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Registration is FREE!  Posting Form Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Callouts: Message Icon:                             Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Dutchman[/i] [br]It has an interesting history, Jeff. Built by the same investors that were behind the NYS&W, it was chartered with its own "Macopin Lake RR" name. In 1897 it was taken over by the Susquehanna, but kept its name. From what I can find out, it always used Susquehanna motive power and cars (later Erie when the Erie operated the Susquehanna). It was 1.5 miles long from the lake to the interchange with the Susquehanna. Grades were steep and even with the brakes set on all cars, a train loaded with ice would often cause an 'intresting' ride down the mountain. One story I found said that they would hold all trains on the main line when an ice train would come down the hill. They would let it run out of the branch and onto the main until they could once again get it to stop. The road bed is still very visible as you drive next to it. One small bridge,and one nice cut through some rock are also nice features of the branch. In addition to the 100,000 ton ice house on the lake, there was also a large wood hotel and a dance pavilion, so passenger excursions were also in the mix. The lake and all the land around was bought by the city of Newark, NJ. The lake was made into one of several reservoirs for Newark that exist in our town. (Newark is many miles away.) Anyway, once Newark bought the land, they would not let swimming in the lake anymore, so the hotels diappeared. They did allow ice cutting, and that continued until 1926 when the line was abandoned. The NYS&W also served four more large ice houses in northwest New Jersey. Bringing ice to Paterson and NYC was good business in the late 1800's and early 1900's. I made up some decals and have an old reefer lettered for Macopin Lake Ice.[:D] [img]http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/Dutchman/2011331102827_PickleInterchange1.jpg[/img] At some point I would like to model the branch with a large hotel, the ice house and a dance pavilion modeled beside the lake. So far, our town library and the local historical society have not been able to provide any pictures of the structures, but I do have non-local pics of similar structures that would suffice. [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON    Insert a File     Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.      T O P I C    R E V I E W jschumaker Posted - 11/01/2011 : 12:10:33 PM I'm wondering if there is an interest in posting photos of HOn30 projects on this forum. To get the ball rolling, here are some shots of two of my recent builds. A tank car kitbashed from an AHM Old-Time tank car and a Chivers flatcar kit A reefer built from an old Chris Cardinal kit 15   L A T E S T    R E P L I E S    (Newest First) Ray Schofield Posted - 04/23/2013 : 09:22:58 AM Jeff the little engine did not run very well at all,but it was not run enough to give it a chance. The layout consisted of a small circle of track of about a 4 foot diameter. jschumaker Posted - 04/22/2013 : 4:22:16 PM Nice work on the caboose. How well does the 2-4-2T run? Jeff S. Dutchman Posted - 04/21/2013 : 07:03:38 AM Ray, that caboose looks great. Ray Schofield Posted - 04/20/2013 : 11:34:33 PM I built this F & C HOn30 caboose for my friend Cliff Coutinho's HOn30 small HOn30 diorama layout built by Bob Van Gelder of South River Model works. It is incorporated into Cliff's Old Colony and South Shore layout MR 10-2004 and GMR 2009 DEFugere Posted - 11/27/2012 : 7:50:22 PM So here is the fence. David DEFugere Posted - 11/27/2012 : 7:38:54 PM Well that holiday is past and I had time to build a fence to contain the sheep. Balsa wood posts and 80# card stock for rails. Still working on the backdrop. Dave Frary has a nice tutorial on the kit forum that is giving me inspiration. He sure has lots of ideas. David DEFugere Posted - 11/15/2012 : 06:58:30 AM quote: Originally posted by LynnB You have a nice flow going on in the scene. Have you considered perhaps making the backdrop trees taller and planting some trees in front of the backdrop? Just a thought. Good thought. I will consider all ideas. I've started to repaint the backdrop because the colors were not what I wanted. I also will practice painting background trees. Wish me luck. David LynnB Posted - 11/07/2012 : 5:29:15 PM You have a nice flow going on in the scene. Have you considered perhaps making the backdrop trees taller and planting some trees in front of the backdrop? Just a thought. jschumaker Posted - 11/07/2012 : 09:35:15 AM Thanks for the info. I'll check out FOS's site. Jeff S. DEFugere Posted - 11/06/2012 : 9:35:55 PM While rr-line was down and because all the political stuff on tv I had time to work on my backdrop. Didn't like my first attempt so I've redone a few things. Also worked on some road and groundcover details. There is great pleasure to be able to work on small things while larger projects plod forward. Here is a recent photo. David DEFugere Posted - 11/06/2012 : 9:25:32 PM Jeff The red structure I think you are asking about belongs to the left in the picture. It is a kit from FOS Model Structures. I must say an excellent kit. It can be built as two different buildings. Before I assembled it I made patterns so I could build a second structure from styrene. The first build is a lobster house and the second - red one you asked about - I made into a hardware store. If you go to the FOS site it is listed as Hoopers. David jschumaker Posted - 10/28/2012 : 09:41:52 AM David, What kit is the red building in the foreground of one of your modules? Jeff DEFugere Posted - 10/28/2012 : 05:47:09 AM quote: Originally posted by jschumaker David, Glad to see you're working on your layout again. Did you ever finish your boat? Jeff S. It is fun when I'm on a mission. The boat is pushed to the back of my worhbench, not forgotten - yet:-) David DEFugere Posted - 10/28/2012 : 05:42:48 AM quote: Originally posted by Dutchman You've made great progress on the background, David! Please keep the updates coming. I will Bruce. Hope to get more done today while the talking heads review what I just saw on a fourth down play. David jschumaker Posted - 10/27/2012 : 7:42:18 PM David, Glad to see you're working on your layout again. Did you ever finish your boat? Jeff S. Railroad Line Forums © 2000-13 Railroad Line Co.
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