Category Archives: photography

Early morning at the interlocking tower

Switching crew getting an early start on the days work

Switching crew passing the tower on the yard lead-in

Cheezy railroad holiday wishes

A friend, artist Garth Herrick, was tasked to create something for a New York restaurant display made only out of food offered at the restaurant. So here it is, the great Monterrey Jack Cheese Steam Engine, pretty cool.

Monterrey Jack Engine

Front view

Not easy to work with sculpture medium

Thanks Garth for permission to use these images

New Addition

At the recent end of October GSMTS in Timonium MD, couldn’t resist adding this item

Bob’s Hot Dog Cart from Oxford die casting. My Namesake

Working on my layout aisle being a river or bay

I have a concept of the walk-in aisle of my layout being a river or small bay, so I am making my scenery (rocky banks etc.) all come down to a common level as it would be meeting a bay.

Series of shots, showing rocky banks coming to a common level.

Bank by the concrete arch bridge

Continuation of banks at bay level

Further along the bank

This showing my suspended edge, not yet fully built up with scenery

This shot from a low level showing the way the edge is built

My thought is to build a rolling cart with an area of bay level water that can be raised into position anywhere along the walk in aisle, for photography of the layout, with extended water.

Burlington Vermont Yard- Vermont Rail System

Continuing about my visit to the Vermont rail yard. It certainly has a nice view from Vermont rail Headquarters.

Lake Champlain

Right on the shores of Lake Champlain.

Turntable at the Yard

Was able to see the old turntable (still used), and then did get to ride along on a switching move.

Engineer of GP16 No 802

Going to pick up some rolling stock arriving.

Freight agent handing off paperwork

Russell snowplow ready to handle Vermont winters.

A very enjoyable and unexpected day in Vermont.

Visiting Vermont Rail Yards @ Burlington

Great day visiting the Vermont Rail yards at Burlington, right on the shores of Lake Champlain.

Vermont Rail System 50th Anniversary GP40-2LW Number 311

Will post more from that day in other posts

Getting track laid on the bridge and other views

Getting track in place on the concrete bridge including ballast.

Concrete bridge with track

Still need to weather the track and the bridge.

Another view of the area from under the bridge.

Low angle looking up at some of the trestle bases

Finally starting to install my Concrete arch bridge over the river

Putting the arch bridge in place and starting to embed it into the landscape.

Bridge being embedded in the scene

Next laying the track on the bridge, more growth along the water and weathering the bridge and the rock castings

The inspiration for my concrete arch bridge

Walnut Lane bridge over the Wissahickon creek

The Walnut lane bridge was certainly most of my wanting to reproduce something similar in HO scale. Although the Walnut lane bridge is a roadway bridge with cantilevered sidewalks, the main structural elements for a railroad bridge would be similar, and I did not try to reproduce an exact copy this bridge, which is right in my neighborhood.