Friday, December 28, 2007

West Coast Grain on Mud Bay & Southern

Happy Holidays everyone. Just returned from my trip to India and still feeling jetlagged a bit so nothing new on OWNRY.

My friend Jim Younkins is at it again on his Mub Bay & Southern N Scale Layout.

He sent over these photos of new custom painted engines to be used in his operations

From the email:

"just completed painting a couple of locos. The experimental BN scheme was applied to a GP-40 by the CB&Q. There are some good pictures of CB&Q 629 in "the BN in Color" volume 2. The VO 1000 is for the grain company in Elma. I've decided to have the company switcher do the duties at the grain silo and flour mill. This will be a separate job from the BN Elma switcher. The operator who does the West Coast Grain job will also do the Simpson, McCleary switcher and he Mud Bay Lumber, log train from Camp 6 out to the woods. This should be pretty much a full time position for one operator. "

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Live Japanese train video stream

Relaxation now: If you're exhausted and longing for a getaway, here's a quick Internet fix to help get your meditation on. Railway TV (ustream.tv/channel/railway-tv) broadcasts video from the front of a Japanese train. With pretty scenery and the train's quiet, rhythmic noises, the effect is surprisingly hypnotic and relaxing.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Blue Mountain Union Pacific

N Scale Mountain railroad layout Located in Portland Oregon. Blue Mountains are in Northeastern Oregon where Union Pacific RR runs over from Southern Idaho to Pendleton then on westward on Columbia River to Portland.



Owned by Keith Schaber, it is very much a club type layout. Has full CTC signal system. Video taken September 2007

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Rock Quarry on the Mud Bay & Southern

Jim Younkins has been hard at work on his N Scale empire. Having recently been driving dupm truck he frequented a large rock quarry and decided to model it. Where at on his already completed layout? Why not remodel? He has been sending me photos so I am now sharing them. (They are different sizes though). Below is a little slide show but you can see the slide show on my Picasa photo website where you can also download any of the photos