Now that the LAJ layout is essentially done, I’m circling back and re-shooting some of the photos. The Sweetener Products “back alley” is shown above. A larger format version can be seen/downloaded on my Flickr page. Realistically, a facility like this would probably have a slightly more modern look. I wanted to leave the […]
I’ve never been one for artificially designing un-realistic switching nightmares into a track plan. The prototype offers up enough to keep you thinking as is and does so with relatively little track. Switching Sweetener Products is challenging on a few fronts. First, this is a car spot driven industry. Each tank car contains a […]
Sound of the J It took a good month of fairly hard work, but I’ve completed my first all out effort in the area of model railroad video. “The Sound of the J” can be seen on YouTube HERE. Seeing how much work it took to put together a seven minute “short” sure gives […]
I’ve spent most of my model railroad free time working on another video and slowly (very slowly!) I’m getting up to speed on the differences between motion and still photography. For the latest video I wanted to have scanner chatter in the background. Tracking it down has been a challenge but I’ve made some progress. […]
Watching videos of the LAJ on YouTube I’ve noticed that one of the favorite shooting locations for rail fans is the South Soto Street crossing. Here they catch trains leaving the team track and heading back to the yard. Looming in the background of many of the shots is the Crystal Promotions structure. It shows […]