The Louisville & Nashville
Prior to the Family Lines/Seaboard System merger, the Louisville & Nashville was the major player in Bowling Green. The L&N mainline, between Memphis and Louisville passed through Chattanooga from the southwest. My current backdate, to around 1975, created the need for some L&N power.
The prototype #1318 came to the L&N via the Monon. The L&N merged with the Monon in March of 1968. The #1318 was one of two high hood examples, equipped with steam generators for passenger service, that the Monon owned. It is a Atlas Master Series locomotives equipped with a Tsunami2
sound decoder and a TCS KA1 keep alive. Upon receipt, via a ebay auction, the existing weathering was stripped with alcohol and new weathering was applied.
The trailing unit is a Walthers Proto U-28B L&N #2504. The prototype was built for the L&N in 1966 and later upgraded to a U-30B. It is also equipped with a Tsunami2 and TCS Keep alive. Both units were weathered using a combination of Mig panel line wash and Bragdon's powdered pigments. The train is eastbound at State Line passing through "new" scenery.
Westmoreland
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been on a big push to get the lower level peninsula presentable. Several new structures, additional scenery, and some details have been added to Westmoreland.
The hill in the background between the Cumberland River at State Line and Westmoreland has finally been finished off with Super Tress and static grass.
The Westmoreland Post Office is a Woodland Scenics "Built & Ready" structure. This addition to the line was a pIeasant surprise. Generally, I find these structure to be a little "cutesy" for my taste. I pretty much pulled it out of the box, drilled a hole in the scenry base for the lighting, plopped it down on the layout, created a parking lot out front and planted a couple of trees around it..
Westmoreland Building Materials, Hardware and Lumber is also a recent addition. The main structure was kit bashed from a Walthers kit. The small shed on the left was scratch built. There is also a storefront and warehouse directly behind the shed. Each of the lumber stacks was built up from individual scale boards. So far I have built up about 16 stacks with still another 10 or so to go.
The store and warehouse behind the storage sheds was kit bashed from parts left over from cutting down the storage shed on the left. Like all the structure fronts along the base of the backdrop, it still lacks some roof detail.
Additional details have also been added to the CEMEX redi-mix concrete plant
The flag pole is a Woodland Scenics item. The cement trucks are also from Walthers. They are obviously a bit modern for 1975 so they will need a bit of kit bashing to backdate the front ends.
And landscaping for the two houses
The LPG facility in Westmoreland is located along the outside of main line curve at the end of the peninsula. This project got stalled when I realized the Woodland Scenics chain link fencing wouldn't work. I ordered and received some etched metal chain link fencing but have not had a chance to try it out.
L&N #1318 eastbound through Westmoreland
During the mid 1970's an upsurge in traffic, primarily coal, left the L&N chronically short of power. Power was leased from who ever had a surplus including the Canadian National. Here, a CN GP-40 leads an westbound past the company houses outside tunnel 2 and into Westmoreland. I have also seen pictures of Penn Central, Southern Pacific, and Seaboard leased units operating on the L&N during the mid 1970's.
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