Having a “quick launch” during the early stages of layout construction goes a long way towards maintaining enthusiasm and morale. I had the bench work for The Downtown Spur completed in a few weeks. The foam base took several days. For the track, I spent a few days lightly gluing down some temporary Atlas code […]
Thanks to Justin Schlottman for writing, “Hi Lance, I wanted to share something in regards to your article about the main line having a car dropped to be unloaded. The East Penn Rail Road ( Former Norther Lancaster Railroad) has a customer where the unloading occurs on the main line as well. It’s a feed […]
OMNI Transload in Miami’s Commerce Park Industrial zone next to the airport (several hundred yards west of runway 8R). Although it’s one structure, it’s broken down into individual spaces, each leased to a different tenant. In effect, each of those cars serves a different customer. (Thanks to “Mr. Miami”, Tolga Erbora for bringing this operation […]
Looking east down 22nd Street on the layout. The “39” on the fascia is a milepost. The red dot on the 17th Avenue label means that it’s a street that can’t be blocked by trains. You’re looking east down 22nd Street in Miami.
A view westward down 22nd Street from 13th Avenue. Peaceful. Optimistic. Unique from an architectural, surface texture, and color standpoint. Numerous visits have given me a sense of its essence, what makes it what it is. If I could successfully capture that in model form, I’d feel like I was “there” whenever I walked into […]