 scale.

Our house is a pretty tired old 1970s rancher, and it needs a lot of work so we decided it was time to just gut it and do something really creative with it.



She loves tearing things down as much she likes to build them.



So this is how far we've gotten as of last night, now I'm working on sketching up the plans for what the remodeled house will look like.  Hopefully we'll have room for a bigger train room.




I better get that permit in, though.  It's April 1st and they're going to start getting really busy...

Lee

[DKS]

Hey, that's awesome. What better way to justify our hobby than to put our money where our mouths (or other orifices) are. BTDT, and it's a thrill.

BTW, in every house I worked on I've left a "message in a bottle"--something scribbled on the back of sheetrock, or in some cases an actual bottle with a handwritten note inside, tucked into a wall or under a bathtub...

(This assumes you're not living up to expectations for the date... because otherwise, you're toast!)

 

[peteski]

Hey, that's awesome. What better way to justify our hobby than to put our money where our mouths (or other orifices) are. BTDT, and it's a thrill.

BTW, in every house I worked on I've left a "message in a bottle"--something scribbled on the back of sheetrock, or in some cases an actual bottle with a handwritten note inside, tucked into a wall or under a bathtub...

(This assumes you're not living up to expectations for the date... because otherwise, you're toast!)

LOL! You reminded me of what messages I found hidden in my house.  My house has a cinder block foundation and about a third of the house was added in the '70s (years before I bought it).  I was doing some remodeling about 20 years ago (in the "new" part), looked down the holes on tops of the cinder block foundation  and saw something in there.  I fished several objects out and found a message in a can!



There were several cans. I kept the best looking ones out and I think I threw the other ones back down the foundation.  This "message" perfectly explains the shoddy workmanship and the wavy basement floor!

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In case you missed it, I was playing a little All Fools Day joke on you... Yes, we did tear out a bathroom a couple of weeks ago... that's the first picture, of Rho swinging away at the old wallpaper and drywall...  the second view is from a remodel project I photographed some time ago...  The third, while it is my dream home, is a few dollars beyond our budget... the original working drawings of the Western Maryland station in Cumberland...

But yes, in the process of working on our house, we have unearthed several Pepsi bottles.  All of them marked "Return For Deposit"... I wonder if they pay interest?  You know, like a Savings Bond?

Lee

[DKS]

In case you missed it, I was playing a little All Fools Day joke on you... Yes, we did tear out a bathroom a couple of weeks ago... that's the first picture, of Rho swinging away at the old wallpaper and drywall...  the second view is from a remodel project I photographed some time ago...  The third, while it is my dream home, is a few dollars beyond our budget... the original working drawings of the Western Maryland station in Cumberland...

Yeah, I figgered...

And those "message" cans... self-dating by virtue of the fact that the tabs weren't attached. "Please don't litter." Yeah, right...

 

[peteski]

Yeah, I figgered...

And those "message" cans... self-dating by virtue of the fact that the tabs weren't attached. "Please don't litter." Yeah, right...

Yes, they are a perfect dated time capsule.   I think that I've also heard that Schlitz made a comeback (not a beer drinker).  I know, I could Google it, but what's the fun in that?

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To amble back into view of the topic at least, I added some weight to my old Roco FA, and it's gliding around to loop now hauling a baker's dozen of WM coal hoppers.  Purring like a kitten.  A kitten with frog in its throat, but a kitten nonetheless.

Lee

[Doug G.]

The original pull tabs. It started a nationwide rumor that thousands were choking after dropping the tab down into the can after detaching it and accidentally ingesting it while drinking.

Doug