At the tail end of the railfan’s photographic golden hour, Y120 shoves a massive reefer down the spur of Pan Am Frozen Foods on my Downtown Spur layout. Photography is a way to experience our layouts in a way that’s impossible with the naked eye. I used my backup iPhone6 for this shot and then […]
A worker at East Rail’s team track takes a break to smell the roses and watch the sunset. The portable unloading platform was kitbashed using a mix of various Tichy Parts.
I learned an interesting factoid this week, Cryo-Trans reefers all carry individual names much as passenger cars of old did. Pretty cool. Here Cryo-Trans “Big Lost River” sits on The Big Hole Lead on the East Rail 2 layout. The combination of an old iPhone6 and Helicon Focus creates a sense of size and mass. […]
One of the signature features of Miami are the wall murals. They’re everywhere. This shot was taken on my Downtown Spur layout. You’re looking north up 22nd Avenue. The backdrop starts at the black pick-up truck. The focal point industry is called The Produce Connection and it’s just across the street from Family and Son. […]
Three boxcars of salt from upstate New York sit in front of SALCO on the East Rail 2 layout. Salt is generally shipped in the rattiest, most battered cars imaginable. I’ve noticed that SALCO generally gets more incoming cars than they have bays available to offload them. This means a few cars need to be […]