Random Recap #30

Looking Back on my Layout

Here are some photos from my layout over the past couple years. Enjoy! -Harrison

Random Recap #30

The P&MVS, Part 2

Continuing east, we enter Jamestown yard, where the Pembina & Missouri Valley Southern branches off to the north. The P&MVS engine terminal. Near the yard is the Jamestown Trucking Terminal. Now we will head up the P&MVS line to Walhalla. The P&MVS uses the BN main for a short distance from Jamestown to Castleton. Between […]

Revisiting Fred Gemmill’s P&MVS, Part 1

Today the gang and I had a tour of Fred Gemmill’s BN+P&MVS Railroad. You can see the post about his layout from last year here. Enjoy the photos! We start our tour in the through staging yard, 10 tracks and a scale mile long. the west end is Bismarck, ND, while the east end represents […]

Railfanning Spellman Rd

Today we stopped at the Spellman Rd. crossing for the SB Adirondack. It’s good to see it moving faster than 20 mph!

Random Recap #29

Workin’ on the Railroad- This and That

I have done little things here and there over the past couple weeks on the layout. I saw this textured paint in Hobby Lobby, and thought it might look good. It kinda looks like ballast. Here is the corner of the layout I have been working on. I have no regrets taking off the 2×4 […]

A New View at the Saranac River

On the way through Plattsburgh last week, I saw that the southbound was coming in, so we stopped and I tried a new view: the Cumberland Ave. overpass just north of the river. After waiting about 5 or 6 minutes for the train to highball, it came through with the usual P42(no more heritage PIII). -Harrison

Workin’ on the Railroad: 3D printing

Yesterday I 3D printed a 20 ft container. It does not have a floor, and I printed it upside down with 5% infill and minimal supporting. I also printed some 55 gallon drums. They took only 5 minutes to print! More printing coming soon. -Harrison

PIII heritage back on the Adirondack!

Today a found out that the Amtrak Phase III heritage unit, #145 would be on the southbound Adirondack. This time, I decided to head for Wickhams Marsh in Port Kent, NY. The train shows up about 1:40.