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What’s on your workbench?

I’m starting to think about home.  What is on my workbench?   Cleaned up before leaving....   Gotta rely on your pictures and thoughts!!!

Let’s go!!!  Have a good!!!

Jim Vail R.I.P.

Sad news posted on a yahoo forum this morning:

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A Visit to Neil Erickson's Umauma Railway!

Today my wife and I had the pleasure of visiting Neil Erickson's Umauma Railway ( Neil's Blog ) just outside of Hilo Hawaii. Neil is a long time friend from this forum and this is the sixth of my MRH Friends layouts we have been able to visit.

After a picturesque drive down UP the backroads outside of Hilo, we arrived at Neil's farm. It's a quaint location not far from the coast, in an area that used to be vast sugar cane fields.

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Racket At Riverdale!

 

Chicago Yellowstone and Pacific big Baldwin center-cab DT 6-6-2000 #58 departs Riverdale north on the Riverdale Sub to Brighton Park.

Kitbashed in 1995 from Stewart AS-616 bodies on a scratched frame with Mashima motor and A-Line flywheels, #58 recently received a Loksound Select Micro sound decoder and TDS sugarcube speakers.

 

Cost of entry into the hobby

I thought that we had beaten this horse to death a while back, but then I came across this recent Youtube video by a fellow in the UK with what I think is a fairly good argument for the perceived decrease in younger model railroaders, at least in Britain.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HanqNOWgiNs

A couple of questions:

Steam crane kit

Looking for a kit of a HO scale steam crane. Would prefer a crawler but car mounted would work also. 

ALPINE RAILROAD IN NJ-LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS

I am asking the MHR community for some help in solving a problem I created with my choice of layout scenery. My layout was originally conceptualized 25 yrs ago as a much smaller layout with no intention of adding a backdrop or anything like that. I started this current version with the old idea then expanded it because I had the room to do so. Although I do plan on adding a backdrop at some point, I didn't take this into consideration when I stuck with the basics of how I originally thought the scenery would look. 

ALPINE RAILROAD IN NJ-EVOLUTION IN PICS PART VII

When I last posted I had just completed adding rocks to the newest section of my layout. I flew to CA for vacation on 12/27 and am still here now in LA on business until Feb. Of course that means I don't get to work on the layout but before I left I took a few more photos to share after I had colored all the remaining white plaster with Woodland Scenics earth pigment. It really makes a huge difference. Even without grass or trees the layout starts to look more realistic.


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