Here are some of my goals and projects for 2019: Get my layout ready for operations(and make the Understanding Operations series) and have a “real” operating session. Get a lot more scenery done on my layout. Finish the “top-secret” project me and dhfan5 are working on(hint: think rocky cliff), and display it at local train […]
Read More Goals for 2019I think I have accomplished a lot this past year. Let’s take a look: January: I did spent a fair amount of railfanning D&H #7303 on the D11. My layout. February: Lake Clear Diorama. March: Bill Rooke’s Fawn Grove & Whitehall Railroad. April: Planning the Rt. 9 underpass. Fred Gemmill’s Pembina & Missouri Valley Southern. […]
Read More Looking Back on 2018I just took my Rouses Point diorama outside for some photos with a “realistic” background. I took the photos on the edge of my dad’s truck.
Read More Rouses Point Photos OutdoorsI first thought about using static grass when I saw John Longhurst’s post about using it. I saw how realistic it was, I thought I might want to try it, but my layout was still in the track and roadbed stage. Now, I am starting scenery on my layout, and received some Woodland Scenics fibres […]
Read More Experimenting With Static GrassI finally laid roadbed and track to canada yesterday. The first train consisted of D&H #7312, and a D&H caboose. And finished up my Rouses Point diorama. I got some static grass for Christmas, and will be playing around with it soon. -Harrison
Read More Workin’ on the railroad: Rouses Point track laid!!!We had a great day running trains today, and lots of Christmas shopper stopped in to take a look. As noted in the previous post, we made a record breaking train- 105 cars! Look for a video soon. -Harrison
Read More A Great day at Champlain CentreWe did it! 105 cars!!! Today me, dhfan5, and Rocky reached a record: 105 cars moving on it’s own power without derailing. The train consisted of two locomotives on the head end, and three evenly spaced DPU’s. This train is so long pictures and words can’t describe it, I’ll have to post a video soon. […]
Read More Update: Increased Train Lengths on the A&LCIn November of last year, when I introduced my layout, I had just started laying track on my layout. Here is the overall shot from last November. And here is the overall shot from last month. Readers of the Model Railroaded Forms might remember when I posted this photo. A couple months later, This is […]
Read More Flashback: My Layout,A year ago and nowI think Tony Koester’s Layout Design Elements are a great idea, but there’s only one problem: My entire layout is only two LDE’s. So I created mini LDE’s. Mini LDE’s are scenes on my layout the are prototype based, and give the feel of the prototype. Here are some mini LDE’s on my layout. Georgia […]
Read More Mini and Micro LDE’s on my layoutAll of us at NCT wishes you a merry “railroad” Christmas! We set up the tree yesterday, and as Bill Rooke put it, “Every tree deserves a train!”. Below is his display at the mall. My train setup is a bit more elaborate, with a spur and a “staging” area under the couch. We have […]
Read More Merry Christmas from NCTWe like to know about our readers, and write about topics that interest them, so please fill out the following questions. Thanks! -Harrison and Gideon
Read More NCT SurveyOfficer Smith to HQ- we have 10-46- requesting backup. Look for more scenery posts soon. -Harrison
Read More Some More Photos of my Layout
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