Weekend Update 3/31/19

[up1950s]

https://www.needpix.com/photo/987066/caboose-train-railroad-railway-rail-vintage-retro

[DKS]

Started (yet another) new layout: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=46796.0

(What happened to the rolley-eye smilie? Well, this will do in a pinch... )

[Chris333]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9748005,-76.4722299,3a,60y,36.63h,88.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAZMQca7gYgE0RngdsCWjCA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[peteski]

Started (yet another) new layout: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=46796.0

(What happened to the rolley-eye smilie? Well, this will do in a pinch... )

Never had one of those on TRW (at least since I joined).  Atlas forum had a much nicer selection of emoticons (including the proverbial horse).  But, OTOH,  they didn't have    or 


 

[jereising]

Some of you may recall the "dead horse" was the result of Paul getting tired of folks asking for what Atlas couldn't (or wouldn't) do...

I recall - after they released their 8-40Bs - repeatedly begging for the C variant - jeez, I'd have bought a dozen.  But I was beating a dead horse and now the Dash 8s have mostly been retired or sit in deadlines, so I have had no reason to buy...

[hegstad1]

I built a couple of the support structures for my retail coal elevator project.

[up1950s]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9748005,-76.4722299,3a,60y,36.63h,88.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAZMQca7gYgE0RngdsCWjCA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Nice grab Chris .

[Cajonpassfan]

I built a couple of the support structures for my retail coal elevator project.

Too tall😜
Just kidding. Nice work.
Otto

[MK]

Too tall😜
Just kidding. Nice work.
Otto

Otto, only if we have a man or a ladder or a Model A car next to it, we can figure....   

[Mark W]

More photos from last weeks Free-mo Weekend, hosted by Spring Creek Model Trains.


I really love this one.  I think that Jeep just stands out, simply by not being a typical model vehicle.


https://i.imgur.com/TP2HToo.jpg


Caught a little industry switching going on.  Looks like someone dumped an old shopping cart.


https://i.imgur.com/mx7j1FL.jpg


A new switcher will bring a little sound to the yard. These new Atlas GP39-2s run and sound great!


https://i.imgur.com/kw2dpMg.jpg


And it's not a Free-moNebraska show without showing off the stagecoach team!


https://i.imgur.com/N9LgVcI.jpg


Little Mozzy got a little restless waiting for the train to come at the cattle grate.


https://i.imgur.com/wrASV9u.jpg


So we brought out the reverse-shrink-ray and let him loose.  Even  played a little fetch around the layout!


https://i.imgur.com/8HFxueJ.jpg

[DKS]

Broke out all of these great old first-gen kits to have some plastic fun...



https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=46796.0

[Philip H]

Broke out all of these great old first-gen kits to have some plastic fun...



https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=46796.0

And will you having plastic cement fun too?

[carlso]

Completed a 90 day project.  Nice trailer Mark! I'll have to try one of your new tractors.

[DKS]

And will you having plastic cement fun too?

As I told Peteski, I'm not a purist. It's MEK all the way.

[milw12]

Started a new switching layout, based on the old Weyerhaeuser facility that was here in Saint Paul, shown here in 2006-



Today I used a 12" x 63" sheet of 3/4 lauan plywood, 2x3 steel stud and track, a handful of screws, some cork sheet and some still wet craft paint:



Here's the track plan, it's about 50% compressed but the number of cars and proto operations remain intact:



The key is that the run around lead into Franklin Avenue is one locomotive in length, opening a gate and blocking traffic and other fun 

I have some leads soldered to the turnouts, have to add some to the flex yet then tracklaying can start. Also need to design a cassette for the switching lead, something lightweight and simplified. 

-Lucas