Hello MRH community, 

I am new here; however not new to MRH. I met some of the great folks that make MRH possible at the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver this last September and they urged me to share my modeling and photography endeavors with the MRH community. I hope to make some new friends and continue to learn and explore our passion we all share. 

Vignettes Along the Branch Line

I creates this series in an attempt to capture the Model Railroad my friend and I have been building for the last 3 years. It’s still under development however I’ve reached enough of the missions to shoot a storybook of what we call the Longmont Terminal and Northern Railroad. It is a freelance layout based on the Colorado & Southern Line from Denver to Billings with Longmont being the focus of our front range railroad and it’s rural nature found in the 1940’s-1950’s. 

I will add more images in the coming weeks as I get time. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them. 

For those of you using TOMA or modules in general, how do you create elevations below track level? Are you using risers to lift the roadbed above the top of the module framework? Or are you building the scenery down into the module? If you are using risers, I think the alignment of framework would look wonky with one module being, say 54 inches from the floor and the next module being only 48 inches off the floor.

I know there are a couple of tie plants that have been modeled. I kinda' think it would would go well in a service area. I'm just wondering if it can be done in a 1' x 4' space especially a the track used for that would be N scale. For an HO layout. I'm kinda figuring two tracks into the plant, and probably two drip tracks as well as untreated lumber storage. Anything else I might be missing?

Charlie

Popped the cork to mark the start of the New Year. Only one resolution -- no more threads on death of the hobby.