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jwb Wrote:Brings back memories.....

I did find tons of SP geep photos from the LA area. They must have been very prominent in the commuter business at that time. Lots of them had steam generator to heat the train. I wonder on how many days a year do you need (steam) heating in commuter trains in the LA area?

The only regular commuter runs on the SP during the diesel era were on the San Francisco peninsula, which is 400 miles or so from LA. Weather there could be cooler, but winter temperatures in the 40s and 50s F aren't unusual in LA (it snows every couple of decades, for that matter). And actually, only 10 GP9s had steam generators, often used on off-hour commutes, but often as well filling in on freights and on the Sunset Limited. The Train Masters were the main commute locos until the SDP45s were freed up from Amtrak lease in the mid-1970s, since the GP9s didn't have the power for rush hour trains. The SP was in decline by the 1980s, and it kept GP9s longer than most roads; a lot were in the LA area, but when I got up to Roseville and the NWP, I could see some there, too. The set in the photo got regular use between West Colton, Los Angeles, and various branches in the area. Single units were used on some of the ex-Pacific Electric lines, too.

Ok, an old corrugated steel grain elevator is not the primary choice for a modern industry area :o
Working on the foundation of a more suitable industry



ps. I like the grain elevator and stored it in the basement.

I toyed around with some DPM parts. There are several packs with square and round windows in the basement that could be the base of another generation of brick buildings.

faraway Wrote:Ok, an old corrugated steel grain elevator is not the primary choice for a modern industry area :o
Working on the foundation of a more suitable industry



ps. I like the grain elevator and stored it in the basement.

Now that is one interesting photo! At first glance it looks like you are modelling some modern data centers (wonder if they have rail service?) with huge cooling fans on the roof - second glance shows they are just handy weights for your foundation while the glue dries. Must get new glasses. :ugeek:

Love your modelling BTW.

faraway Wrote:Ok, an old corrugated steel grain elevator is not the primary choice for a modern industry area :o
Working on the foundation of a more suitable industry



ps. I like the grain elevator and stored it in the basement.

Very fine Reinhard!

Are you a disguised computer dealer ??

After an old corrugated grain elevator and a brick load dock looked odd at the empty space I will do a mill. The mill will break out of the lined up buildings at the background. While browsing the internet I stumbled over the Capitol Mill in LA. It is a relative small structure made of several building covering all kind of building styles and material (only the oldest part has been saved). That inspired me to give it a try to make my own assembly of buildings to form a freelance mill.
This are the raw kernels of the first two structures.

The raw kernels are looking good.

Work on the mill proceeds well. I love it to cut and glue styrene all day long.
The red and brown are styrene brick elements. The right wing became home for three wall elements of the Cornerstone bakery. I am currently looking for some structure to be placed at the sand patch with the holes (former Heki bushes) next to the building with the two loading docks.

ps. The ground cover will be fixed (grass becomes concrete) when I know the dimensions of the final building ensemble.

Reinhard,

Extremely nice work on this model.

Larry

The Capitol Mill looks fantastic!


However you still need to add a FULL Southern Pacific Style light package to both of those Geeps! They look bare without them.

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Thanks for the kind words

Mileswestern Wrote:...However you still need to add a FULL Southern Pacific Style light package to both of those Geeps! They look bare without them...

They are on order from Walthers. The front is prepared by cutting of the old lights flush.

The empty gap at the sand patch has been filled in the meantime. I intend to run a (grain) pipe from the silo in the background to the building just added when everything has been glued in place.



ps. Capitol mill in LA looks very different but I did get a lot of inspiration from it. e.g. the top part of the silo. It is a wild mix of all kind of structures build and added over the time.
pps. Photo has been take with a very useful tripod from UK

I like the new complex very much!

hock:

great work, Reinhard !!!!!!