Model Train Journal

There's something about this photo of my little 44 tonner that just makes me smile...Have you got such a photo to share?

Robert

Robert, that is a really nice photo!

Dan Weinhold

Your trackwork and scenery make me smile.

From the cover is the latest O Scale Resource

Flash Version http://oscale.uberflip.com/t/62954-the-o-scale-resource

HTML5 Version http://oscale.uberflip.com/i/890632-nov ... 2017/0?m4=

It’s awesome

Here's the steam powered version of it. Let's see what favorite photos you guys are hiding.

Robert

Great photos, Robert. Congrats on the cover photo!

I'll gladly contribute to your thread.

This scene is on my good friend David Stewart's Appalachian & Ohio Railroad, the previous edition (Version 1.0). All I contributed to this photo was being the photog and staging one of my Overland GP35s to illuminate the scene.

Almost all of the light in the scene comes from the locomotive's LED headlights and Gyralite, except for some stray light far down the hallway to the right. That's real headlight light illuminating the tunnel portal and track. We can do this in O-scale.



David is now busy adding scenery to his next layout in a larger 3000 sf basement. The 100% hand-laid mainline 125 and yard 100 rails are pretty-much complete. Preliminary op sessions have started. CTC is working.

I sure miss running night ops on David's former layout. But his new one will be even better!

A&O web site:
http://www.aorailroad.com

Bob, thanks for contributing. Your right with our large scale we can achieve realism in many ways not the least of which is headlight activity. It must be exciting to be part of David's 3000 sf model railroad operation...I envy such an experience, but my 265 sf keeps me well occupied as you saw in the OSR article.

Robert

Nice Pic for sure! it immediately reminded me of a similar project on OGR. You might have to scroll UP some, the images are at the top:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/hid ... 2348826934

Thanks Rich...I remember that from OGR as well...I'm fascinated by the industrial style tunnels sometimes seen in inner city railroading. What did you think of the rest of my article in OSR?

Robert

Robert wrote:Thanks Rich...I remember that from OGR as well...I'm fascinated by the industrial style tunnels sometimes seen in inner city railroading.

What I like about those type of features is that they add "dimension" to what otherwise tends to look flat. They make a small area look bigger. The late Ed Reutling was a master making small areas look big, and flat areas have depth and height. I really miss him and a couple of the guys from this forum who have passed.

Robert wrote: What did you think of the rest of my article in OSR? Robert

I enjoyed it quite a lot, as I finally got to see the full track plan of your layout. Your track work, and the scratched buildings are exceptional. You have good eye for detail and though there is a lot to see, you have avoided that cluttered look!

Rich

Thanks Rich...and avoiding that cluttered look was always a basic objective...makes a model railroad look like a circus.

Robert

Robert,

I forgot to say, I spotted that "renegade" Rutland boxcar! You can "legally" run just about any freight car scheme, as that stuff got around a bit, but I am guessing with the size of the Rutland, those never made it to interchange service??? Anyhow, being a gift from the wife gives it special privilege!

I must confess that I have always liked that particular paint scheme, and I have a wooden version, so you have a partner in crime! Pox on the prototype police!

I've done some searching on the web, and there is not a lot out there on the "Green Mountain Gateway".

Rich

Well Rich you might be surprised to know I spend better than twenty years modeling the Rutland in HO...I'm Rutland Nut of a sort.

Robert

Nothing artistic about this photo, but it makes me smile (and sad):



The late Ed Reutling convinced me that I could build this by using a Weaver 50' tank car. We conversed a lot during the build and as it turned out his SCL model was published in OST while my SAL model was published in the S-CL Modeler online mag.

Ed made it seem so easy, a real no-brainer.

His adventures in BPRC also got me started with battery power in O-scale.

My Whalebelly Hopper will most likely get 2-rail wheels put back on it once I get my new 2-rail layout up and running.