Model Railroading > Layout Progress

Photos show recent progress on the Delaware Valley Traction Company. Scale is 1/2 inch to the foot. Track gauge is 2 and 1/2 inches. Everything, except buildings, is scratch built.
1 - East Penn car number 328 inbound at Shelly.
2 - DVT flat motor no. 19 with a two car freight meets DVT express motor no. 47 at Rakus Jct.
3 - Trackside view at Rakus Jct.

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4 - DVT work crane emerging from the cut on the Doylestown Branch at Rakus Jct.
5 - DVT crane, express motor no. 47, and flat motor no. 19 at Rakus Jct.
6 - Track level at Rakus Jct.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/26/10 07:37 by birdman.

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Good stuff - I bet those motors really rumble down the track.

One of the very first things that got me hooked on trains
was stumbling onto a copy of a book about the
Galveston-Houston interurban. That book really changed
my life in fact as before then I was a floundering beer drinking,
drug induced fool in my early 20's and the book actually gave me
some direction. Who knows, if might have even saved my life.

Bet you didn't expect that from your picture post!

ArgyleEagle Wrote:
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> Good stuff - I bet those motors really rumble down
> the track.
>
> One of the very first things that got me hooked on
> trains
> was stumbling onto a copy of a book about the
> Galveston-Houston interurban. That book really
> changed
> my life in fact as before then I was a floundering
> beer drinking,
> drug induced fool in my early 20's and the book
> actually gave me
> some direction. Who knows, if might have even
> saved my life.
>
> Bet you didn't expect that from your picture post!

I can relate Shane.After the booze ,chicks ,and fast cars of my teens and early 20's,I picked up a copy of RMC(early 70's I think).In it was an article on Allen McLelland's V&O.I was on the path to redemption from then on .I still like all of the above ,but in moderation <G>
Regards,Daryl Kay.

So, now that I've done the train thing, it's time for booze, fast cars and chicks?

I have found that chicks really like model railroading!