Search results

  1. C

    A & T RR Pictures

    Trees & Shaymaxler Grumbeast, The trees are a mix of Kibri plastic pines "flocked" with Woodland Senics "grass" and W/S kit pines. Ray, The "Shaymaxler" is a scratched body over a GP-7 drive unit which makes one HUGE logging loco. The name, of course, comes from all 3 types of logging...
  2. C

    A & T RR Pictures

    Alpine Texas - My Version This is the town where the A & T interchanges with the S.P.
  3. C

    A & T RR Pictures

    The Alpine Coaling Tower A Bachmann 2-8-0 lettered for the A & T with "Rail Graphics" custom decals sits ready to take on a load of coal from a Bachmann Coaling Tower modified with a new roof and stairways. The picture does NOT do the decals justice. The A & T herald all "readable", even the...
  4. C

    A & T RR Pictures

    Alpine Roundhouse This is the Alpine Roundhouse: scratch built with Evergreen styrene siding. The turntable is an "armstrong" scracthed from wood, plastic with a brass tubing "bearing". By the way these photo were taken by fellow modeler Marc Gast.
  5. C

    A & T RR Pictures

    More A&t Pics Gentlemen, Thanks much for your encouraging words. Continuing up my first list here is the Edwards Sawmill #3. It's a Walthers kit-bash. I sawed the top off just above the window line, jacked it up and put an open sawing floor supported by beams. That was inspired by the...
  6. C

    A & T RR Pictures

    Guess I Can't Do That Anyway, I guess it's one picture per post, but I thought I saw more in another post. That was Terlingua, here's my 250 ton "Shaymaxler" at the S.P. cutoff. Legend on the Edwards Logging lands are that this powerhouse can pull a one hundred foot Jack Pine out by the roots!
  7. C

    A & T RR Pictures

    Gentlemen, Thanks for all the help with posting pictures. I finally got it figured out with all of your help. here's: The Alpine coaling tower The Alpine roundhouse The Edwards sawmill complex My "Shaymaxler" at the S.P. cutoff And at the other end of the main - Terlingua
  8. C

    MRC Background Sound Machine

    Sounds I don't have the skills to do all that neat computer stuff you guys are talking about, but it must be pretty nice. I envy you. Vic, The add said the sounds like wind, stream, and others can be played continously from left or right speakers via slide switches with things like car...
  9. C

    The layout I made from The Box

    Cool! Great looking town Errol! Those DPM's are great kits and you did a fantastic job with them.