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Hello everyone! Have not posted here in quite some time. Lots going on. I have recently added another 15 feet of track. Had to oversome obsticles ie a sink, washer and dryer. The new track will enlarge my layout to run the entire lenght of the basement. I am going to have to block the...

Have not posted here in a bit. The fuel crunch put the hurt on fuding for the railroad. Free time has been taken by the need to demolish a 2 car garage that had the roof cave in. Just finished the first site for the SSR. There are a few pictures with the track shots being from the last...

Spent this week's RR $$ on 2 Ford Fairmont wagons and a 55 Chevy. The 55 is a Malibu CLassics. Atlas quality may be good on their trains, but their vehicles are lacking. Both the vehicles are made in China. The headlights on the Fords were not even painted and the were over twice the price of...

My wife and I had an argument yesturday. She made a threat to do some serious damage to my layout. Rather than risk losing a substancial investment in track and equipment, I chose to breakdown and box everything I could. The argument ended and I found myself with a several boxes of track and...

Have not posted in a while. $$$ have dried up so I have been doing some cheap projects. A wrecked Atlas RS3 has now been converted to a dummy. Am thinking about going slug with it, but I do not think that any New England roads would have used them. The RS3 in question is a Vermont unit...

I have an Atlas RS3 that was damaged beyond repair. The loco hit the floor demolishing the engine mounts etc. My LHS extimated the repair at over $50, which is too high for me, considering I have a number of RS3s. I can restore the appearance and after removing the motor, find that the...

Work continiues on the Springfield Southern. The center area is now paved in concrete. Painted styrene over the cork. A tower has been added to handle the Crystal Lake spurs and another is under construction for the Palmer yard. One more tower will be built to service the Ames ridge spurs...

Right now on the mighty SSR, there is enough rolling stock to fill about 50% of the spur and yard space. I am comfortable with that since I am on DC with no blocks and run one train at a time. I was wondering if there were any guidelines as to how much should be on the layout at any time? I...

Here are a couple of more shots. First up is downtown Crystal Lake, east of Palmer. The freight in the foreground is a Providence run headed into the Ware yard. Next up is another shot of the yard, showing the cork used to underlay the LTC freight depot.and the loading ramps for trailer on...

After several requests, I took some shots and am going to try to post them where appropriate. The Springfield Southern is a fictional railroad set in the PC/Conrail transition era. It is a bridge route running south of Springfield, beginning in Palmer and ending in the fictional town of Ames...

Hi guys Just wanted to share some info on my newest attempt at a layout. A few weeks ago the wife demanded a bigger share of the basement. That is where my trains, computer and work space is. I had to consolidate my 2 11x5 layouts into one. I moved my computer into another room and the...

Got a bunch of model rr stuff for a tip a few weeks ago. Several cars including a caboose. All were lightly used and in boxes. Included was a Conrail locomotive marked as an F3 in Conrail colors. # is 1862. According to my research, that # was an F9 that never made it into CR paint. The...

I am somewhat of a newbie. When all else fails, fill all existing space with trains! Now i am the proud owner of 2 11x15 layouts built with a combination of Lifelike steel and Bachmann nickel silver roadbed track. Tonight I linked them using two lifout sections. I am on Dc with a Kit pack on...