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Considering the other thread is from last week it's time we had a new one. I'll kick it off. Just some old photos from the layout:

This week I rebuilt a couple of junk Bachmann GP40's. Nothing special there. I also mounted Athearn diesel horns on four GP40's, a FM H24-66 and an FP7. Here's the set on the FP7: And a set on one of the GP40's:

I found this beast idling on the Sundown shop track yesterday.

A video for the start here. A diesel hauled freight with an SW1500 and a slug pushing.

Just a few short videos.

My latest project was to remotor this IHC Alco C628 loco. That involved removing this small 3-pole motor: And shoehorning in this larger more powerful 5 pole motor: That involved cutting a hole in the locos frame so the bottom of the motor cu\ould be lower than the bottom of the motor...

There's a 34 year old Atlas hiding under this Bachmann GP40 shell.

Here's an F7 I just repowered. The shell is 70's era Mantua Southern Pacific F7. It's on an Athearn blue box drive.

I found this in a box of grain elevator parts I got from a modeler up north. It looks to me like one of the old Woodland Scenics metal structures. He says he put it together around twenty-five years ago so that would explain why I can't find a reference to it online.

Well this week I'm working on my first big scratchbuild since 2003. A concrete grain elevator. Don't ask why, I just felt like building one. So far I have the eight silos mostly done. They're made from 2" schedule 40 PVC pipe, a bit of plaster and glue and some gray latex house paint. I...

Since it looked as if we were in need of a new place I took it upon myself to open one. Hope everyone has a good day. Good morning. It's 58° and partly cloudy. The high will be 88°. Still not feeling up to par this morning. Woke up feeling light headed. Not dizzy though. I was able to put...

Any Macgiver fans here?

Well I decided that since I was up I'd open a new coffee shop. I got a little sleep but not much. Below is a photo of the paintball impact area after I cleaned as much as possible out of my hair and changed my shirt obviously. It was a very bright red paint. A partial bruise can be seen forming...