Weekend Update 1/27/19

[Chris333]

Lol change the year of the street view and you can see barrels in the road when they started building it.

[peteski]

I spent my weekend at the Amherst show.  Friday and Saturday I was busy taking contest photos of the Winterfest contest entries for the award presentation.  But on Sunday, I was able to take in the show.  I'm glad to see that Daniel did a great job with the show coverage I wasn't in the mood to take any more photos). 

I've partnered once again with Spring Creek Model Trains who has taken many of my 3D Printed items to Amherst!
We're offering a promotion: the first four of you to purchase a CG N Scale item from Spring Creek Model Trains and mention you saw this post (on Facebook), will receive a free sample of the N Scale Liquid Nurse Trailer!!

I did visit Spring Creek and redeem your special Facebook offer. The staff was quite happy - I was only the 2nd person who knew the magic phrase.    This was Sunday afternoon, so I'm not sure that all 4 freebies were given out.  I also bought one of the 6-dome tank cars, but after I got home I noticed a flaw on one end (I'll PM you with more info).

As usual, it was a great show. Saturday's attendance was over 10,500 people, and Sunday looked just as buy, so total attendance was likely over 20,000 people.

Being a curmudgeon, I feel I need to let this off my chest:  This show doesn't have a good solid name which flows off your tongue.  Some people call it "Springfield show", others call it "Amherst show", yet others call it "Big-E show".  Neither is really correct. The actual name is "Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show", which is way too long to use. Even just "Railroad Hobby Show" is too long to use and too generic.  It needs a less ambiguous, simpler, and more memorable name. Maybe we all should just call it ARSRHS? Neah, that's too long, and difficult to pronounce or remember. Or maybe RHS?  That would work I guess. Or maybe just ARS Show?  Sort of sounds like "arse". Something unambiguous, and easily remembered.    

[OldEastRR]

Not a Wabash bridge -- that was the old Monon/L&N/CSX line.

[OldEastRR]

That area had been a grade crossing way back, then when they made it an underpass they made it deep. I think it was even more than 16' clearance.  I lived in Bloomington for a while (while that track was still active) and that is a major road for cross-city traffic. The other in-city track crossings were at grade.
The other interesting thing about the old Monon trackage was a road cut right across the first three tracks of the Bloomington yard ladder. It was so very much like a model layout feature. All of the Monon track is now gone.
The Monon was pretty interesting in its own right, with so much main line street trackage in many towns.

[GaryHinshaw]

I spent the weekend checking one item off the Bucket List: operating on the the La Mesa club's Tehachapi layout: 



3 sessions in 3 days, 8am to 8pm each day, with a 1:1 "fast" clock.  A unique experience!  I'll try to post a few more photos after I've recovered.

[MK]

I'm in tear down mode on the CSX Hanover Subdivision.  Amazing how quickly things go when listening to Disturbed, Slipknot, Breaking Ben, Godsmack and the like.

Damn, even in tear down mode your train room is so friggin' neat!  Ugh!  I need to have that kind of discipline! 

[MK]

Being a curmudgeon, I feel I need to let this off my chest:  This show doesn't have a good solid name which flows off your tongue.  Some people call it "Springfield show", others call it "Amherst show", yet others call it "Big-E show".  Neither is really correct. The actual name is "Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show", which is way too long to use. Even just "Railroad Hobby Show" is too long to use and too generic.  It needs a less ambiguous, simpler, and more memorable name. Maybe we all should just call it ARSRHS? Neah, that's too long, and difficult to pronounce or remember. Or maybe RHS?  That would work I guess. Or maybe just ARS Show?  Sort of sounds like "arse". Something unambiguous, and easily remembered.    

Might be a regional thing depending on where you live or where you are coming from.  Everyone in our club calls it the Amherst show because, well, we're staying overnight and it's a fairly long trip so we're "going to Amherst".  But then again we always call the shows by the town where they are even if it's local, e.g., The Montvale Show in...Montvale, NJ.

Think about other shows..."Anyone going to Timonium?"  Again, most of the time it is where the show is located.

[arbomambo]

I finally pulled the Brownhoist crane from the 'shelf of doom' and got back to it...
It;s been sitting there for about 9 months.
I wanted to somewhat replicate this scheme, although I didn't want to modify the cab with the extra sides that this unit displays. Obviously I would have to fudge a little on the lettering.



I had constructed the basic assemblies before shelving the project.



Paint and the zebra striping applied.



as it sits right now...
I have to add quite a bit of weathering after I decide what more lettering I'll apply. Again, the lettering is a little bit of a 'foobie' due to the kit.
Then I have to rig the boom.

[C855B]

I spent the weekend checking one item off the Bucket List: operating on the the La Mesa club's Tehachapi layout: 



3 sessions in 3 days, 8am to 8pm each day, with a 1:1 "fast" clock.  A unique experience!  I'll try to post a few more photos after I've recovered.

Jealous. So jealous.

[Kentuckian]

Might be a regional thing depending on where you live or where you are coming from.  Everyone in our club calls it the Amherst show because, well, we're staying overnight and it's a fairly long trip so we're "going to Amherst".  But then again we always call the shows by the town where they are even if it's local, e.g., The Montvale Show in...Montvale, NJ.

Think about other shows..."Anyone going to Timonium?"  Again, most of the time it is where the show is located.

I usually refer to shows by the nearby water feature. For example, this show would be the “Connecticut River Show”. 

[MK]

I usually refer to shows by the nearby water feature. For example, this show would be the “Connecticut River Show”. 

Actually it's closer to the Westfield River.   

[Jesse6669]

I thought I'd catch the group up on some of my T-scale rolling stock projects. 

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Worlds smallest CPL, GM50, and the cliche giant penny.

[ Guests cannot view attachments ] A 40' box with TH&B markings.

[ Guests cannot view attachments ] A couple WM cabeese.  Cabooses?

Obviously still need trucks/couplers and the smokejacks on the hacks.

[peteski]

Might be a regional thing depending on where you live or where you are coming from.  Everyone in our club calls it the Amherst show because, well, we're staying overnight and it's a fairly long trip so we're "going to Amherst".  But then again we always call the shows by the town where they are even if it's local, e.g., The Montvale Show in...Montvale, NJ.

Think about other shows..."Anyone going to Timonium?"  Again, most of the time it is where the show is located.

LOL, but Amherst is not the name of the town where the show is - it is the first part of the show-organizing club's name.  Amherst is also a town in Massachusetts, but the show takes place in Springfield, MA. (actually to confuse things further, it is West Springfield).  So if you want to use the same logic as you do for other shows, you would have to say that you are going to "West Springfield" show. But that seems also awkward (too long), so just "Springfield Show" would be better. 

[peteski]

I thought I'd catch the group up on some of my T-scale rolling stock projects. 

Worlds smallest CPL, GM50, and the cliche giant penny.

As usual, amazing work (and again, thanks for the penny size-reference).  It just makes that model so much more impressive.

[nkalanaga]

Arbomambo:  Looks like that F had a rough day.  Any idea what happened to the rest of it?