Paris Junction/Bob_Suruncle's layout

[Squidbait]

Over in Bob's thread about his bashed mikado, someone asked about the layout it was photographed on.

Here's some pics I've taken of the Paris Junction layout - in the Paris Junction Hobbies store.

Here's the layout as it sits in the store (the clutter and debris varies from day-to-day ):



And here's the house loco, Paris Junction #101, a Bachmann GE 70 Tonner, custom-lettered by Bob:



Here's 101 with my (original) Athearn pickle car. I was offered some good money for that car before Roundhouse re-issued it. At least they haven't done the Heinz one (yet!)



Here's (one of) Bob's pride-and-joys, a Proto 2000 0-8-0 at the station (a DPM kit):



Here's 101 in front of one of the nicest structures on the layout, a kitbashed foundry from Railway Design Associates:



Here's 8410 working the yard:



And one I shot just to demonstrate to someone the differences between "scale" and "gauge":

[Bigsteel]

nice pics SB,bob has a really nice in shop layout,much better than the ones im used to seeing!--josh

[LiveSteamer]

Great Pictures.

[ocalicreek]

Hey, that was me! I was the one who asked about the layout...er...I think. Anyway, thanks for posting the pictures. Great work, Bob! Nice pics, Squidbait!

I am particularly pleased to see the ERTL/RDA foundry kitbash. I've got one of those and it really looks like a nice starting place for a kitbash. Nice work.

Galen

[ocalicreek]

Oh, and that pickle car...why didn't you put the rods in place?

That had to be one of the first really tricky Athearn kits I ever assembled. Still have it, and still think it's one of the neater cars out there. The solid side cars just don't have the same interest for me, but I do like the billboard aspect.

Someday I will have one of the Heinz 'Apple Butter' reefers...someday...

Galen

[Squidbait]

Thanks Galen,

I didn't put the rods in because that car was a $2 find at a MRR swap meet - no trucks or couplers, and apparently no rods! :o

[Herc Driver]

Nice trains and great looking backdrop.

[Squidbait]

Nice trains and great looking backdrop.

The backdrop is made by Sceniking.

[Squidbait]

Here's a couple of videos I shot of Bob_Suruncle's new mike 1012 working on the store layout. It's a Spectrum Chinese 2-8-2 with a Tsunami (medium?) steam decoder and the biggest speaker Bob could wedge into the tender.

[shortliner]

Does anyone have the size and a track plan?

[Squidbait]

A few more pics.... this time from the "B" list.... I'm not really happy with them for one reason or another (incomplete backdrop, so-so focus or lighting)

Bob's 1012 in front of the RDA bashed foundry:



A Bachmann PM Berkshire pulling past the same foundry:



... and heading the other way:



On a side-note, I'm really impressed with that Berk. It's a very smooth runner, the detail is good, and comes with (albeit a minimalist decoder) DCC on board for $120 CDN! If you're looking for nice-running big steam, take a look at this one.

Lastly, an Erie HH660 pushing some pickles at the pickle works:

[Squidbait]

Does anyone have the size and a track plan?

Well, it's about that wide, and maybe so deep.... I think it's 8' long, and maybe 18" at its deepest. As for a track plan, it started off years ago as two demonstrator modules I'd built, then Bob took 'em home and re-worked them. I don't think there was ever a fixed track plan in mind at any time.

Here's a rough guestimation of the layout:

[bob_suruncle]

I need to spend some more time tweaking the back EMF on that unit still....

[shortliner]

Thanks for the plan - Jack

[Bigsteel]

love the berk ,but only 120 cdn? is that just the standard line? or is it spectrum? i would like to get the C&O version and rework it into a more appropriate C&O kanawha.--josh