Tony's Trains

Reading Terminal Holiday Railroad - Philadelphia Pennsylvania

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:10:00 +0000

Rain!

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:46:00 +0000

Christmas Tree

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Snow!

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:43:00 +0000

US Mint Strong Car

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:50:00 +0000

Hartland Minis - Sunoco Tanker

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:40:00 +0000

Using old decals modeled after some o-Scale Lionel decals for the famous Sunoco car, I painted this hartland Mini an aluminum color and put a few on for my consist. Used the Rustoleum textured black for the base and the rustoleum clear matte spray to hide the edges of the decals.

Railfanning in Nicholson PA

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:18:00 +0000

Handrail Painting helper

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:23:00 +0000

I am using a piece of wood about 1/4" wide by 1/8" thick. Drilled a few holes so that I can insert a small bit of the handrail into the wood. This allows me to paint all sides of the handrails and then hang the wood while the paint dries. Very useful and keeps the fingers clean!

Hartland Mighty Mack Switch - Upgrade

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:34:00 +0000

I found the plastic on the Mighty mack too shiny, and did not like the looks of the yellow detail parts on the bottom frame. Using the Rustoleum Plastic Textured black paint, I painted the underframe and was fleased with the results. I didnt want to weather at this time, just knock off the toyish look. The frame of the mighty mack is not Kadee friendly, but a piece of wood glued with Walthers Goo established a good base to screw a 831 coupler. I just had to open up the hole to make room for the box.

The lighting inside the Mack consisted of a burned out grain of rice bulb. This fed the two headlights via a long piece of plastic. I cut the tubes and glued the headlight lenses to the housing. I was able to fit a new bulb into the back of the housing and tabe it to the frame. Knowing that I would be upgrading to led in the future i used a terminal block on the power leads from the motor. This allows or easy dissaembly at a later time.

Septa R1 at the Philadelphia Airport - PHL - Silverliner IV

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:20:00 +0000

Greenery on the layout

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:44:00 +0000

Deer by the layout

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:34:00 +0000

View from the Roof

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:44:00 +0000

Stone Tunnel

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:11:00 +0000

I had some extra flgstones around the yard and put them to good use. Everything is dry fitted tightly with no mortar. So far so good.

Watching a Train

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:38:00 +0000

Lionel 4-4-2

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:35:00 +0000

Cleaned up the stone wall

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:37:00 +0000

Spring Clean up, new bushes, Lot's more to do

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:24:00 +0000

USA Trains Wheel and Gear replacement with NWSL kit - Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:56:00 +0000

USA Trains Wheel and Gear replacement with NWSL kit

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:54:00 +0000

Added some dirt and fill to the railroad

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:44:00 +0000

Ladder Roadbed - Garden Railroad Design V 1.0

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:08:00 +0000

First Run!

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:37:00 +0000

It took about 8 hours of cutting, forming, assembling and painting before I could fasten the track. For paint I used rustoleoum's flt black for plastic to adhere to the PVC.

I should have noticed that most people who use the ladder roadbed utilize flex track. I had an inventory of sectional aristocraft stainless steel which worked out just fine. The jig to form the curve sections was very close to the final profile of the 8 foot diameter curves. In the end, I screwed the track every few feet with small pan head screws. The roadbed is extremely level with almost a 0% grade. The train was running for about 6 hours with no derailments or problems.

Now on to landscaping!

Construction Log - roadbed

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:51:00 +0000

the roadbed work continues. I use these wood spikes to help hold the form until I set the pvc pipes. I have been using a product call Tuff-Wood sold at my local Home Depot here in South Jersey. The PVC pipe is 3/4 Schedule 40. Everything is fastened together with exterier deck screws.

Contruction Log - Forming the curve sections with my wall jig

noreply@blogger.com (tony.parone) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:49:00 +0000