A bit of work on the layout today as I enlarged the main road/street into three of the industries. Installed several of the old wood crossings as apparently PC had to work with what they had. Continue reading

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It’s early morning in the community of Addyston Ohio. The smell of pancakes, bacon and eggs from the local diner mixes with the smell from Monsanto Chemical fills the air. It’s not much after dawn when we get to work on the Penn Central. With the thermoses of coffee in hand, Fred, myself, and Jimmy… Continue reading

Well, another shift back on the railroad, this time first trick. Today it’s Charlie, Jimmy and I handling the switching. Today we’re switching cars into Sullivan scrap, Armitage Furniture, the team track, and Stephen’s Grocery distributors. Another local out of Riverside dropped off these cars to us overnight. Today we’re switching two gons into Sullivan… Continue reading

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Coming soon, this Tangent PRR 52′ gondola Continue reading

It’s now early in the morning with dawn breaking as we’re finishing up with Monsanto. The photos below show our moving the cars off the holding track to the loading/unloading track: When we had finished that task, 5628 shoves the two inbound tank cars down to end of track for us to take off and… Continue reading

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Here we are on third trick last night as Jimmy, Charlie, and I are on 8806 switching out Monsanto along the Ohio River. Because of the area industry tracks loaded up, this job is going to take quite awhile, tis why this will get in two parts. First, GP7 5628 is bringing in three tank… Continue reading

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Here’s a project finally completed and installed! Scaled down and printed by a local FedEx store, these look great! Many thanks to FedEx 👍 Continue reading

It’s dusk in Cincinnati along the Ohio River as we’re working several industries.  First up we watch the local crew from Riverside bring in one gondola for Sullivan scrap and an N&W insulated boxcar for Stephen’s Grocery.  This crew first shoves the boxcar down against us in 8806, then spots the gondola: Fred, Jimmy, and… Continue reading

Today the local out of Riverside has brought us quite a few inbound cars. Looking at the waybills shows a gondola for Sullivan scrap, three tank cars for Monsanto Chemical, an Evergreen boxcar for the team track, and a WP boxcar of paints and stains for Armitage Furniture. Previously yesterday the local brought out a… Continue reading

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A multitude of details is what imo makes a layout come to life. As in the real world, there are vehicles everywhere, signs everywhere, power poles and lines everywhere. Putting these and more details on a layout just adds more and more realism. Such is the case with my layout. Below are just a few… Continue reading