Atlantic and Southern RR - Throw Back Thursday

[Janbouli]

Thank you Tom , great and simple road making . I do get confused , you have yellow markings in the middle , I assume you were/are modeling post 1961 , I am modeling 1960 Kansas and have white markings , is this correct?

[bparrish]

Tom...

Great roads......  You have retained something that most people forget in today's modern and cleaned up environment.

Before the closed crank case breathers of 1974 and later auto engines, all breathers dumped over the side and most transmissions didn't hold oil very well.  There were huge dark lines down the centers of the lanes in the road due to oil dripping everywhere.

Most people had to add at least a quart of oil between oil changes.  Today I barely know where the dip stick is on my modern car.  I sure know where it is on the '41 Chevrolet pick up and the '30 Model A.

Great modeling .... sir

see ya
Bob

[Blazeman]

Simple and ingenious. In a way similar to what I do, but yours I feel does a better job. Worth waiting for you to share with us.

[Lynnb]

Nice tutorial on making the roads, Ive always been a bit leary on making concrete roads.

[Lynnb]

Lots of nice stuff was going on with your old layout, why did you dismantle it? PS I still have to find your newest layout.

[ACL1504]

Great how to Tom.

Curt,

Thank you my friend. I hope you are enjoying the family cruise this weekend.

Tom

[ACL1504]

T~,
       Just love your ASS modeling!  Wish I knew all about this as you were actually building it.  Nonetheless, I'm glad to know now.  KP-out...

Thom,

Thank you kind sir. I wish I knew 40 years ago what I know now and not just in model railroading.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Thank you Tom , great and simple road making . I do get confused , you have yellow markings in the middle , I assume you were/are modeling post 1961 , I am modeling 1960 Kansas and have white markings , is this correct?

Jan,

Thank you for the compliment on the road making. Don't be confused, the white for your time period is correct and I should have used white as well. I had yellow on hand and just didn't think about my layout era at the time. My current layout is all white road striping.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom...

Great roads......  You have retained something that most people forget in today's modern and cleaned up environment.

Before the closed crank case breathers of 1974 and later auto engines, all breathers dumped over the side and most transmissions didn't hold oil very well.  There were huge dark lines down the centers of the lanes in the road due to oil dripping everywhere.

Most people had to add at least a quart of oil between oil changes.  Today I barely know where the dip stick is on my modern car.  I sure know where it is on the '41 Chevrolet pick up and the '30 Model A.

Great modeling .... sir

see ya
Bob

Bob,

Thanks for stopping by and posting your thoughts. The oil is correct as you are in the leaking oil from early vehicles.

I had two old cars as a kid growing up. My first one was a 1947 FORD (FIX OR REPAIR DAILY) 4 dr. sedan, flat head 8. It used 1 quart every 600 miles. Didn't smoke but it did use the oil. It was an oil breather as well.

I  don't even know where the dip stick is on my Lexus SUV.

My other car was a 1951 Ford sedan, flat head six. Burned oil every oil change as well.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Simple and ingenious. In a way similar to what I do, but yours I feel does a better job. Worth waiting for you to share with us.

Larry,

It is simple and effective. Using the short piece in the center keeps the correct spacing for the width as well.

I appreciate you following along.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Nice tutorial on making the roads, Ive always been a bit leary on making concrete roads.

Lynn,

Thank you, much appreciated. Making concrete roads is really easy. I think it can't get any easier than I explained.

I removed the old layout as I just wasn't happy with what I was doing. I didn't like the mountains as the ACL never went through any tunnels. Mountains take a lot of space and I wanted that space to go towards more traditional Florida scenery.

Here are the links to the two parts of the new layout. The first part deals with the removal of the old layout and some of my thoughts as to why I made the change.

You can read and view the first part but I locked the thread so you can't leave any comments.

You can view, leave comments and read the second part.

First part -1

http://modelersforum.com/layout-tours/the-atlantic-and-southern-build/

Second/Current part -

http://modelersforum.com/layout-tours/the-atlantic-and-southern-build-thread-continued/


You can also view other layouts in the Layout Tour Category.

I look forward to your thoughts and comments on the new layout.


Tom

[Lynnb]

Thanks Tom I appreciate the links and will be following up. I can't say I even realized there were layouts on the site and to be honest I could have sworn I was a member here under the name Wickman, oh well a new beginning. I too started a new layout after taking down the old one, I like mountains and bridges but then again I live in Northern Ontario.

[Jerry]

Tom great job on those roads.  An a great way to them.

Jerry

[ACL1504]

Thanks Tom I appreciate the links and will be following up. I can't say I even realized there were layouts on the site and to be honest I could have sworn I was a member here under the name Wickman, oh well a new beginning. I too started a new layout after taking down the old one, I like mountains and bridges but then again I live in Northern Ontario.

Lynn,

You are very welcome sir. I did like my high trestle on the old layout. It was literally over 8 feet in length but took up more room than I was willing to allow in the end.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom great job on those roads.  An a great way to them.

Jerry

Jerry,

Thank you. It was a quick and easy way to get the cardboard measured, drawn, cut and glued in place.

Tom