Looking through my gallery of images that appeal and inspire me for various reasons, this photo appeared. I contemplate all the modeling subject opportunities I can glean from it. Then I thought ‘why not share it’ and that made me think to create this thread.
My concept - post a photo of a scene you found around a railroad that inspires you to make model rolling stock, a building or complex, track work, a bridge; a tank on tracks, a truck trans-loading coal/produce/cattle, crossing guard; a vignette, a diorama, a sectional scene for a layout, or a part of a layout. Civilian or military.
Post your pictures and if you have/intend to model it.
You can see one just off Interstate 69 just as you depart Fort Wayne southbound, it’s in a farm field spanning a drainage ditch. I keep meaning to try to get photos of it by there don’t remember, where there’s a truck in the way. Next time I’m up there I’ll make a real effort to capture it.
Although I’m not much of a ‘train guy’ as far as model building is concerned, I’ve always thought these photos would be cool to replicate in a diorama or train layout…
Sobering photos of what had to be done thick layer of a rail line through some areas. I remember reading that when constructing the Central Pacific, Chinese laborers devised a way the lower one another down cliff faces in baskets, where they would then afix themselves on the wall in order to use a sledge and drill to crack away enough Rock to try to inselert dynamite, and eventually nitroglycerin.
Those snow sheds are fascinating. I think the Southern Pacific’s last ones around the Donner Pass were recently daylighted. Or maybe they were torn down and replaced with concrete I don’t remember. I think that was about 10 years ago. But it’s just too cool to see you seen on a mountain meadow somewhere with this large long timber above-ground “tunnel” for trains to run through. Reminds me of those styrofoam tunnel was that you could buy for your train layout LOL. Like the saying goes, “there’s a prototype for everything.”
Taking some “Fred Time” and having some gluin’ paintin’ time, and some postin’ time. Found this photo. It is remarkable to me on several levels. I read it is the Philippines which makes sense because otherwise it looks like the CBI, and I don’t recall A-20s used there. What I see here is a blend of military air and railroading - exciting enough.
What I see for railroad modeling potential, either for a layout or standalone diorama:
Bushy right-of-way.
Crops close to the track.
Single main line.
Station with large overhang on left, freight depot on right.
Siding track between station and depot (occupied by two passenger cars).
House/Team track to right of siding.
Spur coming off of team track, curving into palm groves. (For where it goes, nobody knows.)
Small yard, left side: ladder track with at least six stubs (“body tracks”?) next to (and behind?) station; at least one stub on the other side of the ladder track.
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After twenty years of driving by that thing, I finally left home early enough on my way to
Florence, CO to actually get there when they were open. They were kind enough to send a guy up top and get photos for me. I had a nice chat with the owner while we waited.
I posted some pictures of this bridge on the old site back in the day. I figured I would post them here. I find it really interesting. I would like to build a diorama of it one of these days.
Mike, those are wonderful shots. They look like they were exposed with film and not digitally too, which is something I appreciate more and more these days. I want to be surprised if one of them magazines like classic trains finds those and contacts you requesting use.
Pumping the water from the sunkened tank car - I’m marveling at the smoke pouring out of the stacks.
That image and the ones of East Broad Top are a treasure trove of detail for people wanting to match colors of rail, ties, ballast, general dirt and flora along right of ways.
Hau Koda. Now that’s a covered bridge that won’t burn. Thanks for posting these again. Over the next few weeks I hope to have a few shots of repurposed Rolling Stock to post.
I had that set! That’s really impressed with how detailed the cars were especially the Interiors with the little lamps on the tables. I ended up getting rid of it in one of my stash purges. But I do have the Bachmann train set of the Oriental express. To me it looks like the exact same models only assembled. Maybe metal wheels if I recall.
