Weekly Photo Fun 8/23/2014-8/29/2014

[FCIN]

Reinhard, thanks for the review on the Bachmann ALCO's. I am very partial to ALCO's and you hae convinced me I need to add some to my roster.
Charlie

Charlie; I have one of the Bachmann ALCo S-4's too and am very pleased with this inexpensive DCC/Sound equipped model. Runs very smooth and sounds just like the ALCo's we had on the F&C. Especially like how they captured the turbo "whistling" sound.

[Charlie B]

My friend Railcop brought one over to show me and I was impressed. I see M B Klein is out of stock on the PRR so I will wait till Christmas.
Charlie

[faraway]

My friend Railcop brought one over to show me and I was impressed. I see M B Klein is out of stock on the PRR so I will wait till Christmas.
Charlie

I got a second from Trainworld (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.trainworld.com">http://www.trainworld.com</a><!-- m -->). They should be still on stock
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[Charlie B]

I'm in no hurry so I will wait for Klein and hopefully save 20 bucks...but thanks for the link.
I see Trainworld doesn't have their adds on line anymore, 9at least I didn't find them. I used to download them and read them page by page. I got some very good deals over the years from their adds.
Charlie

[doctorwayne]

wow, some major layout work going on these days!

Wayne - are you going to have to add a second set of power feeders with the longer main line?

Geez, I hope not. I'd have to buy another 4' of wire, and the complications of doing all that extra wiring just makes my head spin.
Luckily, I'll be able to put it off for a while as I need to save up for some track - a rough guess-timate looks like around 300' of it. That should do the main line, with passing sidings, staging, the CNR interchange and some industrial sidings, along with the engine terminal. I'll have a better idea once all the framing is done and plywood installed on the top. That'll let me play around to see what the track arrangement should look like. I have a number of operational and visual requirements, but there's not much need for a trackplan - the main line will run from the current "end-of-the-line" to the upper staging yard, represented by the grey area in the photo below.




Wayne

[ray_m]

This is a plastic Hobbytown RS3 I detailed, painted and powered with the drive components of an IHC C415.

[Sumpter250]

Long Island Rail Road, Alco C420
   

[ray_m]

PC 5687 working the yard.