Model Railroading > My Eagle Mtn Project

While having some friends over, we needed a quick back drop and I had some scrap foam board. Used some random sprays from a blue rattle can and we had an instant back drop. Granted, it is not the perfection that some seek, but it brought some joy to those in attendance. I added the temporary back drop to my Free-mo module of Phone Line Road which is just south of Eagle Mountain. The engines are Atlas models and the ore cars are from Athrean. The sand on the module is from the actual location. Thanks for looking.

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Thanks for sharing. Looks fine. Didn't Model Railroader do a project layout on this line but used four axle-diesels instead of the correct six-axle ones because of space constraints?

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/10/18 18:21 by wabash2800.

That is correct, the Model Railroader project used a U30B instead of the U30C. They used a tight radius to get everything into a tight space. I started on two modules about eight years ago when I lived on the central coast. I sold those modules since I was moving to Southern Cal and made this new one about the same time the article was coming out. The article rekindled my interest and pushed me to complete my collection of Eagle Mountain models.

Hey Mike, do you need any more iron ore?

Very nice! Nothing like using ground texture material from the actual location to enhance the looks of the model.

Jeff Johnston
www.trainvideosandparts.com

Nice idea with the backdrop. It really completes the scene.

Here’s a video of a Kaiser Steel ore train model.

https://vimeo.com/162797044

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A back drop makes a huge difference.

BTW, is that the same Kaiser that D&RGW and UP ran a joint mineral train to?

Cheers, Jim

Yes!

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I'm working on modeling that joint UP/D&RGW mineral train which ran from Utah on the D&RGW and down the UP LA&SL line. I have 31 individually numbered UP Thrall coal gons and 5 individually numbered D&RGW Thralls for a (so far) 36 car unit train and UP and D&RGW SD45's with road numbers for their mineral assigned diesels. A Centralia shops UP CA 3/4 caboose brings up the rear.

Cheers, Jim

Very nice picture and models. Thanks for sharing.