The local out of Riverside yard has shown up with our next inbound cars, which looks like a gondola for Sullivan scrap, tank cars for Monsanto, and a wood chip boxcar for Armitage Furniture. Stay tuned as we work these soon. In the meantime, we’re working on spotting tank cars at Monsanto from the holding… Continue reading

I’ve added a new video, my first actually of action on the layout! You’ll find it here on the home page under my podcast video. Hope you enjoy it but excuse the big arm in the video….:) Continue reading

More details added to the layout yesterday, including this set of poles with transformers inside McGraw fuel and oil, a section of fence at the edge of McGraw, and an extra billboard over at Sullivan scrap which I’m going to use the sign below to advertise the scrapyard. Still on the list of details coming,… Continue reading

Here I am back to work on the railroad after my test was up, this time on first trick. With thermos in hand our crew heads over to 8806 to start our day. Today’s crew is Charlie, myself, and Jimmy, plus Dan as we fire up 8806. Today we’re pulling empties from Armitage Furniture, Stephen’s… Continue reading

One final detail I added to the layout this evening was the addition to the guy wire for the pole line. You see these everywhere where there are what I call guy wires or support wires for a pole line of wires, I assume as a warning to pedestrians or whoever might get tangled up… Continue reading

Added to the layout today were quite a few details, plus I extended the “mainline” to the edge of the end module so as to clear one more car with a bit of added track shown below. Other details were weeds added to the fence line along the scrapyard, plus a pipe coming out of… Continue reading

We’re back at work again , this time on third trick, with myself, Charlie as engineer, Jimmy as conductor, Dan as fireman, and Fred as second brakeman, so a full 5 man crew tonight. First up, we’re going to pull cars from the loading/unloading track out onto the main for the local to take back… Continue reading

These excellent Modelu figures expertly painted by my friend Ian in Australia finally arrived today after a roundabout trip around the western US. Photos below are minus one figure who lost a hand in transit I assume to some rough handling. Continue reading

On the layout today I’ve added these hoses finally to the loading platforms at Monsanto Chemical: Coming soon to the layout are some detail parts, loading dock ramps like the ones used for forklifts are on the way, plus crossover platforms for the tops of two sets of tanks at Monsanto. Hopefully my painted railroad… Continue reading

In between coats of sealant and layers of weathering on the current project, I’ve been adding more weathering to areas on the layout to attempt to make it even more of a grimy 1970’s industrial area. Hopefully I’m succeeding so far. Today I’ve added some industrial dirt from Arizona Rock and Mineral to more areas… Continue reading

Today the local out of Riverside has brought out two inbound cars that will need to be spotted, plus there are four outbound cars that need to go out with the local. This trip it’s Fred as engineer, myself as brakeman, and Dan as we fire up 8806. The first moves are from the local… Continue reading

While waiting for a seal coat to dry on several project cars, I’ve done some work on the layout with more weathering and details. I also took the piece of code 100 track I extended the McGraw fuel and oil siding with and swapped it out for a scrap piece of Micro Engineering weathered code… Continue reading

Today our crew is myself, Charlie, and Jimmy again as we start working the local industries. Grabbing our coffees we head over to our old gal 8806 and fire her up. Today we’re working again in conjunction with the crew on 5628 as they will switch out Sullivan scrap, while we switch the team track,… Continue reading

Today’s local out of Riverside yard is here, so we’ll start working this guy. Stay tuned as Fred, Jimmy and I get to work. Here’s what the local brought in: Continue reading

Coming soon to the layout are these excellent Modelu figures with a fantastic painting job by good friend Ian. Looking forward to having these on the layout! Continue reading