The "new" JJJ&E In N Scale

[Powersteamguy1790]

A closeup overhead view of the Boat House & Monterrey River in the Monterrey Mountains.




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[Powersteamguy1790]

The Boat House and Monterrey River is nestled in the Monterrey River Valley.







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[S&S RR]

Bob


I just got caught up on your thread.  Very nice layout.  I haven't seen that many locomotives since my visit to Howard Zane's.  Thanks for sharing your work with us.

[ACL1504]

Bob,

The boat rental scene is a nice touch. Something not railroad related.

Tom

[Powersteamguy1790]

Bob


I just got caught up on your thread.  Very nice layout.  I haven't seen that many locomotives since my visit to Howard Zane's.  Thanks for sharing your work with us.

Thanks John. I'm glad you took the time to look at my layout. I've accumulated those locomotives over a period of almost 20 years.

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[Powersteamguy1790]

Bob,

The boat rental scene is a nice touch. Something not railroad related.

Tom

Thanks Tom. The boat rental scene just fits the space in that corner of the layout where the Monterrey River is located in the Monterrey River Valley. This kit was very interesting to build and took about ten hours to finish.

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[Powersteamguy1790]

The Fish Pier is one of the "signature buildings" on the "New" JJJ&E. This laser cut building kit was built over 17 years ago and was one of the "signature buildings" on the "Original" JJJ&E. This laser cut building kit was very detailed and intricate and took me over 16 hours to finish, weather and detail. North Eastern N Scale Models makes this kit and it is still available today. The approximate foot print of this building is 3 3/4" x 8" in N scale.

When I positioned all the buildings on the "New" JJJ&E, the Fish Pier was the last building to find a permanent home. That home turned out to be in the turnaround area east of San Marino, in the lower right hand corner of the layout adjacent to the Monterrey River. When I moved from Florida to Texas in 2009, the "Original" JJJ&E had to be completely dismantled. All of the buildings were salvaged without any problems except the Fish Pier. The Fish Pier's wharf was embedded in "Realistic Water" on the "Original" JJJ&E . The pilings of the wharf had to be sacrificed in order to remove the building from the layout. I had to rebuild that part of the wharf and all the pilings to make the Fish Pier a "usable structure" on the "New" JJJ&E.







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[Powersteamguy1790]

A closer view of the Fish Pier. When the Fish Pier was moved from the "Original" JJJ&E to the "New" JJJ&E, part of the wharf and all of the pilings had to rebuilt to make this structure fully functional. The Monterrey River courses below the wharf filled with many different kind s of fish. The Fish Pier is bustling with activity.






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[Powersteamguy1790]

[bAn overhead view of the Fish Pier and the Monterrey River coursing underneath the wharf and pilings. The mainline can be seen behind the building. I used Futures Floor Wax and Modge Podge to make the river and river bed.
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[Powersteamguy1790]

  Southern Green

A color 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.   




A closeup color photo of a Southern 2-8-0 #722 "Consolidation" with the "Broken Tree"Jurgens Junk Yard in the foreground.



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[Powersteamguy1790]

Rock Formations behind the 24 stall Round House and 130' turntable. This was the last part of the layout that had to be scenicked. The rock formations extend around the back part of the turnaround area which is 50 inches (N scale). I spent many hours adding earth tone coloring to the rock formations to get the effect that I wanted.





An old sepia photo of the Rock Formations behind the 24 stall Round House in the turnaround area.



A work in progress, as I planted some of the many blue spruce trees I fabricated behind and adjacent to the Round House in the turnaround area of the layout.



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[Powersteamguy1790]

An overhead view of the Fish Pier and the raging Monterrey River under its wharf. There is a lot of activity going on at the Fish Pier today.



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[Powersteamguy1790]

The Monterrey River is flowing under the wharf of the Fish Pier. A Keys Import PRR M1A is on the mainline negotiating the long grade in the Monterrey Mountains east of San Marino.



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[ACL1504]

Bob,

Nice rock face three photos up!

Tom

[Janbouli]

Bob,

Nice rock face three photos up!

Tom

Second that, they look very natural.