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| Deerfield River Valley Railroad The Hoosac Route of the Boston & Maine RR Greenfield to North Adams In Ho Scale Iv always dubbed it the Busted & Mended Model Railroading Is Truly The Greatest Hobby In The World.! |
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| The river scene is finished but we are going to build another on the other side of the layout once we get around to that location. |
| My favorite Locomotive is the EMD GP38-2 and I have quite a few of them along with GP40-2's. Who knows what the Boston & Maine would have acquired if Guilford had not bought the B&M in 1983 so its a real possibility they could have bought into a lot of SD type power painted in the blue & white. |
| From left to right Jim Fuller - Sue Picone - Ed Richardson - Dean McGranahan - Diane Fuller - Marcy Bibbo Phil and Brenda Opielowski. Jamie Girouard not pictured wasn't with us the day the group photo was taken. All of these people over the years have had a lot to do with the creation of this Model Railroad in one way or another and I cant thank them enough..! |
| The East Deerfield yard below is gone having been destroyed by tornado damage back on June 1st. 2011 so we've had a lot of reconstruction going on and some rather large projects with building new industry's and a much bigger project will be getting under way with building a power plant plus a Coal Mine in this now open large space. |
| I had been buying up a lot of these two versions of Athearn HO Open top Hoppers to put together several unit Coal Trains on the Layout and I lucked out at the Big E Train show with finding a man their that had 22 of the black version Hoppers above at a very good combined price and the cars were already upgraded. Now I have 62 of the black and 121 of the blue to pretty much complete what I have been looking for. Every car is being fitted with newer trucks, couplers, loads, and weathered. I'm not changing the car numbers and plan on doing a few videos to upload on Youtube using both versions of these cars. I'm building a Coal Fired Power Plant and a Coal mine to use all of these cars for long unit Coal Trains. |
People have asked me to post some over-all views of the layout so Iv posted several that give an idea of how its laid out. If
you click onto the page feature above you can see more photos on the next page. This layout is so much smaller then my
2004 version before we sold our much larger home and moved to this very small camp style home.
you click onto the page feature above you can see more photos on the next page. This layout is so much smaller then my
2004 version before we sold our much larger home and moved to this very small camp style home.
This was one of the very last photos I took of the West end of East Deerfield
Yard when it was on my layout before it was severely damaged on June 1st.
from the tornado that brushed past our home.
Yard when it was on my layout before it was severely damaged on June 1st.
from the tornado that brushed past our home.
Aldens Tower
Railfan Bridge
| Downtown Greenfield |
Verns Scrap Yard
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Several Fly Fishermen try their luck in the Deerfield River
Above is the Tower at Hoosac Junction with the Track at left headed to the very
famous Hoosac Tunnel and the two Tracks at right head to the will be built The
Old King Coal Mining Company.
famous Hoosac Tunnel and the two Tracks at right head to the will be built The
Old King Coal Mining Company.
This is the Trestle over the Deerfield River heading to the East Portal of the 4 3/4
mile long Hoosac Tunnel. The real Tunnel travels through the Hoosac Mountain
range to North Adams with its tracks on the way to New York.
mile long Hoosac Tunnel. The real Tunnel travels through the Hoosac Mountain
range to North Adams with its tracks on the way to New York.
A pair of F units thunder out of the East Portal of Hoosac Tunnel heading
East on a crisp fall morning with its mixed train.
The Grain Mill in this scene was never in this location but my small Layout
does need industrys to support it so their it stands with a single siding.
East on a crisp fall morning with its mixed train.
The Grain Mill in this scene was never in this location but my small Layout
does need industrys to support it so their it stands with a single siding.
Tonight 5-22-12 Ed & Dean were here and Dean continued working on the old Howard Johnson's Restaurant to rebuild it, the old one needs a lot of dress up work to bring it back fresh and new looking. Ed and I finished the shelving for the large TV in the corner of the rear layout area, we cut the last two small corner sections and put them in place along with the center leg to handle the heavy load. "See photos below" |
| Your now viewing an HO Model Railroad that started back in 1958 and is basically the same today in style as it was back then. It has gone through a lot of changes over the last 50+ years from being small in size on a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood to very large in a full 24 x 40 basement but now for the last 8 years it has been reduced to a mostly island type Layout in a 20' x 14' converted garage and staying that way. Do you like to build, kit-bash, paint, operate, and spend time with a good bunch of people then join us every week or as often as you can make it and be a part of "workin On the Railroad" on Tuesday evenings from 6:00pm to 10:00pm or other nights open as well even on the weekends. We get together and work on different projects and we don't charge dues and if you decide to become a regular member I will pay for a full yearly subscription to RMC or MR magazine or a publication of your choice sent to your home for as long as your in our group. We also offer snacks and refreshments and the talk isn't always about Trains. We are located in Monson Mass about 4 miles south of Palmer and the famous CP83 home of the town of Seven Railroads and one of New England's best train watching locations along the CSX, New England Central, and the Mass Central Railroad at the Palmer Diamond and famous Palmer Railroad Station. We may be old fashioned but still a lot of fun so stop by and take a look. |
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I applied a coat of dark chalk to the outer walls of the C&J Building, This will be home to a couple of family
type businesses "Ceil's 2nd Hand Shop" & "Jackie's Jewelers" These two women have been friends of
mine through my life at one time or another and mean a great deal to me.
To get the look of an old turn of the century structure it will take a lot of built up coats of these weathering
chalks to make it look real old.
type businesses "Ceil's 2nd Hand Shop" & "Jackie's Jewelers" These two women have been friends of
mine through my life at one time or another and mean a great deal to me.
To get the look of an old turn of the century structure it will take a lot of built up coats of these weathering
chalks to make it look real old.
Dean is still working on this Howard Johnson's Family Restaurant to re-build it, this building is over 30 years old and
I bought a new one in the box that someone was selling on eBay to get needed parts to restore this old classic.
I have no intention of building the new kit because its not quite as nice a quality building as the old one was but we
all know nothing today is like it was years ago. Some of the signs and decals will be used to replace the warn out old
ones.
I bought a new one in the box that someone was selling on eBay to get needed parts to restore this old classic.
I have no intention of building the new kit because its not quite as nice a quality building as the old one was but we
all know nothing today is like it was years ago. Some of the signs and decals will be used to replace the warn out old
ones.
| An SW9 Switcher is making it's daily stop at the Zoar Grain Mill to leave a car. |
| People are gathering for the Weds night band concert at the town square Gazebo. |
| I often times operate Guilford power but most of the time its B&M Locomotives that operate on this Layout. Its getting to the point that you don't see much Guilford Grey anymore and see Norfolk Southern or Pan Am.. I'm not into those at all..!! |
| Hoosac Junction |
| Ed and I finished building the corner shelf and I'll have Jamie paint it this weekend. On our meeting on the 29th we'll set the TV on the shelf and then I'll hook it up to the Satellite and DVD player and can watch Railroading videos along with The Three Stooges shorts and movies that I have. |