Thanks for the good words Peter, but you forgot to mention that the trains actually ran!
Peter mentions that my layout was pretty full of stuff in the transition era. When you've been around since the dinosaurs that can happen! What he didn't mention that I could have removed all that equipment and added my 'more' modern stuff and continued to run trains. I have seen the need in my modeling life to embrace some of the new with the more comfortable era's. Besides that, we do have some decent "modernish" equipment in S otherwise I wouldn't have obtained all that stuff. That being said my ability to purchase and house any more equipment has been topped out. I once covered a HO layout as a prelude to the past St. Paul convention (NMRA + NASG) for Model Railroader. This layout was not my discovery, as it was assigned to me while I was there shooting several that I had scouted. The gentlemen modeled mostly the CNW but his most interesting aspect was he changed era's every year. He would jump about 10 years at a time. First year he would run steam and heavyweights, then on to a mixed steam/early diesel, streamlined passenger, then into more eras to the present. He was big into operations so I suspect it kept the layout fresh for his guests and provided increasingly interesting operations. He obviously would change out vehicles, signage and even modify his structures somewhat. For instance a mixed use station, would become freight only, and then boarded-up. I don't know if he had completed the cycle back to steam, but I believe that was his concept. This looks like a very good way to build a small layout that could change from a BTS or new River Raisin 0-6-0 to a SHS switcher, to a GP-35 to switch industries. Mainline trains could use a nice Mike, then some F units, to U-boats and on to SD-60's. I believe the manufacturers would be happy! The Pine Canyon and a few other buildings would be great for all of those era's. Vehicles are all over the place in all time spans. Heck even a vintage roundhouse could be made to look the part, by adding some foundations from former stalls no longer needed. I think I once saw an on-line video of an steam engine being cut up for scrap! Talk about an scene maker! I bet many have old half built SSL&S engines lying around or even that funky NYC suburban just waiting for a cutting torch! Bob Werre PhotoTraxx > I was recently helping Bob Werre with his open house as part of > Houston's annual layout tours. While there, I was talking with a visitor > about S and he commented about how there is very little made in > S-scale... as we gazed upon Bob's fairly large > (yard-loaded-with-all-kinds-of-engines-and-freights-cars, > tons-of-structures, fully-scenicked, jam-packed-with-details) layout... > > What I have learned from Bob's layout is that anything is possible in S; > it may just take a few years to collect the items you want for your > layout. But then again, it may just take a few years to build a large > layout. > > - Peter. > > On 12/03/2011 7:19 am, Bill Lane wrote: > > You could see a **few** shelves > > in my basement filled with "there is nothing made in S Scale". I think I > > have a reasonable collection and I did not make it all myself chiseling > > trains from bricks. > > > > -- > Peter Vanvliet ([email protected] <mailto:pavanvliet%40att.net>, or > [email protected] <mailto:peter%40fourthray.com>) > Houston, Texas > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
