Thursday, January 28, 2016

Kowal Mfg...

... are an new industry on the home layout. A big manufacturer of Barbed wire sending it westward by train. I'm using a Walthers "Allied Rail Rebuilder" and a Faller "Gantry Crane". There will also be propane unloading equipment and a storage tank on the other side of the track at the "old facility"


A rerouted coaltrain...

...passes through Crawford Junction.

A small test run after changing to MTL-boggies and Weighting. The most of the coal hoppers are far to light (10-12g instead of 25-30g pro NMRA). Still some work with weathering the cars inside and out...


Friday, January 1, 2016

SwitchControl

To make it some easier for an operator at Crawford Valley the switches at the entries will get powered, and all that lays in main will have its position shown.