The haul from a swap meet & visit afterword to Caboose Hobbies. 4 California Zephyr cars. Super detailed Stewart FT set with DCC. Atlas GP7 and, Stewart (Kato)F7 AB set all with DCC.
Drive mechanism from an old Athearn GP unit found at a swap meet.
Melt damage due to light bulb inside the car getting too hot.
D&RGW Exposition Flyer crosses the trestle in Granite.
MOPAC 1301 rounds a bend by the angled sedimentary rock coming into White
River.
Old and new grain elevators on portable modular unit.
The Author's 1951 Super Chief makes a loop over the TV in the crew lounge.
The 1951 Super Chief passes a drag freight coming down grade.
The 1951 Super Chief gets the throttle wide open.
A 14 car California Limited makes its loop and heads up the grade.
Flex track joint on a curve. Joints are soldered. Notice there aren't any missing ties, nor were fake ties shoved under the rails.
Flex track joint on a straight. Rail joiners are not soldered. Notice the staggering and cut outs only under the rail joiners.
Examples of bad trackwork. Joints were soldered with no expansion so when they pulled apart it ripped the solder.
No less than SIX! ties destroyed by a poor joint. A good joint would not destroy any. See above.
Instead of soldering the joints someone thought it would be a good idea to jump the electrical around the joint. Looks terrible on many counts.
Item for sale on e-bay
A picture of the Kadee couplers I always keep on hand. Couplers are stored by their Kadee part number so they are easy to find.
Pictures of pc-board connecting bars for controlling two turnouts with a single motor.
Logos for the Platte Valley & Western Railroad designed by the author.
Platte Valley & Western logos designed by the author.
Text from the side of a Walthers heavyweight car clearly showing a minimum of 24" radius.
End label from a Walthers passenger car clearly stating they require 24" radius curves.
A WP freight crawls up the White River Canyon.
The Roundhouse at Cheyenne.
A daylight in Big Sky Blue