Model Train Journal

Happy Friday!!!
Worked a little on the ballast this week. Also started construction of the farm scene. My daughter Giovanna is obsessed with cows, so I decided to expand the farm a bit so we can add more cows! Moved the coal loader towards the front of the layout too. Working on moving a few other things around this week as well as I try to arrange things to give better photo angles. Going to be traveling in PA for the next 2 weeks, so progress will be held up a bit.
















NS Dash-9 9527 leads eastbound 20T under the PRR signals at Tipton, PA


NS Dash-8 8450 (ex CR 757) leads 201 under the new signals at Radford, VA


N&W 611 stretching her legs at the NCTM with one of the caboose runs


NS Dash-9 9587 leads 201 through the Pulaski District's namesake town. A keen eye will spot the Erie heritage SD70ACe 3rd out


Amtrak P42 89 leads the westbound Pennsylvanian out of the Allegheny Tunnel in Gallitzin, PA

Thanks once again Christopher. Holy Cow, as Phil Rizzuto used to say .

Neil wrote:Thanks once again Christopher. Holy Cow, as Phil Rizzuto used to say .

Hi Neil! Long time no see.

George

Hi George. Probably just spending too much time on work and family . Hope you are enjoying your retirement as much as you seem to from your accounts of your new home and layout.

Brilliant stuff, Christopher...the ballast looks great!

Took a break this week and refurbished this Tootsietoy ambulance from 1950:



Picked it up at a local flea-market for a couple of bucks. Sanded it down and prepped it for a repaint. I was surprised to see how pitted the metal was...I should have used a filling primer beforehand, but did not:



Found an old rattle-can of Krylon satin light-yellow in the basement (first time I've been down there in awhile). Some Testors gloss-red and flat-steel finished off the details as original. But, of course, never one to leave anything alone, I dug out a 1/100-scale decal set for ambulance markings (I-94 Enterprises) and added a few:



Goes on the layout eventually...

Healey

Thanks guys!

Ballast is just kitty litter
That first pic really reminds me of something out of a Lionel catalog! Can't wait to see it with some real scenery