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Bixby Interlocking Tower

Sun, 2012-03-18 09:41 — ferroequinologist1

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To All: Another of the scratchbuilt interlocking towers on the E. St. Louis Rail Group layout is Bixby Interlocking Tower at the entrance to Missouri Avenue Yard. Here is a pix attachment of Bixby Tower.

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Valley Jct.. Interlocking Tower

Sun, 2012-03-18 09:32 — ferroequinologist1

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To All: All the interlocking towers on the E. St. Louis Rail Group layout were scratchbuilt by me from photos in a TRRA Historical Society publication. Here is an attached photo of the Interlocking tower at Valley Jct.

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Rural Drawbridge prototype

Wed, 2012-03-14 18:47 — dfandrews

I've spent the last two days riding Amtrak #11 from Seattle, WA to Southern California, CA. And, of course, my face was glued to the window most of the time; camera and notepad in hands.

In central Oregon I spotted the perfect prototype for a drawbridge to fit a non-industrial or rural setting. I would love to build it, even though it won't fit my layout. So, I'm hoping that someone on this forum might have some detailed info on it.

water

Mon, 2012-03-12 16:40 — green bay western

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Hey Gang!

What's the best way to model deep water?..I want to make the water for my GB&W Fox River Crossing and would like it to be over 1" thick. I was looking at Envirotex light and multi pours.Is there anything better out there?

Also will the material attack the pink foam river edges?

thanks Paul B

Scratchbuilt Grain Elevator

Sun, 2012-03-11 20:03 — steve r

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This elevator was originally built for one of my modules as part of a portable layout group that has since gone dormant. I'm revising my home layout so I'm going to try to work it into the new trackplan.

Dwarf Signal

Sun, 2012-03-11 07:13 — TNT53

I have designed and produced a O scale, scale-sized (1/48) B&O CPL dwarf signal, built from the plans of the General Railway Signal Type VA dwarf. Here's a picture of the painted signal:

You can find the details on my blog here:

It's Itsy-Bitsy

Doin' the Desert - Scenery and Backdrops on the 8th Sub

Sat, 2012-03-10 11:08 — wp8thsub

Scenery construction is underway. Follow along as the Great Basin takes shape.

UPDATES:

03/15/2012: Rockwork completed around the steel trestle scene. See page 4.

03/16/2012: Color applied to the rocks. See page 5.

Grimes Line Update

Thu, 2012-03-08 18:10 — jfmcnab

Finished up most of the scenery between Hickman Road and Millard Lumber on my IAIS Grimes Line layout. This is a heavily wooded area on the prototype and I wanted to best simulate the tree tunnel found along the line.