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So I am pretty much complete with the basic structures, vehicles, and cars so I took a few shots. Detail items will be added over time.

With spring here and the duties of the farm and work I have not had much time to work on the Conway Coal layout. I finally stripped the B&M blue paint off the plow truck. Stripped with brake fluid, cleaned, primed and painted. I added head lights, blinkers, tail lights, side boards and Conway...

After looking at more photos of Cletrac / Oliver tractors I decided to cut up the Tyco tractor a bit to make a more realistic reresentation.

To make large piles of coal without a mess and waiting for glue to dry deep inside a pile I choose to sculpt a foam base first and test fit into the pocket and then coat with black paint full strength. I then wrap with saran wrap to protect the outlying structure from glue and place it in the...

I decided I wanted a conveyer at Conway Coal that no one else had. I found the 1950 patent from B.B. Nelson for the Coal Screw Conveyer that went on a dozer. I Used my old Tyco I believe dozer and made it look like a Cletrac dozer from the 1930’s. Items used for build. Tyco dozer, styrene tube...

I started to work on my grass clumps using the saran wrap technique I read on http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/fur_grass/ I used jute twine and clipped in the appropriate lengths. The jute was then dyed in the color. I have natural jute, green and brown. I then clipped small lengths off a...

Coal Yard Progression, So I am working on the fictitious version of Conway Coal so I can show the different scale versions of Coal I have. I am utilizing inexpensive scratch build material most anyone can utilize to produce a decent looking set up. I work in Retail Construction so I am...

Just starting the first structure on my layout. This is going to be the 500 ton coal pocket that is on my property that was once the old Conway Coal Co. I started off with some balsa scrap from an old boat model that was just about the right thickness. I've added durabond in multiple coats and...

Hey everyone, I'm Black Davy, why Black? I'm the Black Irish and I own an old coal company that has lots of Black Coal. I've always had my trains and lived next to the rail all my life, now that I own the family homestead / coal company est 1903, its time to get back at it again. I always had...