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New Happenings in Empire City


Some new happenings in Empire City to report this week..

The Empire Belt has taken possession of former Mopac B23-7s 4632 and 4637. For my purposes I've designated them U33Bs . These shells were purchased from Bachmann after the original shell were stripped of paint and glue turning them basically into junk. I plan to put a simple patch out of the MOPAC on the cab and add some Empire Belt lettering down the road. Over at Ralph's Warehouse a truck load of fencing from Neal's Hardware and Lumber has arrived. This spot has been approved by the Empire City Zoning Commission for an employee parking lot Meanwhile over at Neal's Lumber and Hardware things are buzzing along at the fast clip as both rail and truck freight is being moved in and out. A recent dumpster dive gave me some nice pieces of strip wood that I turned into steel loads. Here they are on some bulkhead hoppers. Chartpak tape and weathering powders
were used to highlight the loads A shelf over the former controller shelf has been added to better finish off this side of the layout.
The lower shelf is still useful as storage for things that need to be handy I think adding a few buildings enhances the skyline and overall look of the layout.
The buildings were taken from Mid Town area of Empire City By re-configuring the street in the vacated area I can use this location for a rail served industry. The area measures about 20" x 4".  Enough room for a low rise industry that can accommodate 2 50' cars A drone view of mid town Empire City. Neal's Lumber is to the left and Caterpillar to the right.
The re-configured street scene has opened up some nice scenic and detail possibilities so I want
to keep any new structure to about 3" in height. Empire City Caterpillar has received a new Rix Products modular loading dock and ramps.
The siding here is double ended so any industry to the left is easily accessible. Team Track? Nah... Three 40' boxcars fit perfectly with plenty of room for Caterpillar to the right and the switch to the left. This Wabash trailer was recently acquired during a used merchandise sale at my LHS. A thorough cleaning, some blue paint on the rims, replacing a crooked landing gear with some 3/4" brads and
some weathering have this trailer in T.O.F.C. revenue service. Two used Accuready NYC Pacemaker Service cars were also acquired. The cars were lightly weathered with weathering powder and put into revenue service. Speaking of revenue service Penn Central Car Movement 11 series is under way
Here's a short video from the N.Y.C.T.L.'s portion of the virtual ops
P.C.C.M. #11 series

Thanks for reading and watching!

Posted by John R. at 6:12 AM