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Active Member 70 posts JohnF281 Active Member 70 posts
JohnF281

It has been a busy few months for me so naturally not too much progress on the layout although more time on the road equates to more time to browse the internet and buy stuff. I picked up a couple Scaletrains.com hoppers for my sugar silo, a few Corn Syrup cars that I have started re-numbering along with weathering and a nice display case for some locomotives that don't get to run on my little shelf layout. It was a perfect fit above my lead extension. I tricked it out with a cheap Lowes Floating Shelf and an LED strip to help with the lighting. I am very happy with the outcome! 

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Next is a little overhang that will be gated in for unloading Phosphoric Acid

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I got around to finishing the gravel lot around the ADM Corn Syrup transfer station as well as decaling the truck.

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My Chop Nose GP7 project is finally nearing completion. I have had some decoder trouble so I will be ordering a Tsunami 2 decoder for it. 

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I am modeling the Northeast in the middle of winter and have been really anxious to try some old melting snow. 

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I am having a blast with my little piece of the Northeast and am finally moving cars around with my Lead Extension in place. Next up I plan on taking pictures of some bare tree lines on my visit up North to turn into some cut out back drop sections. I think this will help give some depth to the scenery. I think I will be keeping the grey sky look to help with that winter feel. 

John

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jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,994 posts
jeffshultz

Interesting

This is looking rather Allagash-y.

Very nice.

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sn756krl Regular poster 159 posts
sn756krl

building kits

Since detail on the snow melt & on the weathering of the buildings. What kits did you use for the buildings? Looks like a few from: Rix, Walthers detail part kits, & other companies.
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JohnF281 Active Member 70 posts
JohnF281

Allagash

Honestly the Allagash is my favorite model railroad. I am trying several of Mikes techniques. 

John

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JohnF281 Active Member 70 posts
JohnF281

Buildings

Thanks. All of the structures are made from Evergreen Styrene strips and sheets with detail parts from Pikes Stuff, Rix and Walthers. 

John

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Rick Sutton Prolific poster 4,360 posts
Rick Sutton

I really like where you are going with this

Very cool! I can see some great scenes being formed there. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Mike's Allagash is the perfect example to learn from. 

Go for it!

 Oh yeah....that chopped nose GP7 has me drooling.
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vincep Regular poster 299 posts
vincep

Like this

Having hauled the mixes and acids in the same load for Pepsi. I had to placard the trailer haz-mat as the syrup is flammable and of course the acid corrosive. Just an FYI having done this previously. So whichever portion of the haz-mat is the most per dot RQ required quantity gets placarded first on all 4 sides of the trailer then the next largest RQ and so on. There's also a minimum RQ where your not required to placard each haz-mat item is different. Like the way this scene is turning out.
Vince P
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Nevin W. Wilson NevinW Regular poster 332 posts
Nevin W. Wilson NevinW

Well done

I really like the winter scenery.  

Modeling the Maryland Midland Railroad circa 2006

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htbl36 Regular poster 105 posts
htbl36

Fantastic

Love the details, it looks great!!

 

Henry-
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JohnF281 Active Member 70 posts
JohnF281

Thanks

Thanks for the comments. 

I just received some Micro Scale Placards. I plan on adding them to the trailer and tank cars. 

John

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JeffBulman Regular poster 461 posts
JeffBulman

Awesome layout! I love it.

Awesome layout! I love it. What did you use for the gate?

 

Jeff
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JohnF281 Active Member 70 posts
JohnF281

Gate

Thanks Jeff. It’s actually just styrene tubing. I have a pin at the bottom to stick in the scenery where it can be closed and opened.

John

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vincep Regular poster 299 posts
vincep

John the placards

The placards would only be on inbound loads unless there was a plant to plant transfer. Pepsi also had truck deliveries of acid along with tank car loads of syrup and acid. This was at the Olympia Washington plant. The premixed syrups i hauled came out of Southern California. Any questions just pm i'll get back in touch as soon as I can
Vince P
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brockpaine Active Member 90 posts
brockpaine

Nice work!

I am quite impressed by the quality of all the different pieces your layout brings together. Well done, sir!

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Mike MILW199 Regular poster 287 posts
Mike MILW199

Car spot at end of track

On the Phosphoric Acid unloading area, do you have any room to lengthen the track behind the car?  Spotting a car that close to the end of a track, especially with a building right there, is somewhat frowned upon in the modern era.  From the angle depicted, I cannot tell if there is a (substantial) bumping post or similar. 

Extending the track 30-40 scale feet, and adding a large dirt (or ballast) pile seems to be the current recommended practice these days.  The preference is to have the car spot at least a car length from end of track, but 10-20 feet from a dirt pile is accepted in places that don't have the space.  One customer I have switched has a stout bumping post inside the building, and the car spots within 5 feet of it, which was grandfathered in, but anything newer would need to have more room.

Mike  former WSOR engineer  "Safety First (unless it costs money)"  http://www.wcgdrailroad.com/
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Wendell1976 Regular poster 415 posts
Wendell1976

Your layout

To John F.: You are doing a great job with your layout. Keep up the good work! Wendell
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JohnF281 Active Member 70 posts
JohnF281

Acid Unloading Spot

Thanks for the advise. This spot was thought of after the construction of the layout. I am planning on extending the gated area a bit into the lot other than that I am out of room. There will be a mirror against the wall behind the building which will extend the look of the building and spur.

The Ballast pile is a great idea and I think will look great at the end of the ADM transfer spur.

Thanks everyone for the comments. I am kind of a lone wolf modeler with no one around that is into model railroading.

John

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vincep Regular poster 299 posts
vincep

John

Your doing a great job and sorry if we sound like old hens nagging. Just trying to help you get a more realistic feel.
Vince P
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JohnF281 Active Member 70 posts
JohnF281

Pepsi Plant

Thanks Vince. I am in the aviation business so don’t know a lot of the details around these facilities. I’ll take all of the tips and advise I can get. Do you recall any other loads that were brought in by rail or truck? 

John

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Chuck Geiger Regular poster 225 posts
Chuck Geiger

Nice a modern version of Allagash

The scenery Jerry - The scenery!

Chuck Geiger

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vincep Regular poster 299 posts
vincep

Use to haul

Use to haul the new empty soda cans loaded from floor to ceiling wall to wall end to end for coke. And still not be over 7800 pounds for the entire load as most the weight was chep pallets the Blue pallets you see out there. Also empty 2 liter bottles pre cap. The cans also did not have the tops on as that's done after filling them at the plant. Conveyor belts break, rolling tracks fail, all stuff brought in by a service truck and might have a segment or 2 of track or belt for fast repairs done Pepsi also had spares on site wrapped & under shelter. Also under shelter many big stacks of pallets ready to put finished product on the Pepsi plant also made and filled Gatorade also. And as a detail note, loaded soda trucks like beer trucks can be dangerous loads in the sense easy to have a load shift, that either ends up on the floor and the driver has to pick up and or straighten out. Or the worst case scenario the load causing the truck to roll over because the liquid acts like a tank truck. Take a soda bottle fill it 3/4 full with water holding the the neck on it's side move it rapidly any direction so the water rushes either from end to end or side to side. Now magnify that by 44,000 pounds gives you a good idea what happens hence why some trucks take longer to turn a corner. Liquids are a wild load to deal with.
Vince P
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DirtyD79 Active Member 96 posts
DirtyD79

Liking the pictures and the

Liking the pictures and the custom switchers. Good job 
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