Rail-fanning with Doctor Wayne

A Conrail RS3m and caboose makes its way thru Whiskey Point.

Bruce

Ah....Houston...we, uh...we have lift-off...



Wayne

OOOUCH!, I know the feeling , I posted this pic not long ago, when I took it I didn't notice anything wrong, then I posted it and seen the bottom of my GERN sign was lifting up :oops: :oops: :oops:

I like the pale weathering if the UP switchers

faraway Wrote:I like the pale weathering if the UP switchers

Thanks so much Reinhard! :mrgreen:

Nice pic Bruce!!!!!!!! is that a pinto wagon in front of the gremlin ?????? got power back today

Both in back of a Jeep Wagoneer.

kamerad47 Wrote:is that a pinto wagon in front of the gremlin ?

Yes , it's a 1977 model, both the Pinto and Gremlin are from Fresh Cherries which use to be available at Wal-Mart for less then $3.00. Thanks for the comment.

Bruce

After making a pick up of an empty reefer, RS3m 9986 with the caboose in the lead position heads back to the yard.

Bruce

In addition to buildings with roofs that won't stay put, I also had a similar problem recently with bridges...





Actually, I had been ballasting the last portion of the mainline on the upper level of the layout, and had run out of the rock ballast given to me by my good friend Charlie. It was made from screenings used in his driveway, so I picked up a couple of 50lb. bags of similar stuff from my almost-local lumber yard, and set about sifting it to get useable scale-size material. Each successive screening yielded smaller and smaller pieces, but also a lot of dust. I would have done the work outside if it had been nicer, but with snow and cool temperatures, the layout room it was. After getting and applying the needed material, almost everything that could be removed from the layout in that aisle was removed, although some of the structures were vacuumed in-place.

Of course, the waters of the Maitland River and Chippawa Creek needed the same treatment, and the bridges, built to be removeable as single entitiies, were lifted out for the cleaning...



...I used the brush attachment on my shop vac, and you can clearly see how severe the problem was...



...nearby Chippawa Creek was similar, seen here partially cleaned...



The ballast work extended from where the camera was for this view, to just past the jugs of white glue and Woodland Scenics ground foam in the distance - about 11' of double track, including several turnouts and a crossover, plus a couple of feet into a local industry in the distance and a couple more feet into an industrial district near the camera....



The work also included the tracks leading off the the right to my good friend Ed's Leetown Sub of the CNR...



...beyond the ballasted area, the tracks will be hidden by scenery. They (two tracks) lead to a staging area in my former paint shop.

Wayne