Very nice! My wife didn’t think that picture of 4313 was just a model! I like the “wet” roads.
Bruce Chandler said:What do you mean, JUST a model? :lol:
Very nice! My wife didn't think that picture of 4313 was just a model! I like the "wet" roads.
Craig Townsend said:
Are you using 1/32 or 1/24 scale vehicles?Craig, large-scale, as you know (if you are old enough) is about where HO was, product wise, back in the '60s.
So, the answer is, I use whatever I can find----models, toys reworked, 1/32, 1/24, 1/25, even 1/48 off in the distance. I try to keep the bigger stuff in the foreground.
BTW, thanks, y’all for the kind words!
BobCraig
Tom Klimosky shot this view of the local at Pruitt’s a few weeks back. I Photoshopped the exhaust.
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Bob, beautiful pictures… 
The snow is Woodland Scenics (a GREAT product) and is the only scenic material we buy. And. yes, I know the number boards should be on the nose; I’ll get to that this summer when ths barn loft gets too hot.
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Bob Springs said:
The snow is Woodland Scenics (a GREAT product) and is the only scenic material we buy. And. yes, I know the number boards should be on the nose; I’ll get to that this summer when ths barn loft gets too hot.(http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y370/olebob3/commininonone.jpg)
Bob, will the snow melt then? 
Bob Springs said:
And. yes, I know the number boards should be on the nose
Really? Am I missing something ? Ralph
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CSX 9003-9052 are C44-8/9 transition units, though CSX classified them as C44-9W. They have number boards on the nose and ride on dash 8 style trucks but have 6 steps, like dash 9’s. Further, at last account I had, none had been repainted in new Heritage paint. Our dash 9s (we have 2) are stock Aristo and are less than accurate. I like to detail locomotives per prototyoe photos as this is an area where I strive for prototype accuracy. (BTW–prototype 4313 has been repainted, herritage, but I’m not about to loose my weathering job!)
In the end, it may prove more pratical to renumber the 2 dash 9 units but truck sideframes will still be a problem as most CSX dash 9’s have stearable trucks like 936 in Ralph’s photo, above.
Ahhhh,
I was missing something 
Ralph
Steve Featherkile said:
Bob Springs said:
The snow is Woodland Scenics (a GREAT product) and is the only scenic material we buy. And. yes, I know the number boards should be on the nose; I’ll get to that this summer when ths barn loft gets too hot.(http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y370/olebob3/commininonone.jpg)
Bob, will the snow melt then?
Steve, I don’t think we have to worry about the WS snow (LOL!) But I have used some hot-melt glue I’m a bit concerned about.
Excellent!
Bob when can I bring some trains over and come play would love to see my superliners on that SUPERB LAYOUT!!! Are yuou in South Carolina?
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Thanks David. I do like building scenery as realistic as I can but its real reason for being is to provide a setting for realistic operation; that’s our main goal. The layout is prototype based, sort-of. We wanted a modern day CSX operation with some NS set in the mountains of the Southeastern US, preferably near Knoxville, Tn. A search of railroad maps turned up the area around Maryville/Alcoa.
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But there were problems. CSX ans NS both serve this area because of the Alcoa beverage can plant there. Bird’s Eye showed it to be HUGE; not a sutable prototype for large-scale (N scale, maybe?). The other thing was a desire to have some run-through trains. We had room for only 2 main line staging tracks so again, the Knoxville/Atlanta CSX main is too “big”
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We created an alternate CSX secondary main (Loganville cut-off) and changed “Alcoa” to a modest paper mill, Dixie paper. This would be an operation which makes plastic coated paper for the frozen food industery. Besides changing the name from Maryville to LOGANVILLE, we also added a freelanced branch line. The track schematic looks like this.
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And the track plan looks like this. Room is 28 X 29 feet.
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Well darn you are just up the road I am in Atlanta! Once again Great Layout!!!
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quote=Scott Svatek Bob when can I bring some trains over and come play would love to see my superliners on that SUPERB LAYOUT!!!
Are yuou in South Carolina?
Hi Scott. You’d be most welcome! Looks like you’re less than 2 hours away. Email me at [email protected] and we’ll set it up.
Scott, the main line has a minimum radius of 72 inches, which I’m guessing would be OK. There is NO TRACK POWER as we run battery/RC. Our engines have KD 820 coupelers set scale height, if that would work?
BTW, those Superliners look GREAT!
Looks like LARGE-SCALE will be getting some main stream exposure next year. Our “Loganville Local” is scheduled to be covered in the 2013 issue of Model Railroad Planning. I have been working with Tony Koester on this project for some time.
It’s about time that main line RRing in large scale gets noticed by the smaller scales!
What’s the min radius?
Craig