Search results

Weatbound Freight The Westbound S.P. freight arrives at Alpine.

Westbound S.P. Passenger An S.P. Mogul coasts up to the Alpine station. Passengers who arrived on the Eastbound and Westbound and headed for Terlingua will grab a quick breakfast at the Gage Hotel. They have about 45 minutes before the A & T passenger train departs for Jacqueline Heights and...

OT-1 (empty ore cars going to the “Cat Pause Mine”) out on the main has just crested the grade out of Jacqueline Heights, is about to come off the steam and start the long drift down to the mine.

Prototype From this and other media it would seem freelance is by far the largest segment of layouts. I really admire guys like Jack Burgess, Tony Koester, and, and, uhhh, can't think of any others but my hat is off to them. On a brand X forum one guy asked if anybody was doing a completely...

Freelance The A & T is a short line between Alpine and Terlingua, Texas. No such railroad ever existed but the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. (the S.P. Sunset Route) did/does go through Alpine. I probably should, but don't, try to use more accurate S.P. equipment for my staged...

Staging Hoss, I certainly agree with everybody about “Final” not being all that final. However you have to have an idea where to start and your plan looks like a good start to me. Very clever idea to use “Paint” with “RightTrack”! A problem I encountered: I have East and West staging...

Your Cabin Bill, SUPER COOL!:thumb:

Haggle Tree Arlaghan, In my world the townsfolk have dubbed that the "Haggle Tree". You may notice it is at the base of "Courthouse Hill" and a few citizens have gathered to haggle over county politics. In the real world it is from a Woodland Scenics kit. The kit included several deciduous...

Both Worlds Bill, Here is an idea. 60103's idea AND a shed. Here's one I built from scaled down plans that appeared in NG & SL Gazette. It's an actual model of a D&RGW shed. A simple "Sunday Afternoon" project.:)

C & T Marc, A lot of my inspiration comes from that C & T RR experience. Hope I get to do it again someday. Hey, does the tail end of that S.P. "Berk" in the first picture look familiar to you?:p

No Go krokodil, I can't get FLRR or the Climax links to work, any suggestions?

Gorge Bill, Strictly my opinion but based on trestles I've seen along the S.P. (now U.P.) main through west Texas, New Mexico and Arizona I haven't noticed any shacks or storage buildings nearby. I suppose it wouldn't be out of the question but I would surmise that if any work was need on a...

Your Progress cpNscale, VERY NICE! It appears that your scenery will really have some dramatic vistas. It's going to be fun watching it all develop. By the way I like your track to scenery ratio, not too "tracky"....NICE WORK!!

Bikerdad, Looks like good old AZ to me. Now all you need is some cacti and yuccas. Keep us updated!:)

Thanks All! Thanks Guys, I am having a lot of fum with this!:D

Bound For Points East The S.P. blankets Alpine as it heads out for San Antonio....................That's it for this for now. In the next segment the activity level stays high at Alpine.

Noise & Smoke! Both the S.P. passenger train and OT-1 depart Alpine, things get a bit noisy and smokey..........

Alpine Is Busy! The Eastbound passengers settle into the S.P. coaches in the background, mail sacks are swapped and a few parcels are loaded and off loaded. In the foreground A & T OT-1 starts rolling out of the yards on it’s way to the “Cat Pause Mine” and down to the Texas/Mexico border town...

S.P. Passenger Not too far out of town, the S.P. local roars through “The Narrows” at the S.P. cut off. The barking exhaust echoes off the steep walls of “The Narrows” rocky heights...............

The activity level remains high at Alpine, Texas as folks headed for points East gather at the station. Off in the distance the Southern Pacific local passenger train can be heard whistling for a crossing as it approaches Alpine.................