Howdy everyone!
Thanks again to all who liked my stuff!
Flo - How 'bout a hot pastrami sandwich, sweet potato fries, a bowl of vegatable soup and coffee
James said - "these are good units...although the cabs are incorrect. I started years ago kit bashing new cabs for them. I have yet to finish them
maybe this will give you the incentive to finish the cab kit bashing
Thanks for the link and the great photos!
At the show, I had every intention of purchasing 3-bay open hoppers, but when I saw this GP60 - I knew
it was going home with me. I was never interested in demonstrators, but this is one sweet little loco!
Willie - Great work on the elevator and the spouting truss kits!
My suggestion for the area between the facilities would be to keep it a little bit country. High grass, weeds,
a couple of trees and a few deer waiting to cross the tracks.
Sherrel said - "What's in the Chicken of the Sea can?"
What else but toona!
No but really - I use my
gondolas for leftover construction parts, pieces of rails, ties, drill bits, etc., etc., etc. All of my gons are full, so the excess overflow goes into the tuna cans. There's 10 or 12 round "storage units" on the layout. There not prototypical, but they work good. All of this seriously means I have to get more gondolas!!!
Bob - thanks for the layout comment! Great view of the TN countryside.
Jerome - good personal GP60 photos! I'll bet that's a great memorable experience. Thanks for sharing.
Curt - thanks for the favorable comment!
Tom - great lookin' ex-BN hopper! Nice job!
Johnny - Thanks for the layout comment. Good looking fire house and a great story!
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I haven't done any layout construction, since Sunday evening. The Mrs. had two doctor appointments
yesterday and I had a eye doctor appointment this morning. I did make some signs for the side of
Nick's Garage. It's interesting how a few signs can really enhance a structure!
I'll finish painting the asphalt highways, let them dry and run the train a few times through the crossings
to make sure there's no clearance problems. Next I'll lay the highway across the other layout table. There's
two crossings, then the road starts up the hill and across the RR overpass. I built this overpass about
12 years ago and never finished it. So I'm kind of anxious to get it done, as it's a great feature for the
layout.
Everyone have a great whatever you're doing!
Jim
Here's some of my layout . . .