What did you do on your layout today?

mike g. posted:

gandydancer1950 posted:

Basement flooded two weeks ago, (first time ever), no damage to trains or layout but quite the mess. Spent last two weeks cleaning, sanitizing, and drying out. Installing new floor now and will have to lug everything back downstairs.....can't wait to get back to normal

Nice! Sure is great to see things are going to be getting back to normal!~ Nice looking flooring also. Just wondering what you had before? Carpet, of floating floor? No Pun intended.

carpet and padding. Never do that again!

Jeff (Centeral Terminal Jeff on forum) and I finished the city level (3rd Level) of layout today. Who knew that you could spend two days cutting plywood and screwing it down.

A lot of contours on edges to make transitions between 2nd & 3rd levels more interesting.

Now I have somewhere to put all the kits I have been building.

Here are a few shots from today

Al we all know you have  a wonderful looking layout! But heck now we know it is stronger then ****!

Looks great Al

mike g. posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Mark, Paul, Paul, Mike, 12 Monkeys- thanks for the compliments on the coal bin. It was a fun little project. 

Now I'm on to a new problem. The GP-9 I just picked up doesn't run. Looks like it may need new brushes. Still cleaning and fiddling. 

Yes Mark- spring will be here soon.

Bob

SPRING! Hell Bob and Mark I cant wait to have summer, let alone spring! I have a train room to build and nice weather would make it easier! LOL

Better get with it Mike!  Pretty soon it will be too hot!  Well maybe here !!!   Can't wait to see what you come up with!  

Jim 

carsntrains posted:

mike g. posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Mark, Paul, Paul, Mike, 12 Monkeys- thanks for the compliments on the coal bin. It was a fun little project. 

Now I'm on to a new problem. The GP-9 I just picked up doesn't run. Looks like it may need new brushes. Still cleaning and fiddling. 

Yes Mark- spring will be here soon.

Bob

SPRING! Hell Bob and Mark I cant wait to have summer, let alone spring! I have a train room to build and nice weather would make it easier! LOL

Better get with it Mike!  Pretty soon it will be too hot!  Well maybe here !!!   Can't wait to see what you come up with!  

Jim 

Jim, I love the heat, when we moved from AZ all I do is freeze. So when summer comes I feel a lot better and can get a lot more done! I want to get the whole building up and bench work before fall so I can work inside when its cold! LOL

 Here is my future layout plan, I hope to add an elevated line that joins the main level.

gandydancer1950 posted:

mike g. posted:

gandydancer1950 posted:

Basement flooded two weeks ago, (first time ever), no damage to trains or layout but quite the mess. Spent last two weeks cleaning, sanitizing, and drying out. Installing new floor now and will have to lug everything back downstairs.....can't wait to get back to normal

Nice! Sure is great to see things are going to be getting back to normal!~ Nice looking flooring also. Just wondering what you had before? Carpet, of floating floor? No Pun intended.

carpet and padding. Never do that again!

My sincere sympathies. Been there... done that... got the high water marks on the walls to prove it. Luckily, I didn't have a layout when it happened, and few trains were stored in the basement at the time. The only real train damage was the box to my Hellgate Bridge (the recent version), though there was no damage to the bridge itself, and my original early 1960's 637 where the wheels were under water and are now rusted - all in all, not too bad, but I would never wish ANY flooded basement on anyone.

mike g. posted:

carsntrains posted:

mike g. posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Mark, Paul, Paul, Mike, 12 Monkeys- thanks for the compliments on the coal bin. It was a fun little project. 

Now I'm on to a new problem. The GP-9 I just picked up doesn't run. Looks like it may need new brushes. Still cleaning and fiddling. 

Yes Mark- spring will be here soon.

Bob

SPRING! Hell Bob and Mark I cant wait to have summer, let alone spring! I have a train room to build and nice weather would make it easier! LOL

Better get with it Mike!  Pretty soon it will be too hot!  Well maybe here !!!   Can't wait to see what you come up with!  

Jim 

Jim, I love the heat, when we moved from AZ all I do is freeze. So when summer comes I feel a lot better and can get a lot more done! I want to get the whole building up and bench work before fall so I can work inside when its cold! LOL

 Here is my future layout plan, I hope to add an elevated line that joins the main level.

NICE!   I'm from MI and moved to TN in 1995.  So I don't mind the heat too much either.   As long as I have a fan or something running on the jobsite.  I think Ive gotten the OK to remove that  4 x 4 bump out in the train room!  WOOOO HOOOO   Now THAT will make a huge difference!  Then my "parking" problem may be over!!!  

Jim : ) 

Al, That’s a precarious looking spot in the first photograph!  It will be worth it!

Howard, the new floor will be good!

Mike, I hope you do make that kind of progress on the room and layout!.

Jim, congratulations on approval for the corner!

Way to go Jim! Its always nice to get more land! LOL

Apples55 posted:

gandydancer1950 posted:

mike g. posted:

gandydancer1950 posted:

Basement flooded two weeks ago, (first time ever), no damage to trains or layout but quite the mess. Spent last two weeks cleaning, sanitizing, and drying out. Installing new floor now and will have to lug everything back downstairs.....can't wait to get back to normal

Nice! Sure is great to see things are going to be getting back to normal!~ Nice looking flooring also. Just wondering what you had before? Carpet, of floating floor? No Pun intended.

carpet and padding. Never do that again!

My sincere sympathies. Been there... done that... got the high water marks on the walls to prove it. Luckily, I didn't have a layout when it happened, and few trains were stored in the basement at the time. The only real train damage was the box to my Hellgate Bridge (the recent version), though there was no damage to the bridge itself, and my original early 1960's 637 where the wheels were under water and are now rusted - all in all, not too bad, but I would never wish ANY flooded basement on anyone.

Amen to that. Never had water in the basement in all 25 years that I've lived here. Just goes to show ....never know when disaster will strike! But I feel very fortunate.....could have been a lot worse.

Did a little more this evening and thanks to Jeff C who emailed me pages of instructions I can now do it right. I had been looking at the picture on the box to figure out the frame of the roof sign but once I printed the directions I found I had lucked out and did it right. This evening I painted  the chimney, cut out the paper inserts for the front window and door. And have the first part of the roof sign frame glued. I'll let that dry overnight. Although after reading the directions I may have messed up the awning. Tomorrow I'll have to see if I can fix my mistake. Pics.............Paul

Just ran one train, then messed around with the cell again...

Lee, once again great pics.................Paul

CSX Al posted:

 

 

 

    You know what?; I don't think I can recall a more jovial look on anyone's face ever on a train forum. That is a keeper for sure. 

Was the photographer naked or something? 

paul 2 posted:

Did a little more this evening and thanks to Jeff C who emailed me pages of instructions I can now do it right. I had been looking at the picture on the box to figure out the frame of the roof sign but once I printed the directions I found I had lucked out and did it right. This evening I painted  the chimney, cut out the paper inserts for the front window and door. And have the first part of the roof sign frame glued. I'll let that dry overnight. Although after reading the directions I may have messed up the awning. Tomorrow I'll have to see if I can fix my mistake. Pics.............Paul

Somewhere in America there's a wife saying- "I told you to read the directions first"

The building looks good Paul. Glad someone had the directions. That's what makes this forum so great.

Bob

paul 2 posted:

Lee, once again great pics.................Paul

Ditto- It's easy when the subject matter looks so good!

Adriatic posted:

CSX Al posted:

 

 

 

    You know what?; I don't think I can recall a more jovial look on anyone's face ever on a train forum. That is a keeper for sure. 

Was the photographer naked or something? 

No, I think he is ready to shoot the person taking the photograph with that fancy laser gun he is holding!! 

Dan Padova posted:

Started installation of the MTH bridge I bought yesterday at Allentown. Also started work on the trolley line that will connect the two villages.  I cut the bottom off of the MTH piers so that it would match the height of the "A" bents on the Lionel 110 trestle set.  Still had to shim a couple of approach bents.  It worked out nicely.  

Lookin' good Dan. The bridge looks sharp.

Who made the WM Geep?

Bob

Lee, Excellent photographs!

Paul, Three Cheers for John for providing the directions!  The building is looking very good!

briansilvermustang posted:

HOW DOES HE DO IT???????

MIND BLOWN!

you are slipping a little Brian. The numbers are wrong....

RSJB18 posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

HOW DOES HE DO IT???????

MIND BLOWN!

you are slipping a little Brian. The numbers are wrong....

 

He is amazing, Bob!!

Paul, good job! It sure is nice to have people like Jeff C on the forum!

Lee, Great pictures! I really like the dirty footprint on the running board, The sailor with the duffel bag! You have a wonderful way of bring your layout to life! Oh darn I don't want to forget the cow! I hope no one tips it over at night! LOL

Another wonderful picture Brian! I love you how you match your engines up with the real ones!

Bob, he just calls the RR and tells them what he needs! I think they screwed up the wrong engine numbers! Brian would never do that! LOL

mike g. posted:

Paul, good job! It sure is nice to have people like Jeff C on the forum!

Lee, Great pictures! I really like the dirty footprint on the running board, The sailor with the duffel bag! You have a wonderful way of bring your layout to life! Oh darn I don't want to forget the cow! I hope no one tips it over at night! LOL

Another wonderful picture Brian! I love you how you match your engines up with the real ones!

Bob, he just calls the RR and tells them what he needs! I think they screwed up the wrong engine numbers! Brian would never do that! LOL

So true!!

Bob, you are right. This forum is the best. All you have to do is ask and you can get an answer. And Bob, before the wife chimes in to say did you read the directions you have to make sure when you open something to look at it you put it all back in the box. Then as in my case I am not scratching my head saying where did I put those directions years ago. My opinion.....best train forum going.......Paul

paul 2 posted:

Bob, you are right. This forum is the best. All you have to do is ask and you can get an answer. And Bob, before the wife chimes in to say did you read the directions you have to make sure when you open something to look at it you put it all back in the box. Then as in my case I am not scratching my head saying where did I put those directions years ago. My opinion.....best train forum going.......Paul

So true.....been there done that way too many times. You'd think I'd learn by now.

RSJB18 posted:

Dan Padova posted:

Started installation of the MTH bridge I bought yesterday at Allentown. Also started work on the trolley line that will connect the two villages.  I cut the bottom off of the MTH piers so that it would match the height of the "A" bents on the Lionel 110 trestle set.  Still had to shim a couple of approach bents.  It worked out nicely.  

Lookin' good Dan. The bridge looks sharp.

Who made the WM Geep?

Bob

The WM geep is a lionel product.  It was part of a set.  I purchased the loco alone about a year ago.  I believe there was some discussion about the set it came from.  

By the way, that upper track, that will be for a trolley, now has supports under it, making it look a bit more substantial.  

Thanks Dan. I seem to be gravitating toward Northeast/ mid-Atlantic railroads and since I have a WM BL-2 already the Geep would be a nice addition.

Bob

Adriatic posted:

CSX Al posted:

 

 

 

    You know what?; I don't think I can recall a more jovial look on anyone's face ever on a train forum. That is a keeper for sure. 

Was the photographer naked or something? 

CSX Al, are you trying to build height like Big Boy 4005 layout pun intened! so what goes on that plywood or is that your personal railfan park!

RSJB18 posted:

Thanks Dan. I seem to be gravitating toward Northeast/ mid-Atlantic railroads and since I have a WM BL-2 already the Geep would be a nice addition.

Bob

While I am a Pennsy fan, I have always admired the Western Maryland paint schemes, along with the New York Central, as minimalist as it is.  I like the Chessie logo, but not crazy about yellow. 

Installed a simple fold down shelf to mount a transformer on

This was on a layout a few hours ago, going to build new one

Back to the future

Jushavnfun posted:

This was on a layout a few hours ago, going to build new one

 

 

                                  WOW !!  you were busy today !

Looks like he was.

Just think- what took a couple of hours to dismantle took months (or years) to build.

Didn't get to the layout yet. The weather here turned nice and I had to get into the yard to rack up the leaves from last year and get them ready for garbage pickup. But for the last number of years I started a policy of if there is precipitation during the day it is a layout day. Work out real well last year. So with the yard out of the way I can go back to working on the Pawn Shop. In another day or so I should have my switches and I can get back to laying track. This afternoon I got another set of Weaver trucks from The B. Placed an order with Scenic express and that should get here in a day or two. That has the door so I can finish the back of the Pawn Shop. After dinner it will feel good to do what I like best. Got to Michael's today to pick up wire that wasn't in the box. Of course that is probably with the missing directions. Someday when I'm old and grey I'll come across all the missing things. Anyways Layout time shortly................Paul

Lee, once again great pics.................

Paul, thanks very much!

Lee, Excellent photographs!

Thanks, much, Mark!

Lee, Great pictures! I really like the dirty footprint on the running board, The sailor with the duffel bag! You have a wonderful way of bring your layout to life! Oh darn I don't want to forget the cow! I hope no one tips it over at night! LOL

Mike, I should have known an old red leg such as yourself would have noticed the wear at the door of the CCKW (the GMC 2.5-ton truck; wheeled vehicles didn't carry an 'M' class designation then and 'deuce and a half' wasn't a name for them until the 1960s). Frankly, the military vehicles are the easiest to model for me as I've spent so much time around them (both modern from my active duty time, and the WW2 stuff from all the vehicle shows I've gone to). I know where to weather and what would be worn in the right amounts.

As for the cow, I loved creating that field; it was an afterthought but it's now one of the primary scenes that non-train-fan types notice when they see my layout for the first time; second only to the corn field. It's because, I'm sure, that your average person doesn't know if my trains are correct, but most people have seen a cow pasture or corn field in their lifetime.

p51 posted:

Just ran one train, then messed around with the cell again...

Great photos Lee as always. Haven't been able to get to this forum much the last two weeks since my basement flooded and I'm dealing with the aftermath. Hope to be back on soon!

Nice work everyone! So the rain stopped for a little bit. So here is what I got done Bob, Mark, Jim and Paul2. You too Dad! LOLIt not much, but it is a start!