Zeus

Hi all, heading to uni in september so im looking to sell twigg street before then. im looking for £200 obo, id also like to sell my nce powercab its basically brand new everything still in the box looking for 150? im not sure how much its worth.

The layout needs some minor tlc and a length of track replacing. ive attached a pic of the main areas. 

DM me for any extra info or pictures

Joe

A nice day out at the NMRA convention yielded some goodies 

£50 for 5 from anoraks, unfortunatly i couldnt find any locos that where suitable.

Kamiack falls was really impressive and very inspiring so im glad i got down

i will be heading down to the NMRA convention in derby tommorow!

27 minutes ago, 298 said:

Of interest to the OP since you might be in the area is Antony Quinlan's post BN merger in Washington State  "Kamiack Falls" layout at the NMRA Convention in Derby this weekend. 

 

https://www.black-diamonds.org.uk/convention/

I plan on going to the convention on the saturday if i can get there!

thanks for the info 

Joe

20 hours ago, 298 said:

Probably a little later than your era but Blair Kooistra's albums would be worth a look:

 

 

 

 

This looks fairly flat and has team track industries, and is surprisingly not that far from civilisation...

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/120320833@N02/39854563682

 

There was alot of fruit exported from a central belt from Wenatchee down to Pasco, usually in Reefers (either mechanical or Iced). Another industry I modelled on a previous Yakima WA layout was the door factory, outbound loads and occasional inbound were in boxcars.

A night well spent down at the NMRC, good company and i got to stretch the legs of some of my locos which seems to have fixed the running issues i was encountering which was awsome. 

These are really some stunning photos, i found the astoria branch album which is really interesting, time to do some more research on that as it seems like a near perfect prototype.

im assuming for grain traffic https://www.trainworld.com/shop-scale/ho-scale/rolling-stock/hopper/athearn-18781-ps-4740-covered-hopper-great-northern-171556-athearn-18781.html https://www.trainworld.com/shop-scale/ho-scale/rolling-stock/hopper/athearn-63798-ps-2-2600-covered-hopper-np-1977-76002-athearn-63798.html

these 2 types of hopper would be most appropriate for a small grain facility at the end of a branch.

I like the idea of a door factory id assume that would also potentially take wood chips in our out aswell as boxcars?

Joe

8 minutes ago, Regularity said:

It might help if you stated what "this point [in time?]" is.

 

"Flatter parts" when it comes to grain cars means shipping out, rather than inwards. Other parts would received inbound shipments, sometimes in bulk quantities (large cities, ports) and sometimes in terms of the odd carload, depending on where and when you are modelling.

A good processing plant might receive grain, flour (for example, in airslide hoppers or bagged), corn syrup, boxcars for packaging and canned products out, reefers for perishable fruit/veg inwards or just a few of those, and what about power to the processing plant? Probably electric, but maybe not. It depends on what you want: a single industry with multiple spots, or several different industries. Most people tend to go for the latter, but the former can be just as interesting. Even a marble quarry might produce large blocks of stone for transit to a stone mason's for cutting and shaping, smaller boulders for general use, still smaller for use as rip-rap, and wet slurry in tank cars.

 

Have a look around the web - this was particularly informative, but Jack Hill went off at a tangent and did something else! Also Tom Klimoski has a new book out, which is an interesting read, as well as his own website.

And of course, there is always Lance Mindheim...

Those are generally more modern than you seem to be thinking about, but your GP9 is suitable for the modern era - perhaps it has been repainted as an heritage unit: you might need to add new reporting marks for your own fictional short line, but otherwise could leave it as it is.

Sorry i should have said in the post im looking to model 1970 washington state as the BN merger takes place. Im not sure what to do with the gp9 as it was kind of an impulse buy, i do have more NP-GN stock on hand as opposed to BM. 

I think a few small spurs would suit my space better, i read a very interesting thread from James hilton about layout design that i hope might help me with designing my own layout. 

i would like some sort of speciality industry look a food packing plant of maybe an electronics company but ill have to see. 

Joe

On 17/10/2021 at 22:07, 298 said:

 

Depends where you want to model and what traffic/types of cars you like. I can envisage either a logging/wood processing branch line either in the Mountains of Washington or Montana, or grain from the flatter prairies. 

Grain traffic seems interesting and the flatter part would probably suit me better as im not that confident with terrain and height, i also have some what i think are period appropriate grain cars. 

Im thinking for industries- grain elevator (covered hoppers)- team track (everything apparantly but mainly general use boxcars)- and a food processing plant( syrup cars, boxcars and reefers)

Would bigger hoppers and boxcars be in service at this point or are 40 footers still standard. 

Time to start doodling and see what i can come up with. 

Joe

I live!

After a long break from moddeling while i finish my A Levels i have found my mojo again. Im looking to model NP just before the BN Merger 1968-69 mainly because ive already got a northern pacific S-4 and also just preodered an rs-3 (bowser) in NP an rs-11 in NP/BN patching and a u25b in GN both from rapido. I think ive managed to wrangle about 6=7ft of space with The first board has been built and plenty of inspiration has been collated from various sources.

Any book reccomendations that follow the prototype would be incredible helpful as i dont know much about american railroads especially in this timeperiod.

Thanks

Joe 

On 02/11/2020 at 15:49, doctor quinn said:

We do have a few North American modellers, we’re closed at the moment due to Tier3/ lockdown but we meet on Tuesdays from around 7.30pm, earlier if members’ shift patterns allow.

hopefully when lockdown eventually lifts i can make it down to the notts club as it unfortunatly looks like the bingham club is going under, my project keeps stalling because im worried ill mess up and break something

1 hour ago, rodshaw said:

Snap! (almost). Except mine is TT scale.

twinsies!, gp9 phase 2s are an ugly duckling but they are really nice locos, especially for £110 sound fitted!

A new arrival courtesy of Sophie at anoraks, a brand new gp9 with sound! i need to run it in but the Bingham club is closed again because of the pandemic  i was also considering joining the Nottingham club as apparently they have a north American section but the pandemic also saw that idea collapse in on itself. 

ive been vainly holding onto the hope i can fit the entire layout on one board but that doesnt seem likely
alas that will cost more in wood for the fiddle stick, i guess the extra space is incredibly liberating as i can fit more operational interest in.

Thanks

Joe

Hmm ive appeared to hit a bout of moddlers block, i want something that isnt an inglenook but is a puzzle to shunt but i cant see to think of anything, ive got 4' of space so i should get something interesting. ideas or creative inspiration very welcome

track cutters and a second point should arrive tonight!

Apart from that im still thinking about operations 

23 hours ago, Zeus said:

What about the athern jeeps, ive found some very nicely priced ones on the ellis clark website

ive already been fishing thru the contikits website, but ill have a look at anoraks annonymus 

1 hour ago, F-UnitMad said:

I once had a Bachman GP40, it wasn't that good a runner to be honest. The trucks were pivoted from a screw fixing high up inside the frames, so the whole body wobbled as it moved along, and there wasn't much could be done about it.

Go for Atlas Trainman Geeps - cheaper than the 'Master' range but it only really shows in slightly cruder handrails & no seperate details like grab irons. They run as good as Kato.

What about the athern jeeps, ive found some very nicely priced ones on the ellis clark website

ive heard bad things about bachmanns american line, are the gp38-2s to be avoided or are they okay?

Im looking for american H0 locomotives with liveries suitable for 1960s eastern canada or eastern seaboard railroads
Preferably sound fitted
Many thanks
Joe

I’m assuming an sw7 would be significantly shorter thou 

i got some track and boxcars out to lay out a trackplan, based loosely on selah fruit row just reversed, where the gp15 is will be the fiddle yard with the track infront being the siding for this 

im not sure what industry will serve the front left and rear left tracks yet.

aswell as this how long is a walthers GP9?

a walthers dcc sound GP9 plus a few industry kits for the layout will be ordered soon. and i will start mocking up track plans on the baseboard.

where would one buy  H0 scale american outline buildings? in the uk preferably

Does anyone know what the name of this layout is, i think it would work well with the space i've got, maybe with some adjustments
Thanks, 
Joe

3 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

Not a term I'm familiar with; what are you describing?

Sorry for the late response!
a small locomotive staging facility maybe one two tracks and a shed
im more leaning towards a smaller H0 switching layout now as ive got spare track and a few stock items i can transfer between layouts
Thanks
Joe

Do the americans have small scale staging points like in the uk or are the another grand afair?

i also found this interesting track plan online that inspired me quite a bit