@laming posted:Having allowed myself to re-enter the 3-rail aspect of model trains, my long history of appreciation for traditional-sized trains (all makes/types, not just Lionel) is already causing a flow of acquisitions to my doorstep.
I have a "direction" for my 3-rail, but it will be a while in the transpiring of same (if it comes to pass).
In the meantime, here of late, I've been enjoying posing certain traditional pieces on my existing leftover bench work from layout experiments past, and trying to envision if my ideas for 3-rail could look as good in person as they do in my mind's eye.
Here's one such "posing" effort I shot just a few minutes ago, and if you'll use your imagination along with me, then replace the Marx track with weathered-black GarGraves track, also see in your mind cinder ballast even with the ties and the cinder scrubble of a cinder-based yard, a few weeds, and such as that. Let's title this "12th St Yard Freight Departure"...
So far, my little experiments are reinforcing my thinking this could be a fun and personally rewarding approach to model trains.
Andre
In a word .... AWESOME!!! The figures posed in the foreground allow the the mind to interpret/appreciate the vast size of the steam locomotive. The postwar Erie boxcar is posed perfectly, giving a sense of forced perspective. Tying the scene all together is the perfect choice ( IMHO ) of background buildings you have chosen. Keep the photos coming Andre'!!
