Cadmaster's blog

Walthers Turntable

Cadmaster — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:18:06 +0000

Looking for help in setting the Walters 90' turntable back to factory defaults. In other words getting rid of the programmed stops that I have in it presently

Evolution of a River

Cadmaster — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:10:29 +0000

I posted this also.

I have been working recently on the "Oneapee River" crossing on my Diamond River Valley Railroad. Please enjoy the pictures. while I am only using a simple point and shoot for these pictures I hope to be able to take some nicer shots once the scenery is more or less complete.

The first shot is that of the blue foam being roughed in.

Start of some scenery

Cadmaster — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:58:42 +0000

It's been a while since I posted any pictures so I thought that I would post a couple of some recent scenery addition. These are a couple of shots of the early scenery progress in the town of Brookside.

Flooring

Cadmaster — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:39:41 +0000

So I have decided to add a floor to part of my layout that is giving me (well actually others that are vertically challenged) some issues during operating sessions. My questions is quite simple and maybe some of you out there that have the "mushrooms' growing in the basement could chime in. I want to know what is the best way to build a floor on existing concrete. I only need 10" in elevation to make everyone happy but I have to run the flooring around the end of one peninsula for a total run of approx 35'

Thank you

Neil

This is a close call

Cadmaster — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:14:48 +0000

Thought that I would pass this along to the group as a whole. A friend sent this to me this morning; see the email from the engineer of the train.

Don't cross when the train is coming!!

Cadmaster — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:15:34 +0000

This happened today in acworth GA. a small town just outside the Atlanta Metro area. Amaizing video caught as it happened. Gotta love these new cell phones, they are everywhere. Follow the link there are two videos there; one from before and one from ater the devastation.

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/22401099/index.html

One quicky

Cadmaster — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:06:43 +0000

This was a 99% finished scene from my last incarnation of the Diamond River Valley Railway. I titled the shot "around the bend" It is a Santa Fe RS1 returning light from a transfer run.

Wheeler Farm (late Summer in the 60's)

The Diamond River Valley Railway Co.

Cadmaster — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:02:25 +0000

The Diamond River Valley Railway Co. founded in 1964 as a subsiduary of the Santa Fe Railway Co exists to serve the trackage that was demoted to branch line status after the Santa Fe completed the Holliday Tunnel. The tunnel was built to assist the railroad with navigation through the mountains and to speed up its service between the east coast and the Midwest.