My Layout

Had a sip or rum and ran some trains!!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RnhLCqRbCR8

@C_Murley posted:

Had a sip or rum and ran some trains!!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RnhLCqRbCR8

Nice 👍

I'm missing that beautiful brick wall though 🤐

haha, nice! getting there, hopefully in the next few months!!!

One step closer! Got the perimeter installed and painted around 75% of the layout and then got to finish up blast and some scenic work! Now on to the coal breaker, the yard, and the mountain in that area of the layout. Then finally install the finishing touch of The Fence!

my new to me geep has about an hour of run time on it now. Doesn’t quite have the tractive effort as my RS3..... go figure ;-) DL guys would be proud haha! Anyways putting it through some trials before sending it out for repaint. More on that later.....

Looks good! I think I was just watching a youtube video of your layout not more than an hour ago haha

C Murley - I thought you were a switcher guy - that doesn't look much like a switcher. Next thing you know you are going to grab one of the big engines that needs 072 minimum and then major surgery on the layout - just like what happened to me.  Fell in love with the big scale engines - no going back. No regrets either - or is it regerts?  ; )

Haha! Switcher guy all the way! Especially local switchers! The Geep I guess is a road switcher and will be sent out for repaint into a locomotive I had seen running around the valley when I was younger. How do you pick locomotives? I’ve decided to pick ones that mean something to me. So, I’m modeling Pocono Northeast and Reading and Northern on my layout.  Not a “normal” roster but it’s a good thing we got people that love to repaint locomotives! So, keep an eye out here for some 1980’s NEPA switchers!

The layout looks great!

Thanks Mark, we're having fun!

A little more action! Got the “plug” made for the middle of the layout. That’s where the north East PA WARM radio station lives. Still have to assemble the antenna. Anyways happy with how it turned out and it’s fit. For maintenance, for the most part it can just lift out. Also, I picked up a new car last week. Was gonna put it in the “buy anything cool” thread but will stick it here. It’s just a simple Erie Lackawanna Lumber Car, but means a lot to me. One cause the EL ran through these parts, and two the labeling. I know it’s a MTH car and mikes last name is wolf but that’s also my business. My main job is building custom wooden wing sets for aerobatic aircraft. My company is wolf aircraft products. So this is a shipment of raw spruce stock headed my way 😎

Nice looking layout have fun take a sip of Rum 4 me!!

Had to get them all going......

a little update!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JES1oAf9H28&pp=sAQA

Hi C Murely,

I like! Everything is beginning to look lush. You may have your work cut out for you in tree installation. That will be another transformation in itself.

Dave

You've done a great job!!! You are doing what I thought I could do in a year or so....still working 5 years later!!!

CONGRATS

@C_Murley - Really enjoying your progress and the updates. Thanks for sharing it.

I particularly like the "updated postwar" look that you've achieved.  I think you mentioned using plaster cloth - what did you use to support them, and do you have any in-progress photos of building the hills and mountains?

Can you post a track plan (even just a rough sketch)?

Coal Breaker is finished! UGM anthracite is our contract anthracite mining company. It was a fun project! Also the dock and laser cut building was a lot of fun to build and Rebekah enjoyed painting and weathering them! Not bad for a first try! I see more of those kits in our future! Also preparing the fence for installation! Dad and I are putting that up after the great turkey feast next week! Anyways, enjoy!

Nice progress Chris. The coal loads look good too.

And.......... Done!  Rebekah installed the skirt around the layout last night, and we rewired and installed the great fence after the feast tonight. Happy Thanksgiving all.........

Chris, The layout and trains look great!  I really like the brick wall fascia!  I don't recall ever seeing anything quite like it.  Then it is topped off with a light on every pedestal!    Is that your son and his wife or girlfriend?  Great photographs!