johnu
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Post by johnu on Jul 14, 2012 17:40:41 GMT -5
Thought I would share my good fortune. I am in the early stages of building a roughly 22'x11' Bessemer themed HO railroad. The plan is for a 2' wide oval, in an "L" shape. I plan on having a yard represent both Butler, and Shenango, "on line staging". Across from the yard I will have Grove City, with a passing track and a small yard and switching opportunities. I will have spurs representing mines and other on line customers as space allows. I am going to try to model the porter cutoff, as seen from the hill on US 62 coming from Mercer. This will take quite awhile to complete, due to limited modeling time. I hope to take and share pictures of the progress.
John Ulmer
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Post by Jon on Jul 15, 2012 16:41:22 GMT -5
Sounds very interesting John. I look forward to seeing your progress.
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Post by superbirdvh on Jul 20, 2012 19:39:11 GMT -5
As a fellow B&LE HO guy, I look forward to seeing photos of your progress John!
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Post by BleBob on Jul 21, 2012 7:31:40 GMT -5
Sounds great, hope to see photos of the progress! The B&LE can live forever on our model railroads....
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Post by irongrave on Aug 3, 2012 14:56:54 GMT -5
I would love to see photos. I'm hopefully going to start building a western PA/NY inspired layout myself here this fall.
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johnu
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Post by johnu on Oct 3, 2012 14:47:16 GMT -5
Here is as far as I have gotten with the benchwork. Western Pa. home grown (planted, cut and milled) hybrid poplar 1x3's. I will start assembly the next time I'm home. (not much modeling when I truck a month at a time) Attachments:
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Post by BleBob on Jul 29, 2013 13:20:18 GMT -5
John,
Get anytime off the highway to get some bench work done? Summer is a hard time of the year for model trains but what little you get done now will put your further ahead in the fall! Now I need to get my butt moving on some bench work myself...
Bob
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