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A bit of both For new areas of the layout, where things are bare except track and roadbed, I use balled up newspaper between the pink foam board mountain shape cut outs and around the pre attached plaister rock casts. I use masking tape to help hold the shape of the newspaper, or anything else...

I used the 1/2" pink stuff Down south you just don't see the thick foam boad so I used the 1/2" pink board that you can find at the home DIY store, (Home Depot, Lowes). I built the table frame of 1x and used the cheep 1/2" "beaver-board" followed with a layer of the 1/2" pink stuff. I even...

Chicagoland via City of New Orleans Great photos. At the end of July my family and I decied to visit the other side of the family in Chicagoland. We decided to travel from New Orleans by Amtrak. We had two sleepers and could not have enjoyed the train travel better. Accomodations were...

:thumb: The long awaited new streetcar line is in operation. After having been removed in 1964 the 40 year old mistake is finally over. On Sunday, at 3 o'clock in the morning, over 200 people of all kinds and for all reasons, crowded aboard the first 4 regularly scheduled cars as they left the...

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another photo interior

The beautifully restored 1920s-era private railroad car bears the name of its new owner in large golden letters: City of New Orleans. Nearly ready for delivery after a year in the hands of restorer Pete Messina, the parlor-observation car soon will be pulled to its new home at 4822...

ERTL 1917 Model T I just got one off of e-bay, paid $9.00 with shipping. The scale was shown at 1/25 scale as is printed on the box so I was thinking let me get this and see what exactly the size is. This one measures 3 1/2" high and 5 1/2" long. Dia. of the wheels are 1 3/8". It is surely...

here is a new car in the paint booth

interior view of the new canal line cars clearly showing the replicated old wood and brass seats

seats that are used on all three of the lines

underside of a car showing a body bolster that was replaced on a 1923 st charles line car

photo of streetcar truck, looks like an old st charles line car

here is a line up of various cars along willow st on the tracks leading to the carbarn. Foreground is a canal car, obvious in this view are the fake clerestory windows that hide the a/c equipment on the roof, next is a riverfront car followed by 3 green st charles ave cars. orginal 1923 design...

the portion of the canal line that connects the riverfront and st charles ave line has been in operation for a few years, about 10 city blocks. here is a canal car working on that portion of the line. the new canal line is now several miles long.

line up at the willow st car barn with the green 1923 era st charles car on the left and two rebuilt and overhauled riverfront cars. The riverfront cars were rebuilt from old parts of 1923 cars but have modern ADA accomodations as required with federal money.

new canal line car at the willow street car barn

FEW MORE STREETCAR PICS here is a new canal line car rolled out of the paint shop part way through construction

another shot of a dual gauge photo post 1900

dual gauge line this photo shows the street car line in the fore ground to have to right hand rails...a dual gauge photo after electrification of the line in he late 1890's