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Crooked River Rails: Construction Report #1
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Welcome to my blog about the development, construction, and operation of my HO scale model railroad. The focus of the railroad will be passenger train operations during the steam-diesel transition era. The layout is still in the planning stage. I am still on my quest to find the perfect passenger station to base my railroad on, whether it be real or imagined. Friday, September 16, 2016. Jeff Borne is author of a pair of DVDs titled Superdetailing a Walthers Blast Furnace. TOMA proposes that a layout be b...
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Crooked River Rails: November 2016
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Welcome to my blog about the development, construction, and operation of my HO scale model railroad. The focus of the railroad will be passenger train operations during the steam-diesel transition era. The layout is still in the planning stage. I am still on my quest to find the perfect passenger station to base my railroad on, whether it be real or imagined. Wednesday, November 30, 2016. MRH 2nd Annual One Module Challenge. That being said, I am really tired of being in armchair mode. I've seen this pos...
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The Old Main Line Subdivision:: "Serenity now!... and other summer highlights."
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The Old Main Line Subdivision:. RESEARCH DESIGN CONSTRUCTION OPERATION: Modeling the inevitable demise of America's oldest railroad in HO scale. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. And other summer highlights.". Boy, did I need a break from this blog. Totally bonked. Hit the wall and the wall hit back. Blogger Eric Hansmann. Warned me about this. So please allow me to ease back into this slowly as I am suffering from post-Tour de France withdrawal. Nevertheless, m. My daughter and I visited hulu's Seinfeld. If you...
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Crooked River Rails: Construction Report part 2
http://crookedriverrails.blogspot.com/2016/09/construction-report-part-2.html
Welcome to my blog about the development, construction, and operation of my HO scale model railroad. The focus of the railroad will be passenger train operations during the steam-diesel transition era. The layout is still in the planning stage. I am still on my quest to find the perfect passenger station to base my railroad on, whether it be real or imagined. Saturday, September 17, 2016. Construction Report part 2. A scrap 1' x 5' sheet of clear .040 acrylic as well. In the photo below are the four 2' x...
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The Old Main Line Subdivision:: "Modeling using selective representation..."
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The Old Main Line Subdivision:. RESEARCH DESIGN CONSTRUCTION OPERATION: Modeling the inevitable demise of America's oldest railroad in HO scale. Friday, August 7, 2015. Modeling using selective representation.". I initially bought into that convenient sounding term in approaching the planning of the. Ellicott City's 19th century buildings were largely built from nearby quarried granite and limestone and tended to be located on the lower part of Main Street adjacent to the railroad. Immediately adjacent t...
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JL&T Railroad: Installing the Fascia's & Fascia Panels...
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Follow the construction of the JL&T Railroad, a HO single deck, proto-freelanced layout set in the 70s to 80s, based on the Reading Lines and Conrail merger era. Reading Lines GP35 #3647. Wednesday, 22 July 2015. Installing the Fascia's and Fascia Panels. Continuing on from the L&T Branch fascia and upper valance install I am still using 3mm (1/8") MDF for the fascia. The ability of the MDF to form curves around corners, it's light weight and cheap cost make it a perfect material to use as a fascia.
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Adena Railroad: July 2015
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Modeling the 1950's Nickel Plate Road down on the Wheeling in and around Adena, Ohio. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Hanna Coal Co.'s "The Mountaineer" made by The Marion Power Shovel Co. and assembled on site next to the NKP's AC&NA branchline. It went to work stripping up to 90 feet of earth above the coal around Cadiz, Ohio in January of 1956. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The NKP's last order of hoppers came in 1964. Builder's photo of NKP 34078, a 70 Ton 3-bay offset side hopper. Thursday, July 16, 2015.
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Adena Railroad: 2015 W&LE Chapter Tour of Adena
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Modeling the 1950's Nickel Plate Road down on the Wheeling in and around Adena, Ohio. Monday, May 4, 2015. 2015 W&LE Chapter Tour of Adena. On April 25th, a cool and overcast Saturday morning, the W&LE Chapter of the Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society. The first point of interest was conveniently right in front of our group! Old Pine Valley Turntable as a road bridge. Georgetown, OH 4-25-2015 Chris Ellis photo. Flipped over and re-purposed as a bridge over the Little Short Creek. As w...
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Adena Railroad: August 2015
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Modeling the 1950's Nickel Plate Road down on the Wheeling in and around Adena, Ohio. Sunday, August 30, 2015. Scenery Test Module, Part 4. A few years ago there was a hot topic on the Yahoo Proto-Layouts group. With pot toppers gone, another cheap alternative to store bought static grass patches is with a static grass applicator. You can make your own with a baking pan and some spots of glue. Anyways years later my pot topper finally meets it's destiny on my scenery test module. After using the glue gun...
