Here's some pictures of my layout. The photo quality isn't the best but you
should get a pretty good idea of my operation. The two lower levels consist
of a folded dog-bone which provide continuous running with two sidings and
a lot of spurs, along with small turntable (big enough to turn my Shays and
Heisler) and a small yard. The upper lever is a reverse loop.
This is the scratch-build matchstick trestle on the 'downside' of the reverse
loop.
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Here's two and the stack of a third my Bachmann Shays. I have four
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This is the Woodland Scenics Moonshine still installed just above the turntable.
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The fourth Bachmann Shay out to pick up a work crew.
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The rest of the Bachmann Shay that you only saw the smokestack of in the
second picture.
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The only other motive power I have is a Mantua 2-6-6-2. It doesn't get
used very much...it's just too much fun watching those Shay's. The coaling
and water tower are scratch-built items.
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This is a Campbell kit of an ore mine. I can't remember the name of the kit
but two Bachmann Ore cars are taking their turns on getting filled.
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Everybody needs a junkyard. These are Jordan kits.
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Here's my scratch-built turntable, I got the plans from Model Railroader
magazine February 1987 issue
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Well, that's pretty much about it, I still got a lot of scenery to go yet but I
keep getting side-tracked (pun intended).
I use ImageShack to host my pictures. Hope you enjoy them
Ken
Ken, What are you talking about? The pictures are great! Very, very good job. I love the weathering on the shays. That bridge is a work of art. Have you entered it in a model contest. Looks like a winner to me.
Nice job, Ken. Thanks for the pix.
Rusty
Great pics Ken very nice modeling work by you and the hills and other scenery look grand
Larry
Great lookin layout and the pics are anything but poor quality
Hey Ken, thank you so much for sharing your layout. At my age I'm not easily impressed, but your workmanship really got my attention. Fantastic.
I was surprised at the images from "Image Shack". I have a slooooow dialup, but the images loaded really fast. Good photography and thoughtful consideration for those wishing to view the images.
Bob