By Bruce Petty THE COAST LINE GLENDALE DEPOT This was the first stop from LAUPT for the Coast Daylight and Lark heading towards San Francisco along the Coast Line. The San Joaquin Daylight and the Owl made their stops, then left on the Valley Route at Burbank Junction towards Bakersfield. BURBANK […]
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Here is a rough sketch of where I am at right now using the existing components and the additional center span and island. The island will be mounted on casters so it can be unhooked and moved flush with the back so I can still park my Jeep inside and […]
Spent the weekend resurrecting Bruce Petty’s Burbank Junction layout in my garage. I only have 3/4 of it up but as it sets is a fantastic switching layout. I added a new span in the center back effectively expanding it to 12’. Like the original it will be a desert […]
By Bruce Petty The old water tank and pump house at the east end of the Sun Valley Siding are a left over from steam locomotive days. Joe with his dog are out inspecting the switch points before the local arrives from Burbank Junction. Modeling Note: A new line of […]
by Bruce Petty This is an easy project to enhance your layout operation. I’ve installed what is called a Nanny Cam in inside a box car and use it while switching cars on the layout. This really gives an engineers a down the track type of view. I bought my […]
By Bruce Petty A real operating mine for the LA&SFV; RR It’s the early 1960s in the San Fernando Valley and the latest “IN THING”, is dercrative volcanic rock around back yard swimming pools and rock gardens. This is what replaced the scrap yard, a more user friendly product brought […]