Weeks Gas stands at the entry point into the East Rail industrial park so it’s a key visual element. Shown above is the finished scene on the layout. You’re standing at the edge of 37th Avenue facing NW. The structure itself is pretty basic so I modeled it out of styrene using conventional means. The […]
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Weeks Gas – East Rail 2
The latest project on East Rail 2 is Weeks Gas. Although it won’t ever be confused for an architectural masterpiece, it is iconic in the area by virtue of its front and center location at the entrance to the industrial park. Building flats are typically visually jarring and generally don’t work. You can get away […]
East Rail 2 October 24
Two cars sit in front of OMNI Logistics on my East Rail 2 layout. Photo taken with an iPhone 6 and edited with Helicon Focus and Paint Shop Pro.
The “East Rail” Name
It’s February 15, 2006 at the “East Rail” industrial park (looking southward). Looking at the tracks to the right we have (back to front): No. 1 Main (back), No. 2 Main(middle), and the “East Rail” siding (foreground) . East Rail got its name by virtue of being “East” of the double track main. At the […]
East Rail 2 Update
Before and after views of the East Rail 2 layout room The bulk of my time since the last update has been spent on cleaning and renovating the East Rail 2 layout room. Photos of me elbow deep with a scrub brush removing asphalt tile adhesive doesn’t make for the most captivating blog posts hence […]