The yard job pulls a cut of cars out of the Fruitland Team Track, lays on the horn, and prays it doesn’t spear any motorists as it crosses Leonis Blvd. (LA RailProductions video) As long as I’ve been studying it, I still continue to be amazed at the modeling potential of the Fruitland Avenue Team […]
Author: Lmind1
LA’s Billboard Culture
LA’s billboard culture is long-standing. In the 1950s, you had the iconic “Methyl” ads created by the Foster and Kleiser ad agency. Many of the sign creators went on to become artists in their own right. Billboards. Depending on personal tastes, opinions vary from “hate ‘em”, “tolerate ‘em”, “sorta of like ‘em”, to “love them!”. […]
Time For A Change? An Update
Shown above is a design for a proto-freelance, removable module extension to the current LAJ layout. Sweetener Products is no longer rail-served under this plan, and its spur serves as a lead into Arrow Reload, a logistics/team facility. In my June 21st blog, Time For A Change, I wrote about feeling “stuck”. Both my primary […]
Half Brothers
BNSF GP50 #3175 (Athearn Genesis) and BNSF GP39E (Broadway Ltd.) approach District Blvd. for a shot staged on my LAJ layout. Both models are superb runners and finely detailed. Other than new couplers, they didn’t require any additional detail work. The weathering was another matter. Different eras, prototypes, and paint schemes all require their own […]
Spur Ops. July 13
Matt Sturgell and Kelly Regan guide the local off the CSX main onto The Downtown Spur at the start of the op. session. It’s been far too long since I’ve had an op. session on The Downtown Spur. It should come as no surprise that getting off one’s fat ass and actually inviting people over […]