Train Weekend

Last weekend back home was the Horseheads Historical Society Heritage Festival. We had our miniature railroad operating for the afternoon as part of the events around town. We had a pretty steady flow of people throughout the day, but not enough to have both trains running. Not only did we have the train running, but got some of the other antiques out for display.

Here we are rolling on the rails.

Me and my new born son getting ready to pullout of the station.

Approaching the train station.

Approaching the tunnel. This tunnel is actually a tanker car on it side.

Sounding the horn as we approach a crossing.

Just left the station.

A view back to the station.

Waiting on a siding for action.

All Aboard!

We will be running the trains again on October 24th and 25th.

Adding an overpass and tunnel

Bridges and tunnels are always a fun to have trains go under and through. I added some height to my layout pretty easily using scrap pieces of the pink insulation foam that I have used for my base.

In this picture you can see that I will have a road going above four tracks. The two tracks on the left are the main lines and the two tracks on the right are sidings that lead to a train station. I have just recently finished the bridge that will connect the two hills. All I did was stack pieces of foam together until I was happy with the shape. The parts of the hill that you see that look like rock is the retaining wall. This is just simply plaster that I spread on the flat areas of the hills and then painted to simulate a cement/rock like retaining wall.

Before: I stacked scrap pieces of foam and crumbled newspapers to give the tunnel a more natural look.

After: I covered the tunnel with plaster cloth. I will finish this up by spreading scultamold or something similar to give it a smoother look before the final scenery.