Progress Shots

[jwb]

Thanks -- I'll have some talc plant update photos here, too.

I put a couple of motors in the tentative motor storage area to scope things out. I think it can be done. The AEM7 is placed where there would be an additional active track, while the track the E60 is on would be scenery-only.     A retaining wall would go behind the E60 track. I would do it up to remind me generally of motor storage in Penn Station or New Haven. I guess that dates me, huh?

I picked up a number of Walthers Amfleets on sale as old stock in a hobby shop in the 1990s and have gradually been updating them. Here's an overall view, with the lettering upgraded with MicoScale decals:    

I added Train Station Amfleet diaphrams to the ends, with some paint improvements, including extending the Amtrak 3-stripes to the corner beyond the door.     I think these are acceptable as layout models and probably won't be paying $70 a pop for the new Walthers tooling.