Now that holiday season is over, I can get back to working on the layout. The last few weeks I've been painting some buildings to make them look more realistic & blend in. On my wife's suggestion, I've done away with the giant oversized 154 crossing signals & ordered more scale sized ones too.
Here's a 2018 leading a coal drag past a new & improved barn & 157 station platform.
added a new siding with a a grain/feed distributor & painted the fire station a more realistic color.
a 224 leads a freight past a more subdued painted 145 gateman
Hillside tower sporting a fresh coat of paint
224 approaches a freshly painted 133 station. Brick work on the platform still needs to be painted.
2018 passing a 157 platform off my old layout -
Got rid of the S curve on the outside main & added a spur w/ a factory.
It still needs to be painted. Not sure I 100% like this building here, so I may swap it out for another industry. I was originally trying to keep all the buildings plasticville, but I 'm very tempted to just get some of the more realistic models out there instead of spending hours trying to make these realistic.
My Dad's trusty old 616 NW2 spots a NYC boxcar to unload some goods.
NS Dash-9 9316 leads an eastbound stack train through Gallitzin, PA on the west slope of the Pittsburgh Line.
NS 201 crosses over the Roanoke River with an increasingly rare SD70M on the point on the Christiansburg District.
The first shot of 2019 finds me in Nashville, TN as CSX AC44CW 11 departs Kayne Ave yard w/ a string of Tropicana OJ reefers on Q143
