So much for a relaxing half day off. Got my HO scale module wrapped up and lit finally. This was one my friend Bruce Petty was finishing up on his layout when he passed away. I added the LA River section, retained the UP freight depot and added 3 scratchbuilt […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
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Using the LA River as a fascia. by Bruce Petty The Los Angeles River meanders along side SP Taylor Yard’s engine facility. Part of my growing up years in Los Angeles was riding my bicycle along the concrete LA River channel, this was always a fun way to spend an […]
by Bruce Petty This is another cheep modeling project on how to to turn another Tyco car into a decent looking Southern Pacific G-50-25 type gondola. The prototype cars, a total of 400 were assembled at the Sacramento Shops during the years of 1951-52 and numbered 160650 – 161049. By […]
By Bruce Petty Modern concrete loading docks replace many of the railroads freight station’s aging wooden loading docks.For a little modeling fun, I used the same prototype method pouring real concrete, Dap Concrete Patch. The size of the concrete loading dock is 15 feet wide and 30 feet long. The […]
by Bruce Petty Union Pacific owned trackage rights all the way from Mission Tower to the top end of Taylor yard that served a 1.25 mile branch line that terminated at Forest Lawn Cemetery. The branch was a joint operation between UP and the SP, each railroad operating it every […]
By Bruce Petty Burbank Terry Lumber Company, 2 cars Zero Manufacturing, 1 car Orowheat Baking Co., 5 cars Orowheat Baking Co.1983. Albert Novak photo North Hollywood North Hollywood Team Track, 4 cars Adolph Ragu Food Products, 4 cars L.A. Moulding Products Co., 2 cars Horizon Art Products, 2 cars DiGiacomo Inc., […]