Sadly, I did not get pics, but I am working on getting some pics together of the equipment I saw used to add to this thread a little later, but I wanted to share because it was quite interesting. The industry consisted of a single office, with a couple of company trucks next to the office, one track full of probably 20 covered hoppers, and several trucks with covered hopper trailers. To unload the hoppers in to the trailers, there was a small, mobile conveyor belt (like what you'd see for aggregate or something similar) which, when not in use, was parked alongside the tracks, and when in use, was moved under the hopper with the taller end over top of the trailer. When the trailer was full, the truck pulled away and another took its place.

I think this would be quite easy to model and would be an easy way to add most any sort of covered hopper-based industry to your layout. You wouldn't have to have so much in front of the cars, it would be quite easy to spot one or two hoppers on a short spur (or even on the main, which is a practice I have still seen in use today on short lines that only run one train or so at any given time) with a conveniently placed mobile conveyor belt to give an indication of what takes place there, a very small office and truck, and a waiting tractor trailer to be unloaded in to.

I ran in to this while driving in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania (the totally unironic name of an actual group of mountains here), and was unable to take any pictures since my camera was totally dead.

... on its way for finishing!

Long time, near to ten years, this old coal tower project waited for continuing.



This was the last condition as a friend sold his US-modules with a planned steam loco museum and changed to British modeling. With this the need of finishing the coal tower was lost.
But now, some months ago our friend's group of US modelers here in the area could acquire these modules and the former station awake now to new life including the railroad museum with the coal tower. The work could start again! And here are some pictures of progress.

Compleating the stair ways.

Adding handrails.

An overview about the coal tower.





The roof tiler are on work and they are short for finishing. However that's not the end of this project!



This is an older view on our station Shelbyville with the railroad museum. Now a new modele is added for lengthened the station and museum and you see the free area on background where the coaltower will obtain its place for the steam locos which will be in service with historic tourist trains. A water tower will be added yet and so a whole fleet of steam locos can run also in combination with modern traction.

This is one of my recent completions for my railroad, Wishram Oregon & Western.
Here is the latest from the Wishram paint shoppes, an older Athearn GP7. I actually detailed this humperdill over 20 years ago and did not get around to finishing her til this August. When detailing, I did not feel like going through the trouble of lowering the high hood. Ahhh well. During the latest process, the old Athearn motor was replaced with one from Canon. I took the scintered iron wheels and polished 'em up considerably and she runs very well. The paint is Floquil which I still have a fair amount on hand. Decals are a mixture of Gary Collins, MS, Champ and Highball. The shot was taken in Milwaukie on the Mt Hood RR.

I've always wanted to try this - and finally got around to doing it. Most of my interest is in narrow gauge and pre-1920, and that means tons of kitbashing and scratchbuilding. And that means I need detail parts - some are available already, some not, some are just not exactly what I need.

So - here's my first creation!!!

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I've been converting many standard gauge flea market cars into narrow gauge. I know Tichy and Grandt line make fine K style airbrake kits, but right now I just don't have patience for adding all the brake rods and levers to an underframe that is barely seen. I just want the most visible part - the brake clylinder. So, I created some on shapeways that can just be printed off and cut apart and glued on!

I've got a few more ideas I am working on next. First up will be a coupler box that will allow the easier use of Kadee 158 "scale" head whisker couplers in HOn3. The boxes they come with are too big and interfere with the movement of the narrow gauge trucks unless they are cut down and modified. But if I can make boxes that will work as is, then I can order the 158s in bulk!

Anyway - this really wasn't that hard!
Kevin

The TH&B had a train ready to head to the Erie Northshore's interchange near Port Maitland, but didn't have enough power available to get it there. Luckily, someone at TH&B's Chatham St. roundhouse knew someone at CNR's Stuart St. facility, where a loco, fresh out of the shops, was about to be sent out, light, to its home Division. After a little pulling of the right strings, the CNR loco showed up at Kinnear Yard, and the train was soon on its way.
A Northshore Mikado was waiting at the interchange when the train arrived, and when the TH&B loco cut off to head back to Hamilton with another train, simply coupled on, ahead of the interloper, and the train headed for Port Maitland.

Evidently, a railfan got word of the event, and was there to record the move through Port Maitland. Up front was Northshore's 632, a pretty-much stock copy of a USRA Light Mike...



...while CNR's 3239, another Mikado, was a member of their S-1-a class...



Both locos would take water at Lowbanks, and again at South Cayuga, and after turning on the wye at Airline Junction, would head for Mount Forest, Grand Valley's northern terminus. After being serviced there, the 3239 headed over to the CNR interchange, and then back to its home on the Leetown Division.

Wayne

Taken from today's local paper

"...it's not clear when the accident happened, but it is believed it occurred prior to when the report was made."



Tom

Anybody happen to know what became of Mike Scotto, who went by the moniker Eastern Roads over on the old TWP forums. Is he around these parts? If not, does anybody know how to get in touch with him? What about Reg Hearn? Went by the name Rhearn?

Would anybody happen to have a copy of the 2010 Model Railroader beer line layout articles that they could scan in and share with the class? I am wanting to use their project as a basis for my own layout, but don't have copies of the issues and think it crazy to buy back issues for one article from each issue.

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