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csx layout

Hello everyone!

First I apologize for my bad english. I am a 38 old man from Spain. I want to build a layout inspired on CSX railroad in Florida state. I want local freights and some industries. Can you help me please?

WPM 2010 (lots of photos!)

Little late, but here are my WPM photos... Didn't get a good shot of me at the table, had a guy take some for me, but he must have been really shaky, they made me sea-sick looking at them!


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Finishing & Weathering Brick Structures

I'm in the home stretch with my first structure but there are a few problems I'm facing and would appreciate suggestions/pointers.  My building is a kitbash of 3 Walthers Commissary buildings  which required trimming the foundations down to fit the buildings together.  Despite my best efforts I've discovered my cuts weren't totally square.  Here is a quick shot with my loading dock test fit in place:

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Photos from a recent BC&SJ op session

Finally, after a 6 month moratorium on operations while I was shooting video, making scenery, shooting more video, making more scenery, shooting more video, etc. ...  for HOT Trains volume 1, the Bear Creek and South Jackson management decided it was time to run trains again. Well the guys in the video credits were complaining the yard was a mess and that none of the paperwork was with the freight cars it should've been and they were right.

Prototype early 1900's

You may want to take a look here:

http://www.shorpy.com/

Lots of high definition old pictures (late 1800's to 1970's). Categorized. Have fun!.

What do you use for radio communications?

Good Day Everyone,

I have now been hosting operating sessions on my layout for almost a year and so far it is going quite well. The one thing that would be nice is to have radio communication versus just "yelling" out orders/requests. So my question is, what system do you use for radio communications?

Thanks in advance to everyone that responds!

Cheers,

Colin

Prototype track

Look at this 1943 picture of the C&NW Proviso yard:

http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-125171/cache/col...

The switch just BEGS to be modeled!.

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Walthers Rolling Stock

I'm engaged in an active search to find some logging flat cars to go with a lumber mill scene that I am developing on my layout.  The is based on the Walther's sawmill kit from a decade ago and I have been chasing after some of the Walthers logging flat cars that go with it.   Luckily we model railroaders  have a habit of acquiring things to squirrel away so with enough time I should be able to meet my "needs" on Ebay. This is the only real option for a guy living on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to acquire items no longer in production.

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One of my first structures ...

Hopefully not one of my last. This is a really detailed but small structure. The setting is in the more arid regions of Southern California (aw, come on, all of Southern California is arid, isn't it ?). This structure shows how harsh the desert or near-desert weather can age the buildings. This is out in the "boon docks", where not even the buffalo roam.

Laser etched detail, including the shingles, clapboard and red brick foundation (not).

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Narrow gauge stock train

I've got the idea at MRH Jul/Aug 2010 by Charlie Comstock

Wolfgang


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