This is the third part of the layout tour, where we a covering the two branch lines. The Greenhill Branch The Greenhill Branch starts off west from Elizabeth Oaks at Greenhill Jct. and leads to Red-Rock. Red-Rock incorporates currently a Depot, Coal-Loader and a Trackside Transfer for Boxcars. There is also a generic interchange track...
This is the second part of the layout tour. We continue heading East, after we passed Mid-East Furniture we ride across a yet to be named river and into a 180 degree curve which is hidden under the North-End of the Coal Run Branch. Leaving the tunnel we approach Bend Junction, where the Coal Branch...
Here are a couple of photos to show the current state of the Cleveland & Eastern. We follow the Mainline Eastbound from Westend Staging “Cleveland” to East-End Staging “Harrisburg” In both Staging areas I work with storage cassettes built from angled alloy strips. Exiting the West-End Staging leads us to Greenhill Jct. It is currently...
Another rebuilt for my Cleveland & Eastern Railroad got its finishing touches. Beside the removal of the engine room windows, I removed the lower lamp housing on the front. I applied some decent body works by cutting back some lower skirting. I also added a winterization hatch on the last blower. I gave a little...
I am currently converting a second EMD GP18 for my C&E Railroad. I had this engine sitting in the spare parts box, without a motor, for a long time now.But luckily I got hold of a spare motor and could revive this GP.As a base livery, I choose the light green and black under frame....
First WIP view of a small company house I 3D designed. I will use a couple of them later on my layout as background buildings. The window-less backside will sit directly in front of the background. Overall footprint of the house is approx 25 x 18 mm.
I did some tinkering over the last weeks, to figure out the best unloading lid design and interieur wall design. I finally have a setup of a working prototype to test some rows of Arduino code. The basic idea is to pull the lid open as long as a button is pushed. After releasing the...
First test iteration for the coal loader on the coal branch is materialized.I drew the sketch of the inner bunker and unloading outlet and 3D printed it. It is not the final version as I need to add supports for the servo motor which will later drive the unloading mechanism. But it is a first...
Some new – old – hoppers showed up today at Elizabeth Oaks yard.Ready for coal hauling service on the Celveland & Eastern.
C&E #1290 was the first engine I repainted for my railroad. It is a good runner, despite the fact that the shell is not as precise fitting as other N Scale engines. There are quite a few wide gaps, especially between the cab and walkway. But over the years #1290 had various paint schemes, among...