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Good afternoon, everyone! I know I am late to the party but a Belated Merry Christmas to you all! I just got done going back 2 1/2 pages to get caught up and I normally comment on everyone's wonderful work they have been doing on their layouts! I am sorry that I didn't do that today, but I did hand out a boat load of likes to everyone!

If I had the time, I would say more but the CEO has different plans, but I will be checking a lot after Wednesday as things allow. I wish I had something to share with you as far as train stuff goes, but I lack some new stuff. The nice thing is I have been looking over pictures of my old layouts along with videos to try and figure out what I want in my 3rd layout and what I don't. I know I don't want anything I have to climb up on to fix! LOL

I hope you all have a wonderful New Years and find time to have fun with your layouts and trains!

Work on the Razorback Railroad, Traction and Scrapple Co ROW, aka "How much track can Mitch squeeze into a 4 x 8?" continues.

The general idea of the central O-27 oval will be twofold:  1) a regular oval for running smaller O-27 trains and non-bump and go trolleys; and 2) with the switches set, an extended "bump and go" track which starts at one bumper, travels most of the oval and through the other switch to the other bumper.

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I've also been experimenting with my new angle grinder with cutting wheel, which beats the pants off of a Dremel for quick track surgery...

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Mitch

@RSJB18 posted:

Did another ore car load yesterday. The LIRR hauled a lot of sand over the years. This is an MTH car that had a typical brown load of mush in the hopper.
I need to do some touch ups along the edges but it's a huge improvement.

I forgot to take a before pic but the bottom car is the MTH. Top one is Menards.

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Bob

Excellent job Bob! A string of them will look sharp.

Well not my layout but here are a couple of shots from a holiday display at Frederick Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. Its the last week the grand kids are out of school so off we went. Layout is a temporary G scale road all the buildings are crafted from natural materials which represent structures in GR or its international sister cities. Pretty impressive workmanship.

@Arnold D. Cribari  Arnold this one is for you.  Model of the local minor league team field. Unfortunately the trolley was not running on this track section behind the field.

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For all you South Shore fans out there a very short video of a steeple cab.

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Great work guys! I hope your all doing well and ready for Humpday! LOL

@luvindemtrainsDave you're really going all out on the weathering! Just wondering if you're doing a video tutorial. The engines look really great!

@Dennis Holler Dennis don't worry with the wonderful work you're doing on tracking laying, there is no rules

@Woodson welcome back to the game of challenge your mind, don't get hurt and have fun! I will be keeping my eyes open for any new updates!

@OhB1 looks good I hope the wiring goes easy! When you get done I hope you will post a video of your slow run!

I hope everyone has a great day and find time to have fun with your layouts and trains! If you happen to get something extra besides running them that is just a plus!

More refinement to the RRT&SCo bump and go...

First off, I needed to insulate the sidings, so the crossing had its center connector removed.

Before and after:

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Jumper wires added.

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With the switches on the main, the green light shows power to it.

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With one switch to the siding, the bumper lights...

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With both sidings selected, tne bumpers light and the main is dead, allowing for block operation.

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I've been using this anti-derail feature to good effect for years, now...

Mitch

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@mike g. posted:

Great work guys! I hope your all doing well and ready for Humpday! LOL

@luvindemtrainsDave you're really going all out on the weathering! Just wondering if you're doing a video tutorial. The engines look really great!

@Dennis Holler Dennis don't worry with the wonderful work you're doing on tracking laying, there is no rules

@Woodson welcome back to the game of challenge your mind, don't get hurt and have fun! I will be keeping my eyes open for any new updates!

@OhB1 looks good I hope the wiring goes easy! When you get done I hope you will post a video of your slow run!

I hope everyone has a great day and find time to have fun with your layouts and trains! If you happen to get something extra besides running them that is just a plus!

Mike,

Thank you and the short answer of the video question is yes.

Dave

Over the Holidays I have been working on methods to build realistic trees for my layout. Nearly a year ago I built a model of a large oak. Fast forward to today I built several trees for forum members using these methods and am happy with the results. So I decided to put these on my layout along with buildings which have not been out of the box since our move. After final touch-ups they are on their way to a new home. Here is a short video -

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Over the Holidays I have been working on methods to build realistic trees for my layout. Nearly a year ago I built a model of a large oak. Fast forward to today I built several trees for forum members using these methods and am happy with the results. So I decided to put these on my layout along with buildings which have not been out of the box since our move. After final touch-ups they are on their way to a new home. Here is a short video -

Jeff. those look great! I really like how your new layout is coming along!

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