LPG Rack - Fully Installed and Lit - Ready for Business!

In celebration of finishing my Master of Science in Public Health degree - I decided to spend a few hours working on the layout today.  Here she is....the LPG rack - fully lit and placed into the scenery.

 Here is just a shot of the mill at night.....

LPG Delivery Rack

She is finished and ready for placement on the layout.  I decided to change the location for this kitbashed/scratchbuilt structure.  It is no longer going to be on the spur leading to the chemical delivery area.  Instead, it will be on the other side of the layout on a spur that to date had no real purpose.  This model will no become the LPG delivery rack; I have collocated the existing LPG yard to be adjacent to this rack and replace the LPG yard with the coooling towers of the plant.  I really like the changes happening on the layout.  Pictures to come.  Here is the LPG Rack before placement on the layout....

Some More Recent Weathering Jobs

A few recent additions to the collection....nice to have some time again to do some trains!

Another Railbox for the Collection

Added yet another Railbox to the weathered collection today....cannot get enough of these cars! 

ICG Boxcar

Still trying to decide to auction this one off or to hold on to it.  Originally, it was going to be a auction car, but then I thought I could use it for an MOW car on my CN line.  The high ladders and brake wheel place it outside my modeling era.  The jury is still out.....

GN Covered Hopper - Weathering Job

This model is a Micro Train Lines (MTL) 3 Bay ACF Centerflow, painted for Great Northern.  Out of the box, it is a very blue, plastic-looking model.  I washed it down with a mix of Floquil Dirt and B&M blue to fade the color and to wash out the graphics.  I then hit the body with Bragdon Enterprises weathering powders to show dirt, grime and rust.  Lastly, I used acrylics to compliment the grime and rust. 



The same hopper after the weathering job in the Grimeshop - ready for delivery to the customer.



Scratchbuilding a Chemical Delivery Covered Area

Recently on www.nscale.net a group of my train friends and I were discussing good ideas for chemical delivery to plants and mills. A friend of mine posted these pictures - once I saw them I knew I had to build one and that I had just the right spot for it on the layout:

Using pieces from a Bachmann Engine Inspection Facility, some see through brass walkway grating and some spare styrene, this is where I am at with the build:

Plenty still to do on it - a nice break from wiring, scenery, and weathering train cars!  I hope to work some more on it this weekend.  In the future, I hope to run pipes directly from the delivery rack to the chemical storage/receiving building.