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Weeds and more weeds….!
As I’m unfortunately taking a break temporarily from weathering with my airbrush parts worn out, I decided to weather two sidings on the layout. Starting with the team track, I took some Vallejo light gray acrylic paint and drybrushed the gray on random ties. I followed this up with some dark earth pigments by MiG… Continue reading
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Work has begun….
Work has begun on 4 of 8 BNSF covered hoppers. More photos coming as work progresses! Continue reading
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Always looking…..
I’m always looking for more communication work to do! I’ve pretty much gotten away from weathering locomotives for various reasons and want to concentrate on rolling stock. From light weathering to heavy, if you want that one or more special car(s) to stand out on your layout, just click on the contact tab to see… Continue reading
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This week’s layout photo….
Here is this week’s layout photo from the original Hitop branch: Continue reading
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For the newcomers….
For all the new visitors, here’s a few photos of where I do all my weathering work plus where my layout is, all within my den: Continue reading
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A super hot August day….
Another story from my days on the Indiana and Ohio railroad. During my last year with the railroad as track inspector I was inspecting the Mason Ohio to Lebanon Ohio line one day during the first week of August. This was the line that the railroad at that time ran their own tourist train between… Continue reading
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We switch out the local…
Our crew is back to work this morning switching out the inbound cars the local left for us. Today’s crew is Fred as engineer, myself as brakeman, and Jimmy as conductor. After grabbing breakfast and coffee at the diner we head over to fire up old 8806. Our first order of business is to pull… Continue reading
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The evolution of a Kyle RR boxcar…
So in this post I’ll be showing the steps I took to weather one of the latest cars I finished and sold on eBay. I have to say this is probably one of the best cars I’ve done. To start off with, this car had three or four layers of weathering mediums on the car,… Continue reading
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A huge thank you….!
A huge thank you tonight to Chuck Geiger of Train Talk Media podcast for having me on the podcast. Really enjoyed being on! Continue reading
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This week’s layout photo….
Here is this week’s photo from the original Hitop branch: Continue reading
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Here’s today’s local….
Today’s local has arrived from Riverside yard this morning with another string of inbound cars for the industries in Addyston, including a rare road caboose on the rear end: Continue reading
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Train Talk Media podcast almost here…!
I’ll be on the podcast this Saturday morning May 2nd at 10 AM Mountain time, 12 noon Eastern. Be sure to tune in….! Continue reading
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A load for Marsh and Truman….
Today’s an off day from the railroad but being from the local area, I’m down at the diner eating lunch when I notice our other crew has delivered a little unusual car to the team track. It turns out a local area building supply/lumber company out along River Road named Marsh and Truman Lumber has… Continue reading
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Two changes coming….
Everyone will see two changes coming soon to the website. One is you will start to see more about the layout operations, plus more weathering work here soon. The other change is to make up for the monetary loss from the Facebook group you’ll start to see ads with my posts here soon. This advertising… Continue reading
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A little work on the layout….
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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