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| Engine Facilities including the new scratch built Coal Tower |
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| Not the best part of town. |
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| Snyder Shoe Company All American Made |
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| She is Coming Around The Mountain from Gray |
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| Someone shouldn't smoke in bed don't you think! |
My layout is based on the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railroad from Randolph Street Station in Chicago to South Bend, Indiana. It is based in the mid 1960s when I first saw the railroad in South Bend. The layout is 30 by 60 foot. Running NCE DCC and signaling via CTC using C/MRI.
Monday, September 17, 2018
Somerset PA Photos
Here is some of the most recent work on the layout. It is in Somerset, PA just East of Gary and J. Withrow Mine No. 7.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
2018 Clinics Given. PowerPoints and Handouts
Here is the link to my CMR/I Power Point Presentation for the 2018 O Scale National and the MER Regional Conventions given in 2018
Jays-2018-CMRI-presentation
Here is also the handout for the CMR/I clinic.
https://www.slideshare.net/jaybeckham/cmri-and-signaling-handout-2018
Here is the handout for the Molding and Casting clinic for the O Scale National
https://www.slideshare.net/jaybeckham/molding-and-casting-clinic-2018-o-scale-national
If you have additional questions, just email me.
Jays-2018-CMRI-presentation
Here is also the handout for the CMR/I clinic.
https://www.slideshare.net/jaybeckham/cmri-and-signaling-handout-2018
Here is the handout for the Molding and Casting clinic for the O Scale National
https://www.slideshare.net/jaybeckham/molding-and-casting-clinic-2018-o-scale-national
If you have additional questions, just email me.
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Well my 50-Watt Laser Cutter finally arrived Tuesday. I
removed the crate yesterday to get my first look at this huge machine. I now
need to build a strong workbench with wheels for it. Then some 6-inch piping
for flumes, a tank for distilled water, and then hook it up and give it a go.
We need more than 100 structures for the layout and this machine will certainly
help. Hopefully will make first cut next week. The machine cuts using
drawings done in one of several CADs including the one I use, Visual Cadd.
It can engrave and cut at the same time. For example, it can engrave
bricks on several different surfaces e.g. wood or acrylic and then cut out the
building. All the stuff on top are parts that hook up to the
cutter. It is huge, 40 x 26 x 20 and weighs about 145 pounds. Here
is a video featuring this cutter if you are interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm4RaIZS1Eg
Friday, April 20, 2018
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Our Mine for the layout
This is Consolidated Coal Company No. 87.
It and several other deep shaft tipples are the basis for a free lanced tipple which will be located in one of the southern PA coal fields and served by the PB&J. It will be known as J. Withrow #1.