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miss me? :mrgreen: been busy all summer but the last month been modeling filled out my passenger schedule with a MP 4-6-2 and an Arnold 3 car Pullman set http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/999trainman/Kalamazoo%20and%20Lansing/031.jpg The Gull is now a real train lol http://i120.photobucket.com...

...when i worked 708/709 10 years ago it was typical for 709 to die at howell westbound...thermofil was good for 1 to 2 hours (PLUS 45 minutes of lunch :wink: ) of switching so was webberville (though not every day). We also had to deal with twice the thru trains (remember the CP run thrus?)...on th...

Thx chris but tis to small....my berk wont fit.....

well the Lansing Extension is in the works... cantilevered off the original L girders.. http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/999trainman/Kalamazoo%20and%20Lansing/100_0896.jpg scabbed a box of 1x3's http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/999trainman/Kalamazoo%20and%20Lansing/100_0897.jpg and coo...

Awesome! Are you going to have any 1st generation diesels at all? :wink: yes :lol: the Enfield yard switcher will be a diesel and some pair of Pennsy cabs units for cameo interchange ....the K&L is still on the fence on whether to get the new release bachman Doodlebug.....seen em cheap on da'bay an...

some things are new and exciting.... after thinking about my operations ive decided (with CFO approval of course) 2 expansions are needed....which ment moving the table...moved 24" and it freed up this space which will be a 1'x4' extension for "Lansing" which for now will be staging/storage but even...

yes!!..the Big Mike as its known has put many many "miles" on the books and still going strong.....the consol has done a little yard shuffling when its busy...ended up having some bad/bent valve gear so....i removed it...runs fine now but doesnt "look" good....and right now as long as it can kick ca...

as soon as the Lansing and Kalamazoo extensions are done...then ill have room for 3 operators

been somewhat busy but heres an update.... using some "foam paper" which comes in 8"x11" sheets 1/8" thick cut in strips makes great roadway material http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/999trainman/Kalamazoo%20and%20Lansing/100_0624.jpg painted with WS "blacktop top coat" http://i120.photobucket...

I model N scale but heres an example....my line is a fictional MI road that has ties to the PRR(GR&I) and this is the "distant signal to P Junction" which is my Pennsy interchange....simple thing that says "Pennsy" (yes i know the lights should be yellow not white but i havent painted them yet :roll...

i model a fictional line between Kalamazoo and Lansing MI called the Kalamazoo and Lansing set in 1940 in nscale. Major industry is the Gates Block Co which as 2 plants on the layout. Main reason for the railroads exsistance is to "bridge" PRR traffic to Lansing to give an excuss to cameo PRR equipm...

worked on the yard area scenery this weekend....first day its been under 100* in the trainroom in over 4 weeks... started with the "green" around the old main http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/999trainman/Kalamazoo%20and%20Lansing/100_0606.jpg then started on the cinders http://i120.photobucke...

looks awesome...great work Larry....love the detail in your comleted pics of scenery....just hope someday Im that good

AARR...no yard is still in the same spot....

Hogger..signal wasnt to bad to do...admittedly N scale isnt the best choice for old eyes and bent fingers but I make it work...advil and beer...

been a while... the K&L has added a thru RPO service Lansing to St Louis with the PRR...MTL Pennsy RPO http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/999trainman/Kalamazoo%20and%20Lansing/001-24.jpg had to "cobble" a knuckle coupler onto my Bachman shorty combine... http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/...

when I was a conductor ('97ish) I stalled twice on 334 going up Ann Pere...headend just at Beck rd....both times we were under powered...couldnt make track speed anywhere...D709 would stall at MA eastbound if we were real big...

That caboose is at the Howell Depot Museum.


I have signed up to help with the restoration. Work starts April 9th.

tried out the new camera the wifey-poo bought this weekend....had to clear out my yard area to finish my coal tower...so I ran a 22 car double header...then finished the coal/sand complex http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/999trainman/Kalamazoo%20and%20Lansing/?action=view¤t=100_0170.mp4 ...

tried my first ever brass kit...Alkem Scale Models PRR signal mast....Im happy...next one gets the lighted insert... http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/999trainman/Kalamazoo%20and%20Lansing/007-12.jpg "Approach Parchment south" http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/999trainman/Kalamazoo%20and...

yes!!...been a work in progress but Im getting there.....next "big" thing is the downtown area behind the yard....will have a union station to park the passenger train Gates Block Plant #1 which will be the big industry on the RR getting and sending upto 10 cars a day...theres also 2 or 3 other indu...