New Hope & Ivyland shelf layout (ex-Reading)

[amato1969]

Awesome, thank you for sharing that @Ed Kapuscinski !  That leased power would look great on the layout, I had previously read about it here:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56e1d6eb7da24f6613f5a758/t/5a74d1f0c83025b92d961f17/1517605366454/2017-2_TriStateBlockLine_GarbelyArticle.pdf

  Frank

[amato1969]

I squeezed in some time this afternoon working on some stairs; a few railing sections remain:

[amato1969]

With the addition of unloading hoses, the Castrol facility is now open for business!





  Frank

[amato1969]

Not much in the way of updates, as I have been enjoying some time JFRT!  I did add a little breathing room for switching, which also provides some (removable) staging as well:



  Frank

[amato1969]

@chuck geiger here is a closeup of the NZT ground throw I mentioned in Weekend Update.  @DKS deserves so much credit for bringing these to market!



  Frank

[Bendtracker1]

With the addition of unloading hoses, the Castrol facility is now open for business!





  Frank

Frank, I really like the simplicity of that industry!

[amato1969]

Appreciate your comments, Allen @Bendtracker1 .  I took some liberties and eliminated the overhang of the prototype facility.  It could also use some more weathering, but it's a suburban industrial park, not an inner city chem plant after all 

  Frank

[amato1969]

Over the weekend I finally got these abandoned 40-foot trailers off the workbench and onto the layout; these are old Wheel Works kits that I have had forever!



Tonight I also put a pair of home road boxcars into service (thanks Ed K).  Here's the Conrail local pulling them off the NH&I interchange track:



And a trackside view showing the ride height after filing down the bolsters and body-mounting 1015 couplers:



  Frank

[amato1969]

Time to bear down on the last two feet of scenery...  got some .040 styrene sized and cut for the four-lane road crossing (PA 132 for you locals).  Paint and lane markings are next!



  Frank

[amato1969]

Took some time away from projects tonight to just switch some cars!



  Frank

[Bendtracker1]

Nice weathering on that GP15 Frank!

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Love it!

This reminds me of something you might find interesting.

/>
John Almeida, OaksModelRR for those of you know, has posted a bunch of his videos of the Philly area from the 90s&2000s. Including an awesome cab ride on the CSX local that ran from Landsdale to Greenwich and back. Granted, it's at night, but it's very cool footage.

[amato1969]

Appreciate the comments @Bendtracker1 !  I wrote up some details over in the Weathering channel last year, I will dig that up.

And thanks for the video @Ed Kapuscinski , love the discussion in the cab, Philly accents and all.  "You don't need a Form D" LOL!

  Frank

[amato1969]

Highway lane markings are happening!  Need to finish it off with dashed yellow lines in the middle turn lane and some weathering...



  Frank

[amato1969]

It's been a minute since I have updated this thread!  I ran a nice switching session tonight with a small train - boxcars to be set out at the interchange and loaded tank cars to be spotted at the Castrol facility:



Inbound crossing Street Road (crossing gates to be installed):



After a runaround move, shoving the boxcars onto the New Hope & Ivyland interchange tracks:



Exchanging loads for empty tank cars:



Pulling two empties off the team track:



Running around the train (right to left), about to couple up and head back to Lansdale (staging):



  Frank