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Synergy
Built the climb out of staging over the last 2 days.
The climb is 2.2% and is currently held in place by clamps. I'll screw it together on Saturday now that it is tested.
With 1 locomotive I was able to pull 15 cars up the hill and around the 2 curves, but only barely. It did stall twice on the grade but recovered both times.
With 2 power units, we pulled 29 cars up with ease; no obvious slipping, no significant slowing.
Nice! That's SYNERGY. My largest train will be 24 to 28 cars.
Bring your own locomotive night
As well as my own layout the Kanunda & Emu Flat Railway I regularly operate on the Ippinitchie Creek & Unicorn Timber & Mining Co. The December session is usually bring your own loco. The video below shows some scenes from the IC&UT&MC. The IC&UT&MC is a freelanced 1960s short line. There are four main stations Afton, Barre, Catalpa, and Davidson in alphabetical order as well as a branch to Opie and Unicorn.
Lights, Camera, Action!
THE RAILROAD HAS LIGHTS! Once again, I have solve-ed the problem; which is why they used to pay me the big bucks. . .LOL! Having had eight clip-on lights hanging from the backdrop of the old railroad, the new layout has very short backdrops and are not conducive to clip-on lights of any kind.
Solution: take a combination of small screws and tea cup holders and attach the lights to the ceiling, running the long IKEA cords to a central point hidden behind the backdrop at the end of the rail yard. A couple of zip ties and two pieces of DUCK tape later, and, viola!
The mountain behind the turntable..... now with attempt #2
One thing that is a given with me is that there are going to be mountains on my railroad layout. The bigger the better too. Even on a shelf layout I'm going to have mountains. So it is with my latest layout. I have a sharp curve going around the backside of my TT and the perfect way to hide it is a tunnel. It's also a corner which is another great excuse for a mountain. I needed a break from the TT/ roundhouse work so I decided to do a little scenery.
Developing a logo for my Richlawn Railroad
Even though my freestyle railroad features a real railroad - the L&N I'm thinking that I'd like to develop a logo for the Richlawn Railroad. Years ago I had a graphic artist as a neighbor and he developed a logo for my burglar alarm company for $$$. Since I'm frugal (a cheapskate) I'm hoping that I can get some free advise / ideas from you creative types. The initials are "RRR" so that could be a starting point. I'm willing to pay for ideas with my eternal gratitude.
You get extra Brownie Points for actual logo artwork. Thanks in advance!
Reading Railroad
This is a freelanced railroad, loosely based on the Reading Railroad from Reading to Philadelphia. I started construction in November 2012. Now, one year into it, I am starting my first Blog.
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