My structures book now appears in the Kalmbach Books storefront with a projected availability date of May 1.
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East Rail March 12
Facing north up 35th Avenue. Garland Foods rises above the treetops in the distance. Image taken with an iPhone 6, room lights off, and a single photo flood.
New East Rail Video
I’ve come to realize that the vast majority of my photos are closeups and art shots. That makes it a little hard to see how things fit together. To that end I just filmed a short overview/pan side-to-side video of the East Rail layout. You can see it HERE. (Recorded in 1080HD)
East Rail’s Mobile Home Park
Mobile home parks are a common feature of South Florida’s landscape, particularly around the industrial parks. The above scene is a very close replica of that on my original East Rail layout. In my current iteration, the structures are from Inter-Action Hobbies. Their laser cut kits skew more to the craftsman end of the spectrum and are better models than what was available fifteen years ago.
East Rail March 4
Y320’s switcher approaches 37th Avenue as it works East Rail’s Big Hole lead. Tropical International is an auto parts warehouse (not rail served). I used photo laminates over a styrene core owing to the difficulty of capturing the logo had I used traditional construction methods.