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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #105 on: June 27, 2013, 11:42:35 AM »
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haven't posted in awhile...have been away from the RR for a spell as my daughter graduated HS this month....
finally got back to some scenery at the north end of the paper mill:




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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #106 on: June 30, 2013, 06:06:37 PM »
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Looking good there, especially that Kentucky red clay.

Any chance of a helicopter shot and fly by of the entire mill complex?

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #107 on: July 17, 2013, 12:24:26 PM »
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as requested by basementcalling....
view of the entire mill complex:

looking north


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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #108 on: July 17, 2013, 12:28:04 PM »
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looking south

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #109 on: July 17, 2013, 12:31:24 PM »
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the cob-web train......
i have some hidden track and trains would often appear from staging with cobwebs on the front of the lead unit.
i run this before each session, a LL FA unit wrapped with painters tape sticky side out, pulling the track cleaning car along for the ride

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #110 on: July 17, 2013, 07:49:24 PM »
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Looking very nice.. Keep the updates coming. Lots of cool ideas for my paper mill's..

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #111 on: July 18, 2013, 12:31:50 AM »
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the cob-web train......
That's pretty slick! I've thought of a similar approach, except to use light gauge wire curved backwards from the powered unit in order to catch more of the critter's nests. The wires would bend back through portals but expand a bit inside. However, I wouldn't be able to run it backward, but a once-through in one direction should be sufficient.

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #112 on: July 19, 2013, 03:43:42 PM »
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looking south


I notice you have the coal delivery track on the other side of the main, as well as a few more sidings on the end with the kraft building.  What are those other sidings for ?

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #113 on: July 19, 2013, 06:04:21 PM »
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The track in the left foreground, visible just to the left of the silo, goes to the edge of the scenery and theoretically beyond. It's the track where woodchip hoppers and pulpwood racks are set out. A partial wood chip pile will be modeled. The pulpwood pile is 'in the aisle', as is the power plant near the coal unloading shed.

The two tracks just to the right of the silo (on the same side of the main) are yard tracks where cars are stored before setouts, after pick ups, during switching the mill, etc.

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #114 on: July 31, 2013, 10:41:15 PM »
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This scene is really coming along nicely. 

Modeling the L&N, well at least a few times a year.

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #115 on: August 02, 2013, 07:13:23 AM »
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latest repaints...2 SD9s for a short line with trackage rights over the L&N. I haven't decided what to call it yet:




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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #116 on: August 02, 2013, 09:23:52 AM »
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with that scheme, and your locale . . . the Tennessee Highlands Trunk Line (THTL).
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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #117 on: August 02, 2013, 09:26:05 AM »
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Southern Norfolk & Western to keep with the unit's heritage?

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #118 on: August 02, 2013, 09:34:12 AM »
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latest repaints...2 SD9s for a short line with trackage rights over the L&N. I haven't decided what to call it yet:

Where does the short line run, so we can give some suggestions that would geographically make sense for a small road?

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Re: L&N somewhere in Eastern Kentucky
« Reply #119 on: August 02, 2013, 11:10:08 AM »
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the name may come down to the decals i could get. i have an old set of CONRAIL decails, so i can piece together a name or initials using as many as 8 of esch of these letters. I started with NS units with striped pilots. so i didnt' paint the under frame at all. green over black is based on Paducah and Louisville units that i recalled seeing once i knew I was staying with the black on bottom.