The "new" JJJ&E In N Scale

[Powersteamguy1790]

Thanks Tom. Those photo's just show the added pewter and wire detail parts.

The photo is posted above, but here it is again. The finished product.



Stay cool and run steam......

[Powersteamguy1790]

A Busy Evening At the Switching Yard Of The "new" JJJ&E  (This is an early photo of this part of the layout after the switches were wired for DCC and dwarf signals)




It's always a busy evening at the Switching Yard on the "new" JJJ&E. There are 32 turnouts in the Switching Yard. Each turnout is controlled by a Dwarf signal. The "new" JJJ&E is run by DCC and all turnouts are controlled by a stationary decoder. Each dwarf signal is wired to an individual stationary decoder, in this case a NCE Switch-Kat.     





This is a track side view in the middle of the Switching Yard. A five track diesel service area is located at the far end of the Switching Yard.     



Stay cool and run steam.......

[ACL1504]

Bob,

Great job on the loco detailing. And look at all that steam. Do you need a big exhaust fan for the layout room?


Just kidding.

Tom

[Twopoint2]

Bob

Layout looks great and all the steam too.

[Powersteamguy1790]

Bob,

Great job on the loco detailing. And look at all that steam. Do you need a big exhaust fan for the layout room?


Just kidding.

Tom

Thanks Tom. I enjoy detailing the steamers. To blow out all the steam smoke, I run the A/C on high for awhile.

Stay cool and run steam.....

[Powersteamguy1790]

Bob

Layout looks great and all the steam too.

Thanks Jim. I appreciate your comments.

Stay cool and run steam....

[Powersteamguy1790]

A sweeping panoramic view of the left side of the middle part of the "new" JJJ&E. 33' Coal hoppers are lined up on five sidings that service the Cash Mining Company. Two oil derricks are above the retaining wall in the corner of the layout.




A closeup of the Cash Mining Company with a panoramic view of the two oil derricks above the retaining wall in the corner of the layout.




Stay cool and run steam.......

[Powersteamguy1790]

An old B&W  photo of a Southern 2-8-0 #722 "Consolidation" on the move. This steamer was from the first run of Spectrum steam locomotives in 2002 and is still going strong. This 2-8-0 is on a siding west of San Marino near the San Marino Cash Coal Mine and adjacent to the San Marino Jurgens Junk Yard.






Stay cool and run steam......

[Powersteamguy1790]

color photo of a Southern 2-8-0 #722 "Consolidation". This steamer was from the first run of Spectrum steam locomotives in 2002 and is still going strong. This 2-8-0 is on a siding west of San Marino near the San Marino Cash Coal Mine and adjacent to the San Marino Jurgens Junk Yard.





Stay cool and run steam.....

[Powersteamguy1790]

An old sepia photo of a Southern 2-8-0 #722 "Consolidation" on the move. This steamer was from the first run of Spectrum steam locomotives in 2002 and is still going strong. This 2-8-0 is on a siding west of San Marino near the San Marino Cash Coal Mine and adjacent to the San Marino Jurgens Junk Yard.




Stay cool and run steam........

[RWL]

Bob,

Just an observation, but I have a question about the trailing trucks on the Mikados. They look to be castings of Delta trucks, but they look upside down and backwards. The yoke of the side frame is on the bottom and the pivot angle of the sideframe is toward the rear. No matter which direction they are in, it is a good looking engine with the extra appliances. It is quite an accomplishment to work in this scale, patience and exceptional eyesight are defining factors. You have quite the collecion of motive power and a nice area in which to display it.

Bob

[ACL1504]

The trailing truck on the Burlington #5504 is definitely upside down and backwards. Looks good though, the loco that is, not the upside down trailing truck.

Tom

[R Edington]

  What is it about "us" n scaler's that we have a lot more locomotives than the layout will support??? I know that I have close to 500 locomotives and my layout won't even use half of them.


  Great job on detailing your steam.

[Powersteamguy1790]

Bob,

Just an observation, but I have a question about the trailing trucks on the Mikados. They look to be castings of Delta trucks, but they look upside down and backwards. The yoke of the side frame is on the bottom and the pivot angle of the sideframe is toward the rear. No matter which direction they are in, it is a good looking engine with the extra appliances. It is quite an accomplishment to work in this scale, patience and exceptional eyesight are defining factors. You have quite the collecion of motive power and a nice area in which to display it.

Bob

Thanks Bob. I appreciate your comments. I did four of these CB&Q 0-4 Mikado's and this is the only one, that I accidentally installed the side frame incorrectly. I changed it out on the locomotive . Unfortunately I didn't take another photo of the steamer #5504 with the trailing truck side frame in the correct position.


CB&Q 0-4 Mikado #5506





At age 75, I still am able to work on the small details in N scale as well as being able to install decoders/sound decoder in all N scale locomotives. My eyesight is still great thanks to the tri-focals I use. Had Cataract surgery last winter in both eyes which was very successful.

Stay cool and run steam.......

[Powersteamguy1790]

The trailing truck on the Burlington #5504 is definitely upside down and backwards. Looks good though, the loco that is, not the upside down trailing truck.

Tom

Thanks Tom. See my post above.

Stay cool and run steam...........