The Weathering Depot

Here is this week’s photo from the original layout:

Here we are on third trick last night as Jimmy, Charlie, and I are on 8806 switching out Monsanto along the Ohio River. Because of the area industry tracks loaded up, this job is going to take quite awhile, tis why this will get in two parts. First, GP7 5628…

Here is this week’s photo from the original layout:

Here’s a project finally completed and installed! Scaled down and printed by a local FedEx store, these look great! Many thanks to FedEx 👍

It’s dusk in Cincinnati along the Ohio River as we’re working several industries.  First up we watch the local crew from Riverside bring in one gondola for Sullivan scrap and an N&W insulated boxcar for Stephen’s Grocery.  This crew first shoves the boxcar down against us in 8806, then spots…

Today the local out of Riverside has brought us quite a few inbound cars. Looking at the waybills shows a gondola for Sullivan scrap, three tank cars for Monsanto Chemical, an Evergreen boxcar for the team track, and a WP boxcar of paints and stains for Armitage Furniture. Previously yesterday…

This week’s photo from the original layout:

A multitude of details is what imo makes a layout come to life. As in the real world, there are vehicles everywhere, signs everywhere, power poles and lines everywhere. Putting these and more details on a layout just adds more and more realism. Such is the case with my layout.…

Yes, that’s oil residue from these PC locomotives sitting in an area constantly. Another little detail added today, using engine oil by AK with actual soot dabbed on top while wet to give a bit of oily greasy look to the spots!

Here we continue on first trick with the local area based locomotive NW2 8806 switching the inbound and outbound cars the local has brought out from Riverside yard. Today’s crew includes Charlie as engineer, Fred as conductor, and Jimmy as brakeman on 8806’s crew. Of course the local has the…