The "new" JJJ&E In N Scale

[Powersteamguy1790]

ATSF F-7's slowly climb the grade on the mainline east of San Marino. I used Unimate #51060 Couplers to close couple the units together. The Monterrey mountains are in the background.




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[Powersteamguy1790]

An old 'Platinum" B&W photo of a SP "Heavy Mountain" #4352 on a siding east of San Marino with the Monterrey Mountains in the background. In the distance ATSF FT's and a consist of boxcars are headed towards San Marino. Yes diesels do run on the "new" JJJ&E.




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[Powersteamguy1790]

UP "Big Boy" #4001 makes the slow climb up the 1 1/2% grade on the outer mainline track east of San Marino. The Monterrey mountains are in the distant background.



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[Powersteamguy1790]

Southern #1454 "Light Mountain" 4-8-2 on the mainline east of San Marino. This "Light Mountain" pulls the Southern Crescent passenger
                      consist on the "new" JJJ&E. The Monterrey Mountains are in the background as this 4-8-2 negotiates the 1 1/2% grade in the turnaround area.



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[Powersteamguy1790]

NP W-5 Class Coal Burning Mikado #1837 kit bashed from a generic Kato Mikado using a GHQ full pewter detail kit. There is a Lok- Sound Select micro decoder and a Zimo cube speaker in the tender. This steamer weighs three times what the original locomotive weighed and pulls over 60 cars on level track.  The Monterrey Mountains are in the background.




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[Powersteamguy1790]

The outer mainline in the turnaround area east of San Marino, passing through the Monterrey River Valley with the Monterrey Mountains in the background. A boat house is on the far right.




Three mainline tracks are passing through the Monterrey River Valley. The outer mainline track is elevated and the grade is 1 1/2%.



The Three mainline tracks are heading back to the town of San Marino. The Monterrey Mountains are on the far right side of the photo.



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[S&S RR]

Your layout is really coming along nicely.  I'm enjoying the thread.

[Powersteamguy1790]

Your layout is really coming along nicely.  I'm enjoying the thread.

Thanks John. I appreciate your comments. Actually all the basic scenery on the layout has been completed for several years now. The only new scenery were the rock formations behind the 24 stall Roundhouse. At this point, I'm adding fine details on the layout. All the photo's I've posted in this thread are several years old except for the rock formations behind the 130' turntable and Roundhouse.

These rock formations wrap around the 50 inch turnaround area behind the Roundhouse. It took me several weeks to paint, detail and weather the rock formations and glue them in place on the backdrop which was painted a sky blue.









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[GPdemayo]

I have really enjoyed the pics of all the great scenes.....

[sdrees]

Hi John,

This is a nice tour of your layout.  You have to get rid of the diesels!

[Powersteamguy1790]

I have really enjoyed the pics of all the great scenes.....

Thanks Greg. I appreciate your comment and am glad you enjoyed the photo's.

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[Powersteamguy1790]

Hi John,

This is a nice tour of your layout.  You have to get rid of the diesels!

Thanks Steve. Am glad you enjoyed the tour of my layout. 

However my first name is Bob not John.

Unfortunately early transition era diesels are an important part of the layout and actually represent about 40% of the locomotive roster. I usually run diesels in consists of four units. These consists can usually pull over 50 plus cars which can be done in N scale due to the size of the layout. I usually run two 50 plus car trains at a time , each train pulled by a consist of four diesels. I run each train at quarter speed and never have derailments as the all the cars are weighted very carefully and placed in the consist so there is no excessive force on individual cars.

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[Powersteamguy1790]

A Southern Ms-4 Mikado #4839 on the mainline east of San Marino with the Monterrey Mountains in the background. This Southern Mikado was kit bashed from a generic Kato Mikado using a GHQ pewter detail kit. The added weight in the locomotive enables this Mikado to pull 50 plus cars on level track.



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[Janbouli]

Thanks for all the photo's Bob and don't get rid of the Diesels, I love Diesels , so much more vibrant then steam. 

[Powersteamguy1790]

Thanks for all the photo's Bob and don't get rid of the Diesels, I love Diesels , so much more vibrant then steam. 

Thanks for your comments Jan. No I don''t plan to get rid of any of the diesels on the "new" JJJ&E.

As a matter of fact, the latest diesel to arrive on the "new" JJJ&E is a UP 8500 GTEL
"Big Blow" #14 from Scale Trains . Its supposed to arrive at my PO Box on Saturday with a Monday delivery more probable. Just in time to celebrate my 76th birthday on February 2. This diesel received fabulous reviews in HO scale and great reviews before being released in N Scale this week. I'm anxious to run this Scale Trains production on my layout. It should be able to pull 50 plus car trains.

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