MORRISTOWN & ERIE RAILROAD - WESTERN DIVISION

[Erieman]

John, we still the Lawrence Welk show on PBS out here. Shows you how "tuned in" we are!

Frank / Erieman

[GPdemayo]

Great photo & work Frank. 


I remember the "Oranges" from when I used to visit some of Dad's relatives. I can't remember which one, maybe East Orange?, but it wasn't that far from Lyndhurst.

Greg,
Didn't know you were a Jersey boy. Thanks for stopping by and glad you enjoy the progress. Plenty to do all the time.

Frank / Erieman

Hi Frank,


My dad was the official Jersey boy from Lyndhurst, but all the years thru high school I would spend half of my summer in NJ and the other half in Missouri with my mothers people. I got the best of both worlds.....big urban area, rural farms and small towns.


Dad had relatives all over northern NJ, Brooklyn and Long Island and Pegi's brother lived in Mountain Lakes for years. So many fun places to see and explore, I loved it. My uncles had a place on Upper Greenwood Lake and we used to have great weekend escapes there also.

[Erieman]

Greg,

All these places are familiar. I still have a lot of friends back there. Took our granddaughter(Morgan) back there relief this year for here is high school graduation. Spent a week in NYC.I left in '63. Hard to belive that I have been in Arizona for years. Time flies when you are having fun.

Frank/Erieman

[Erieman]

Tom ACL 1504 has been posting how to build streets on his forum thread. I have been looking for a good technique to make streets and I have been impressed with his solutions. I talked with Tom this morning after his recent street information post. He mentioned that he learned this technique from Howard Zane. Well, all I can say is thank you Howard and Tom.I dug out some of the same material that Tom has been using from my materials stash.


I want to have a brick gutter on the edges of my streets in Chester. I recall many of the streets where I grew up having pavers/ belgium blocks / ship ballast on them. some streets had only the gutters done with pavers and other streets were totally paved this way. So i cut some brick material that I have from Monster Modelworks and glued it to the cardstock. A little grey paint on the street and red for the brick gutter and it looks great. I took some photos in Chester next to the buildings and I love the technique. I still have to scribe some lines to give thw feeling of poured roads. I also need to find an easy way to come up with cracks in the road surface. Just another challenge before I start the major street project. The cardstock is also excellent next to track. The cardstock is just a bit smaller that the rail height, so there will not be any interference with the rails. This is awesome. Thanks to you both.


Frank / Erieman 

[ACL1504]

Frank,

No problem, as I said, Howard Zane shared this method with me on one of my many visits to his layout.

Glad it's working for you.

Tom

[Erieman]

Frank,

No problem, as I said, Howard Zane shared this method with me on one of my many visits to his layout.

Glad it's working for you.

Tom

TOM,


God Morning,


Thank you once again for sharing the street idea that you learned from Howard Zane. Really excited to work on this. Because of the design of Chester, the street is going to be one big piece. This is going to be a challenge for sure. I will make paper templates first to insure that I have it right. This is really going to take some time and lots of razor blades because of the thickness of the cardstock, I'll post pics when done.


Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

This is a test. New computer. I have been working on detailing many areas of the layout. As the saying goes, the devil is in the details. So-o-o, I am adding lots of details. the buildings have been on the layout for some time, including the steam shovel and truck. The bulldozer is new. Lots more details, trees, shrubs to be added. Enjoy.


Frank / Erieman

[sdrees]

Hi Frank,

Your computer passed the test. The pictures look great and the details are coming together very nicely.

[Erieman]

Hi Frank,

Your computer passed the test. The pictures look great and the details are coming together very nicely.

Good Morning Steve,


Thanks for stopping by. Yes, the computer is working just fine. I purchased a Microsoft Surface Pro 4. Its like learning it all over again. Lots of neat features.


Still lots of details to be added in Chester, Little Falls, etc... I try to work on detailing everyday, but there has been a lot of yard work to do after our vacation. I'll post a few more pics later today. I have also taken the mine module off the layout and put it on the bench to complete several elements of the structure. Never a dull moment around the layout.


Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

Steve,


I have been assembling the mine buildings onto a surface that allows me to install or remove the building complex. I still have three conveyors to complete, build another sorting hopper, some stairs, etc... You get the idea. Here is a pic of the progress. So-o-o-o much more to go.


Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

Good Evening All and those that follow,


I haven't posted in a while and took this pic earlier today and thought I should post it. Another shot looking down the tracks in Chester. Getting closer to completing the town of Chester. Need to pour the streets, install the street lights and add people to the sidewalks in the town.


In the meantime, there are many more details to be added in Little Falls, Ironia and Essex Falls. Retirement is great.


Have a great weekend.


Frank / Erieman

[ACL1504]

Frank,

Great photo from track level. The best photos of layouts are really from track level. Looking very good my friend. The little people will really add to the scene.

Thanks as always for sharing.

Tom

[cuse]

looks great Frank!


John

[GPdemayo]

What Tom said.....

[S&S RR]

Frank


The layout is looking great! I agree about the track level photographs. Very nice work.