A couple of good friends visited the Leetown Division recently---glad Charlie made it home beyond Buffalo before the snow storm

   

Hello,

the title is correct, not the narrow gauge K-28 but instead the standard gauge C-28 is the object of this thread.










Two years ago Brasstrains had a selection of these brass imports from Key Imports. One was unpainted with some traces of this infamous red foam. One was painted all black and this one shown in the pictures. All 3 were offered with just the same, and i mean very special, low price. I could'nt resist and kept my eyes to this little green loco.
Several weeks later the package arrived here on the other side of the big pond.The photos were made immediately after unboxing.
This is just a introduction what i have had purchased.


Lutz

An ex-coworker of mine has a little bit of the bug.  He's retired and stops by occasionally to see my progress.  His typical involvement in the hobby has been setting up something for Christmas, but he has some space available in his basement.  He has a few locomotives he'd like to bring over and operate on my layout, but mine is DCC, and he inquired about retrofitting his locomotives.  

I call Sam "Mr. Microhands".  Seriously, he has really tiny fingers and hands and we'd always employ him for tightening fasteners in really tight quarters.  He's also a Ford guy - drives a 66 Fairlane as his daily driver, has a 66 Galaxie convertible, does all the maintenance and repair on them, has a '60 Impala and his wife has a '69 Camaro R/S.  He's also an electrical engineer, so I anticipate he'd have no issue installing an encoder.

Figured we'd start slow and easy - he bought a Digitrax encoder (no sound) with a harness with long leads that we're going to fit into an Athearn blue box Alco 1000 switcher.  It'll be good to have some foreign power run through the gorge at some point soon and I'll get some pictures.

WPMA-17 swaps loads for empties at Agway.

Bruce

   

Again,
in August 2022 the South West Division group of FREMO has made their summer convention in Ubstadt.
This year the timeframe was set in modern era 2000's +


Running looong trains.


Hermosa Beach, a brand new built module by Alain, is a citrus fruit packing station.


The just have loaded the reefer with orange crates.


A crate manufacturer was also modeled. Green truck is waiting to be loades with new empty crates. The planls therefor were delivered by rail.


Next stretch of the main is street running through a quiet suburb, Hysteria Lane or so. Built by Jens.


Then Upper Terminal with it's barge operation is reached. Last year is was a pure plywood district, this year Silvia and Stefan managed it to ballast the tracks, made the water and built the ferry terminal.


Uwe's curvature modules with the scratch built switches were ballasted and some landscape was done.


Happy moonshiners in the Marengo Swamp.


Not so happy ex-moonshiners also in the Marengo Swamp.





Springfield yard built by Jens and still under constuction. This yard has two narrow bends because it is also used as home layout and has to be fit into the room.


7th Street industrial area.


And at least Flats at the end of the branch.

Lutz

Well, I thought that the outhouse needed it own thread, it's a rule to keep it away from any other structure, so I am.

This is a lot smaller than the other two, but easier since I made it in traditional upright boards rather than logs. Note the size, just about right for a two-hole structure, about 4' x 8' x 7'H. Just a bit smaller than a US dime. Now I need to build Pioneer Park and include all three structures along with some picnic benches.

   

   
   
   
   
   

A pair of CNR U2 Northerns head train 421 north on the Stoney Creek Hill

P1480162 by Ed Creechan, on Flickr

I just got an Email from Gold Rush Bay and they are doing an HO scale Aadams Family mansion for a reasonable price. I have bought from Christian before and I am very happy with his offerings. I just want to pass this along for those interested. They may be in other scales too. He has a pretty extensive line of 3d printed buildings and other items 
https://www.goldrushbay.com/collections/ho-scale-1-87
   
Charlie

OH NO MR.BILL