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HO scale railroad workers

Dan’s been in touch with a collection of pics on HO scale railroad workers.

I do love the scenes he creates on his layout – they really do bring it to life:

“I call this set ‘workers on the layout’.

Some may have been posted before. These should be a slightly different view, I think if they are.

Also, I have noticed, when reading the comments, there are new readers or others just looked in for the first time.

Let’s see who is working today around the layout. The loading dock looks busy.

The foreman looks to be giving orders.

Looks heavy.

Someone has to “clean up.”

Working at the wheel repair shop.

Workers at the wheel repair shop.

HO scale railroad workers:

Getting ready for the next locos to be serviced.

Here’s one now.

A worker at Burnt Lake.

The painters are sill at work.

Probably not a worker. He is just waiting around.

Service station attendant.

HO scale railroad workers:

At another service station on the layout.

The new sign at Sharon Springs getting the finishing touch.

A welder inside the wheel shop.

At the oil depot.

At Burnt Lake. Getting the luggage ready.

The all important crossing guard.

The town of Almost is having a boom. The local coal mine is producing low sulfur coal and the station is needing an expansion.

Another view about who has to pay for the mistake in the sign.

A lineman working at the turntable at Burnt lake.

Section workers at Ruth. That is a station that leads to Burnt Lake.

Worker at the Chromite mine.

Loading the cola.

A peek in the engine house.

Al, there are a few more folks around the layout. When I find them I will post if you want them. I am getting close to running out of interesting things on my layout. However, either good or bad, three other layouts I have done that might be of interest. Here is a sample.

Sample photo is from the Inland Pacific a fictional railroad from Indiana to points west and north west.

Dan*

A huge big thanks to Hall of Fame Dan – he really is the gift that keeps giving.

I really enjoyed his collection of HO scale railroad workers pics.

I do love the posts with captions for the pictures – these ones spring to mind:

Model train people.

HO scale people.

That’s all for today folks.

Please do keep ’em coming.

And if today is the day you get started on your layout, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.

PPS More HO scale train layouts here if that’s your thing.

Kato N scale – Mike’s

Mike’s been back in touch with his Kato N scale layout:

“Hi Al:

Delighted to see a pix of my first n scale attempt in your recent post. Reminded me I haven’t sent any updates.

After scrapping all the Bachmann track and moving layout to another room with all Kato products, I got started on a new DCC layout still incorporating my Hill Valley town from Back to the Future.

I last added a new main line route up and over from outside to inside loop.

Wish I had more time to keep going, but I’ll keep you posted.

All the best.

Mike

Grand Rapids, Michigan.”

A huge big thanks to Mike for sharing his new Kato N scale – really looking forward to seeing this one progress.

I’ve put a collection of Kato layouts together, and I’ll be adding Mike’s very soon:

Kato track plans.

Now on to Brian:

“Hi Alistair,

As always, my submissions are not incredibly fancy, but relative to folks like me in temporary apartment living may be of some benefit.

My most recent addition is lighting for the village buildings and houses. I spent three dollars on a Christmas light set and drilled holes through the base and slid one or two lightbulbs into each of the buildings from underneath.

So nothing fancy, but a whole layout lit up for three dollars and an hours worth of work.

Brian”

Brian’s lighting is a simple solution, but it’s one that’s often used because it’s so cheap and easy.

The next step is toying with a few LEDs – and Bob’s post will point you in the right direction for that:

Model train LED lights.

That’s all for today folks. Thanks to Brian and to Mike for his Kato N scale update.

Please do keep ’em coming.

And if today is the day you get started on your layout, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.

PPS More HO scale train layouts here if that’s your thing.

N scale diorama – Janni’s

Janni’s been in touch with his N scale diorama:

“Ηi Al

John is my name.

I’m writing from Greece…

This is a small diorama that i made a few months ago. The purpose of this is to place it in my work place. I have an ophthalmology clinic and I think that something like this can occupy my little patients (and not only them).

Best regards

Janni Bellas”

A big thanks to Janni for sharing his N scale diorama.

It reminded me of Henry’s post: Model railroad dioramas.

And Peter’s: N scale train diorama.

Now on to Jim:

“Hi Al,

After creating my Truck Terminal, I realized that I needed something different than the trucks that I had to use.

I thought that I needed some flatbed trailers for my trucks. After checking online, I realized that this could get expensive. I looked at the enclosed trailers that I had on hand that came with the flatbed train cars and realized that I had several trailers with Road Names that didn’t fit in my layout plans. So I started with this enclosed trailer.

I started checking what I could do and figured out that I could remove the body from the trailer with a small screwdriver, which left me with a flatbed trailer frame.

Then I used a Sharpie Silver Permanent Marker to highlight the tire rims and the complete body of the frame, most flatbed trailers are aluminum and this looks like it. I also highlighted the Cab details that would normally be Chrome.

Then I decided that I needed a deck material, so I found a piece of Balsa Wood that was the same width as the trailers length. So using a Square that also was the same width of the bed and cut a couple of strips. I colored them with a Maple Colored Furniture touch up pen.

I realized that I needed Freight Loads for the trailers. I saw a Video on making freight loads using blister packs, diluted white glue and tissue paper. All small parts and items are packaged in plastic in the shape of the item and attached to cardboard for sale.

Remove the blister pack and coat with the diluted glue and over with the tissue paper, leave the wrinkles for realism. Cut to fit your trailer, paint and make some tie down straps. I also made some other freight loads with other parts and materials that I had on hand.