Article #70: More Backdrops and how it can be Done

This is the 2nd article all about doing backdrops with model trains and we will go over 1 way it could be done and the way it was done in the photo above. The photo above shows Norfolk Southern SD60M 6800 leading a loaded coal train with a nice blue sky. This photo in the background is a composite photo not originally a part of the photo showing the locomotive on the layout. This can be a good way of doing backdrops where you erase the background of the original photo and if 2 pictures like this fit together. The angle here is more so an oncoming angle where you can see the background well. Also getting real photos that fit with the photo on the layout is another key thing.

Here is another photo like this and it is of Santa Fe GP3802 3500 with the brakeman standing on the engine ready to go into the yard.

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Article #92: DVCRR Motor Car in Track 2 of Grovemont Yard

In this new article we get a look at one of the DVCRR motor cars sitting in Track 2 of the Grovemont Yard. This was the first motor car added to the layout back in 2022. This motor car has a headlight, cow catcher and a horn. Every so often, the motor cars can be seen in the tracks of the yard.

Union Pacific Locomotive visits the Layout

On the DVCRR Layout there are lot's of different locomotives that run across the line, but there are not many Union Pacific Locomotives. Well here that changed as Union Pacific GP38-2 623 visits the layout. The pictures shows it beside a Amtrak F40PH on display and the engineer holding his lantern out the window. This is an engine that has and will become more and more frequent on the layout and it will se assigned to various locals that originate out of the Grovemont Yard. every now and then engines from the 2 locals switch out and engines and this one should be on those.

Model Railroad Article #15: Penn Central F Unit 4715

Penn Central F Unit #4715 is another F Unit that is very common on the Danville County Railroad Layout. This F Unit does a lot of helper service on many kinds of trains. In the photo above it is leading a light power move back to the Grovemont Yard and trailing is 0-6-0 Steam Locomotive 06237. This is Penn Central paint scheme that catches your eye right away, with it's aqua paint and Orange & White PC Emblem.

The Danville County Railroad Train Layout

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