Model Train Journal

Happy Friday

Started ballasting! Going to try & work on this side of the board first






















NS Dash-9 9768 leads a northbound freight through the cuts in downtown Gastonia, NC on the Piedmont division


NS ET44AC 3678 leads a westbound helper set out of Hemphill Tunnel #2 in Capels, WV on the Pokey.


Seen through a 20mm lens, N&W 611 backs through the wye in Roanoke as she prepares to complete her journey from Spencer, NC to the VMT


NS SD70M-2 2698 leads Linwood bound 134 through Reidsville, NC on the Danville District


NJT ALP46 4639 shoves a Long Branch bound local train through Red Bank, NJ

I got the toy train itch a few weeks ago and I finally fulfilled a childhood dream of mine: a set of postwar Lionel Santa Fe F3s with the 2500-series aluminum passenger cars. I was outbid at the last minute for a set of 2343s, but I found a great pair of 2353s.
The Super O track was picked this afternoon at a garage sale, of all places. I'm super excited to have some trains again, and now that I have a house with basement I'm hoping to build a train layout in the near future.

Christopher,
If you built a scene like the one from Gastonia on a layout some would say it is too toy like.
Again the real thing shows us that almost anything we can think up can be found on the real thing.

Looks nice Lucas !!