The Track Gang Through Westmoreland & State Line
Lots of progress has been made over the last ten days. All of the track is installed and wired in the town of Westmoreland. I set up a train and spent about 45 minutes switching out the CEMEX redi-mix plant and the team track in the right foreground. I'm still trying to decide how scenic the east end of town (to the right) and the entry into the helix. At this point, it's either a tunnel portal or a road crossing over the tracks on a single lane wood bridge; I'm leaning towards the latter.
The west end of town. The Polyseamseal holding down the track was till curing when this photo was taken. The siding at Westmoreland holds about twenty five cars, 2 locomotives and a caboose.
To the east of Westmoreland, tracks have crossed "No Name Creek" to just east of Preston Miller Yard in Bowling Green.
The first train over "No Name Creek", under it's own power, was an eastbound lead by Madisonville Bowling Green & Chatanooga #8000. The backdrop has also been extended westward.
Preston Miller Yard, Bowling Green, KY
The MBG&C shops are located on the east end of the yard. The noise of up to a dozen sound equipped locomotives can get old pretty fast so I decided to install some on/off switches for the tracks in the shop complex. Currently, none of the structures on the layout are complete. Right now I'm doing a basic build to get a feel for how things will look.
A series of industries will line the yard on the far side. For the most part, the structures will be built form kit bashed readily available plastic kits. The one on the left was built from some Great West Models components. I picked these up used off ebay. I had to separate and strip the paint off the various pieces. Since this picture was taken, I decided to remove the short section on the right. The next structure was built from a Walthers modern cold storage kit and the one in the distance was built from Heritage Furniture kits with a scratch built addition.
Here's a shot from the other direction. At this point, the locations of individual buildings are subject to change.
Here is the same scene with the backdrops installed. Note the buildings have been changed around a bit. Looks pretty good with the backdrop. It will look better when my friend Kurt Boyd comes over to paint on some clouds.
Rolling Stock
I am always working on locomotives and/or rolling stock. I don't care much for detailing, painting and decaling freight cars but I like to weather. And, you won't find any graffiti on my rolling stock
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