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Chris333

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Re: Erie Canal Branch Mini Layout N scale
« Reply #90 on: January 30, 2022, 04:24:50 AM »
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I drew up several plans for a bigger HOn30 layout that would let me keep the Erie door layout and a few without it.  :o 

I wanted to first build up more HOn30 steam locos and rolling stock so in the mean time just doing little stuff to keep me busy. Building those boxcabs got me wanting this little layout.

I have layouts that are nothing more than marks drawn on large sheets of paper and rolled up sitting in the corner.  :-X

Little layouts let me keep changing my mind every time I have a new theme.

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Re: Erie Canal Branch Mini Layout N scale
« Reply #91 on: January 31, 2022, 08:37:48 AM »
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In that last photo. The billboard on the right. Look what it says now:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.106833,-80.6600329,3a,15y,294.2h,93.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5p_DQDgYnVEV_buMtCxGlQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

lol  :RUEffinKiddingMe:

I was just browsing through, admiring all the wonderful work, and had to comment on the billboard message “Vegetation at crossings kills”.  After retirement, I picked up a little part-time job at a golf course just down the street from my house … I walk down two or three times a week during the golf season, and keep their fleet of 120 gasoline carts in good order.

One of Canadian National’s major freight mainlines runs right through the golf course (including a spectacularly long, scenic, high-level bridge over the Rouge River). There is one level crossing on the property - no flashing lights, no automated gates - just a few big signs warning that “Train Time Is Anytime”.  It’s a simple gravel approach so golfers can continue their game on the other side of the tracks.

Unfortunately, CN had neglected to trim back the bushes and brush all along this section of right-of-way for a good number of years, and some of the undergrowth had become sizeable indeed. One of our young groundskeeping employees was taking his mower across the tracks last summer. His ear protection headphones had his favourite music playing. He slowed down, stretched his neck to glance left past the trees, turned his head to glance right, and got clipped by the fast-approaching lead locomotive. 

Spun his mower full circle into the ditch. Fortunately, no injuries, but some major mower damage, and a young guy with a scary “close call” story to tell. CN police were on the scene for two days, and a big work crew showed up the next day and spent a week cutting back all the overgrowth. So, yes, Vegetation at crossings can kill!

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Re: Erie Canal Branch Mini Layout N scale
« Reply #92 on: February 02, 2022, 11:48:29 PM »
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Didn’t  I help photoshop some backdrops for this layout a very very long time ago!?
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Re: Erie Canal Branch Mini Layout N scale
« Reply #93 on: February 03, 2022, 12:13:11 AM »
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Didn’t  I help photoshop some backdrops for this layout a very very long time ago!?

This layout was started in December  :P

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Re: Erie Canal Branch Mini Layout N scale
« Reply #94 on: February 03, 2022, 04:31:21 AM »
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Oh here is another photo of that gate tower I'm modeling:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/49066507533/in/album-72157640479663145/

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Re: Erie Canal Branch Mini Layout N scale
« Reply #95 on: February 03, 2022, 10:40:35 AM »
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This layout was started in December  :P

The usual jokes about your layout to time ratio just don’t seem to be appropriate! So that tracks!
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