A trio of Conrail EMD locos head up WPMA-12, the daily transfer run to St James. Everyone have a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend.

Bruce

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I've got this small space near my dual gauge transfer yard that needs a small depot or station. I've got this box of leftover parts from previous kits, so I thought I could make something that looks good.

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Hello!

I have some questions to you. For a future planned module i am in search for an background poster. On this module a rural road is crossing railroad tracks. Left and right of the road a grain elevator and a country store will be placed and some high trees will be planted at the rear of the module. The only gap is the road behind the rr crossing. The set is planned in plain farm land in rural Kansas. As a trial and experiment i took some photos of the countryscape around my town.











My question:
Is any of this photos similar enough to represent US midwestern countryscape?

Thank you for answering.

Lutz

French trains 'too wide' to fit in some stations:

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  st-marks-wildlife-refuge.jpg (Size: 36.45 KB / Downloads: 1283) Anyone ever tried to model anything like this before??? I am wanting to include this type of scenery on my Florida-Gulf coast railroad. Pictures of what you have done, advice, tips, etc. or pointing me in the direction of someone who has done something like this would be awesome. Thanks!

I had one vacant parcel of land in my town that I hadn't decided what to do with. I decided it would be for either a small house or a water tank. Last night I tried to see what kind of house would fit, so I moved one of my other houses to the vacant parcel, and decided I liked the looks of that better. So, now I have a vacant plot where the house was moved from, and I think commercial structure would look better there next to my other commercial structures. So, I'm thinking of building a structure that I have always wanted to build, Rocky's Tavern from Woodland Scenics. Since my roughly 1920 era layout coincides with the Volstead Act, probably would be more realistic to build it as a café rather than a tavern. So, other than changing signage, I will build it per the instructions. I haven't bought the kit yet, but maybe I can find one next time I am at the LHS.

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NS8098ChicagoIL5-11-13 by railohio, on Flickr

Quote:Tony Palladino, Designer of ‘Psycho’ Typeface, Dies at 84
By STEVEN HELLERMAY 20, 2014

Tony Palladino, an innovative graphic designer and illustrator who created one of the most recognizable typographic titles in publishing and film history, the off-kilter, violently slashed block-letter rendering of “Psycho,” died on May 14 in Manhattan. He was 84.

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Among other projects, Mr. Palladino illustrated posters for Mobil’s Masterpiece Theater series and designed the propulsive blue-and-white logo for Conrail, the Northeast railroad that operated 1976 to 1999.

Well since I requested the challenge I have to participate

So I have decided to work on my Central Oregon Pumice company which is part of my Bend Oregon Free-mo switching layout. This will be a series of building flats, conveyors and any other buildings I see fit to build. As this part of the module will be the switching part and will feature a backdrop it will allow me the ability to mix 3D and 2D elements together to complete the illusion.



Photos from this area have been slim to none. I have been able to locate some aerial photos from.



And a PLAT of the area.



Other then that information and a tiny amount of information from interwebs my plan will be mostly an "artists rendition" I have decided to start with combining elements from two Walthers structures.

Black Gold Asphalt Hot Mix Plant
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3085

Glacier Gravel
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3062

My plan will be to eye ball it and wing it until it feels right. I will talk some photos of my "plan" as it evolves.

I'm going to enter the 2014 scratchbuilding summer challenge. I have a project that wasn't quite started, but I'm going to take advantage of the challenge to see if I can bring it to fruition.

The Sunkist lead on my layout is based on agricultural areas in central and northern California. I had mocked up a feed mill/distributor for a position on a spur from that lead:


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However, I think the overall profile came out a little large for the area. As a result, the mockup will basically determine just the footprint and the roof angle. A better idea of what I'm aiming at is a feed dealer in Petaluma, CA, one of the very few industries on the resuscitated Northwestern Pacific. (This isn't my photo, it's from Google Street View). I'll be back in the area in July and may see if I can get over to Petaluma for some of my own photos then.


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This won't be a big project, although I expect to do additional work on the scenery in the area as well as the structure.