Tarting up a Bowser-Brill 2 rail trolley, now wired to work off overhead wire. Changing poles will change the direction and the lighting when I am done.....Q Car Parts and a Dremel made it possible....
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That's cool 
Looks good on those brick streets!!
...and give those old stamped brass trolleys that appear from time to time on e-bay a second look; it's easy to pass them by because of lack of detail but they can be spruced up with paint, parts, archer rivets....
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More on the real Corry and Columbus in Springkirths Greater Erie Trolleys.Interesting little Toonerville.
I highly recommend any of Ken's books, we've chatted a lot at Lake Shore Railway Museum. He was one of my influences to get me into traction modeling.
One of the first trolley books I had many moons ago was one he published before he went west.It was a hectographed copy on the Buffalo and Lake Erie.I wonder what happened to it?Maybe I am just having a senior moment.Didn't this father work for the B&LE?If you are interested in the B&LE I have a paper I put together on the B&LE/B&E
freight equipment.If you want send me your mail address.My e-mail address is
Love the brick streets.
Absolutely beautiful....great job and photos!!
Alan
I really like how the yellow and white surfaces jump out in the top 2 pictures.
Can you share what you used for the brick covered streets? They are quite unique.
Originally Posted by zoradt:
I really like how the yellow and white surfaces jump out in the top 2 pictures.
Can you share what you used for the brick covered streets? They are quite unique.
It is a printed paper brick that I found on e-bay, Scenery Sheets by John Bull Trains
One very nice thing about them is that they make it easy to remove dust and cat hair from the layout
Very nice!...sadly I have to pass on those as they all run 2 rail and I run 3 rail...just can't seem to find traction trucks in 3.
Like others said, definitely looks sharp with the Brick streets.
post a video
Really nice. At the WGH show in Oaks, PA a few weeks ago, some of the modular layout trolley's had opening doors when the cars stopped. I would love to see how that circuit works and/or executed within the trolley!
