A quartet of 1961 Chevy Impala Super Sports sit under a starlit Los Angeles sky. Equipped with the legendary 409 big block, with an 11.25:1 compression ratio, they cranked out 360 horsepower. These stylistic masterpieces even inspired a hit song by the Beach Boys. Photo taken on my LAJ layout. Vehicles by Oxford Diecast.
Category: Los Angeles Junction Railway
Menthol & Methyl
In an era of unfiltered cigarettes and leaded gas, the LAJ switch job pulls eastward across District Blvd back to A Yard after a hard day’s work.
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 […]
A Two Turnout Layout
LAJ Alco S-2 #1 basks in the sun awaiting its next assignment. 1964. ebay slide scan. Photographer unknown. It’s interesting how a little information, often innocuous on the surface, can totally change our perspective and make us realize that our layout offers opportunities we hadn’t considered before. Even better, this expanded view can be realized […]