One evening during this past York, I got an invite from my good friend Cesar Buono who goes by "Fatboy" here on the forum to visit his layout. So off we went going down unfamiliar highways (thank goodness for GPS) to see in person what we have seen here on the forum only in pictures. WOW...what a BEAUTIFUL layout!! Cesar is one talented guy. During the visit he informed me that he was moving to a new home and the layout was just days away from being taken down. The new area he was going to rebuild in was such that he was not sure he would have room from some of the custom models he built that were on this soon to be dismantled masterpiece. It didn't take me long to spot one of his creations that just had to find a home on my layout! Cesar had built several barges for his water scene and one of them was a rail barge/car float. Long story short...Cesar brought the rail barge to the York meet the next day and made me a deal I couldn't refuse! So....now the barge is doing its duty on my railroad. The only modification I made that is not part of Cesar's original design...I replaced the railing around the elevated area. As you can see this is model of a smaller barge and it works just fine in the water scene. Yep, I know that I have mixed eras both with the PRR tug and the cars on the barge but I was in a hurry to take some pictures so that you all could see Cesar's handiwork. Clicking on a picture will give you a much larger detailed view. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and comment....ENJOY!
Thanks,
Alan
