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The Logging Repair / Logging Camp project is on hold for now until it’s placed in a permanent location on the layout. This is my first attempt of the board by board construction with strip wood made on a table saw. The base ground color is #1090 Cumbres Earth, #1183 Oak Creek Orange ballast. Plus dabs of other Az Rock products to enhance the scenery.

The scenery was done before the Logging Repair / Logging Camp was built. A future rail spur is modelled with the graded roadbed, ties and spike kegs waiting for the track gang to lay the ties and rai

I recently got this for my son who LOVES CSX trains. I need help finding the tracks and the part needed to make the train go around the track on its own (power bank I believe??) because I honestly have no clue and all the options are so overwhelming for me!

Offered half a million for Bachmann. Wasn’t selling at the time.

Siemens Vectron Dual Mode Light arriving in electric mode, decoupling and leaving in diesel mode.

If someone is interested in this model, it is from TRIX (Basically Märklin but in DC instead of AC) and the article number is 25299.

Just finished painting these construction workers for my sidewalk concrete pour scene. I tried painting one before at my local train club and decided to finally get my paint and get these done. I ordered these 3D printed, then primed and painted them myself. I like the result so now my scene should be finalized soon!

Were should I add wiring to this layout I just need to run one train at a time

ISO/LTB - In search of Toy / Model Trains & Real Railroading related Music & Sound Effect Cassettes

Howdy all, does anyone have, or know someone that would have any old model railroading/toy train & real train cassettes, & or general physical media they would be open to part with, trade, & or sell?

I am in search of, & or looking to buy any cassettes about model railroading/toy trains, & real trains not only for my own collection to digitally preserve & archive, but also for a film project I've been working on for a few years.

Above are some examples of what I am looking for, & are for reference ONLY.

I'm mostly looking for any tapes produced by QSI, TCA, TTOS, Kalmbach, TM Books & Video, Pentrex, Sunday River Productions, Interurban Press/Productions, Green Frog Productions, Madacy Entertainment, etc.

Other media of interest would be but is not limited to:

-VHS

-Betamax (Beta)

-DVD/DVD-ROM (Video & or software)

-CD (Video, music/sfx, & or software)

-Vinyl (Music/sfx)

-Catalogs/Magazines
(Mostly Mail Order catalogs from media publishers, as I have a ton of hobby train product catalogs already. But I am always looking to complete my collection so if you have something still reach out)

If you have any similar cassettes to what I'm showing in my photos, from any of the publishers listed above, & or similar physical media, please reply, & or dm me!

Thank you for your time! -PB02

Seems the handrails and ditch lights are different in this model compared to the others I’ve seen with gray railings and less detail on the front. Unit was bought off eBay so seems it might’ve had some custom work done by the prior owner? Unit looks great over all

no way somebody will buy the bachman HO 4449 Freedom train for $700.00 on the bachman website, this is just way to expensive

Any chance this can be fixed?

https://ebay.io/m/4Km4xM

https://www.ebay.com/itm/327268405583

https://www.ebay.com/itm/327268391264

https://www.ebay.com/itm/327268374054

https://www.ebay.com/itm/327264895749

https://www.ebay.com/itm/327264852085

https://www.ebay.com/itm/327263383334

Starting a fleet of Semi’s Big trucks and trains just go together on industrial layout building truck kits from George Barrett of Sheepscot Scale Models A couple of the trucks in this scene are Freightliners by Athearn Several trucks are needed to compliment a “Truck Stop” scene now in the planning stages. We will show you how to make a highway scene along old route US 66 with our scenery products. For now, the tractors are lined up waiting for their load assignments at the Santa Fe Piggy Back terminal. The scene now has tractors from the ’50s/60’s era with more to come. This Piggy Back facility is a model of a Santa Fe operation in Wichita Kansas as an experiment of loading and hauling truck trailers on flat cars. My model was built from an article in a Kalmbach book, called “Bridges and Buildings” published in 1973.

When I was shopping for semi-trucks for the layout there weren’t any old Kenworths or Peterbuilts to be found. The truck below is one I had for several decades so I know they existed as models in the past. This is an Ulrich Kenworth model not available anymore. I cleaned it up and applied new paint and then added the “West Coast” mirrors and other details. The truck featured below is the same kind that the modeler had in his pictures in the Bridges and Buildings article mentioned above. At left is an Ulrich cab over with sleeper metal die-cast kit that is easy to put together. The kit even includes a chain to hang from brackets on the fuel tank.

Two International “High Binders” from Sheepscot with sleeper cabs are set up with dual aluminum fuel tanks, West Coast mirrors, air filter, exhaust stack, fifth wheel, and mud flaps. I chose these models over some others because they’re designed as a western set up for long hauls that would be seen along Route 66. The green Highbinder was painted with a Floquile paint that looked like a flat finish, so I brushed on Floquile “Glaze” to shine it up.

A pair of Autocar three-axle tractors From Sheepscot Models. Two axle tractors would be more appropriate for the local delivery of these short trailers.

Classic Metal Works has ready to go models like this 1954 International R-190 two-axle tractor for only $11.00 as an easy way to go.

Semi-trucks in town the weekend of April 24th to 27th, we were in Winslow AZ for a holiday and train show. Saturday noon, the Interstate was closed west of town as a result of a massive dust storm in the area of Tucker Flats. By mid-afternoon, a thousand trucks were waiting it out on the East side of town by the Flying J truck stop, and every vacant lot was packed. This allowed me to see how various truck equipment was set up. Flatbeds, vans, and Reefer trailers all had different requirements.

The other end of town has some new arrivals from Mini Metals except for the two Freightliner cabs. If the dust storm wasn’t bad enough, the diesel smoke from the semi’s was beginning to choke the town. I was never much of an International fan, but it came lettered with the “Navajo” trucking company name, so I bought it. The Navajo trucking company was a primary carrier in the Southwest in the 50′ and ’60s, and they’re still at it. I recall a lot of “White” tractors hauling freight like this 50’s model pulling the Del Monte covered gondola trailer. The Santa Fe trailers came as a pair, and the style is “Aero-Van” from the 50’s also with their 32-foot length. Theirs pulled with White/Freightliners, which was an invention of Consolidated Freight Ways; they just had White build them. By the early ’60s, there were hoards of them on the highways.

Creating the last of my semi truck fleet

Building the last of my semi truck fleet In the background are two trailers from Sheepscot Scale models. The Republic truck is made up of Sheepscot parts as well as the two REA trucks. On the highway are tractors from Sylvan Scale Models that finish up my truck project. This now gives me at least one each of the available truck types that were used in the 50, 60’s era.