1951 USGS aerial view showing the endpoint of the B&O’s Georgetown Branch. (Washington, DC.) Photo courtesy of Ben Sullivan. Ben goes into much more detail on these aerials on his site HERE. Last weekend, I attended what was probably the most relaxing and enjoyable operating session I’ve ever experienced. It was graciously hosted by my […]
Author: Lmind1
Offboard Sound For the LAJ
Here’s the offboard sound setup for the LAJ. I took the photo prior to tucking the wires under the layout so you can see what’s going on. We have: an O scale speaker, a handmade speaker enclosure, a separate decoder programmed to the same address as the locomotive, and some quick disconnect plugs. As I […]
Dialing in Session Length
Having just left “A Yard”, an LAJ switcher shoves its cut across District Blvd. and down The Horn Lead to begin work. The cars have already been blocked in car spot order. Even so, it took me about thirty minutes to run through everything. Today I tested the LAJ layout in its new 1960’s operational […]
Summer of ’62
It’s the summer of 1962 in LA as a motorist idles patiently at the Corona Avenue grade crossing. The vehicle is a 1958 Impala Sport Coupe powered by a 348-cubic-inch, Tri-Power engine with a Powerglide transmission and dual exhaust. Mileage? 9 mpg! That year the Rams drafted Roman Gabriel and Merlin Olsen. Chubby Checker hit […]
More On Plastics
Another one of my readers, Sawyer B, sent me a detailed account of working a plastics facility. Since it may be helpful to many I’m posting it here. Sawyer wrote: I was reading your blog tonight and got to the post on plastics industries and thought you might enjoy hearing my experiences with a rail […]