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Railhead001 · Oct 19, 2020

Watch as Peabody's main street becomes alive with some switching by a Conrail SW1500 at the South Pine Lumber Yard and new Northern Energy propane distributor.Also notice the new TRC active crossings that have been added along main street....

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Go large: https://youtu.be/WtEGRnFuATg

Railhead001 · Oct 20, 2020

Final details in place for Curbell Plastics:

Railhead001 · Oct 22, 2020

Now for the time being, the industry side of things is completed. I am now focusing my attention to the urban city areas. I am just expanding the city of Richmond. Added more residential and commercial buildings along with another road. I will begin adding the details next:

Railhead001 · Oct 25, 2020

Industry video on the new Northern Enengy Propane Depot outside of Richmond:

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Go large: https://youtu.be/7fprx0QL0Bk

Railhead001 · Oct 25, 2020

New Industry Video for the Richmond 76 Fuel Depot:

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Go large: https://youtu.be/54qHWA7VwXk

Railhead001 · Oct 28, 2020

I wasn't satisfied where I had located the CSX Ballast facility at the far end of Richmond Yard so I slid it down close to the loco shed and made 2 loading areas for 2 different types of ballast. I think it came out better this way. I replaced the facility where it was originally located with an NE propane distributor serving the Richmond area as well as the previous made for Peabody. Now the propane depot can service 2 distributors and any lumber yards that sell propane as well:

blueodessey · Oct 28, 2020

Railhead001 said:
I wasn't satisfied where I had located the CSX Ballast facility at the far end of Richmond Yard so I slid it down close to the loco shed and made 2 loading areas for 2 different types of ballast. I think it came out better this way. I replaced the facility where it was originally located with an NE propane distributor serving the Richmond area as well as the previous made for Peabody. Now the propane depot can service 2 distributors and any lumber yards that sell propane as well:

I had to read this twice to take it in for digesting.........My brain sometimes takes a bit longer to soak in all the information......:hehe:

Final analysis: There is great Artist at work here, who one, takes an idea, makes it work.........

Comes back, reworks it, and now it comes thru as even more fluid in design, with lots of Action here...........

And I like the nice division of Trackage in the back area, brings out a lot of definition with the different operations you have going on.

In addition, All your items in this area are spaced perfectly, good balance when you take the long view....It works, and works well...........!

Railhead001 · Oct 29, 2020

blueodessey said:
I had to read this twice to take it in for digesting.........My brain sometimes takes a bit longer to soak in all the information......:hehe:

Final analysis: There is great Artist at work here, who one, takes an idea, makes it work.........

Comes back, reworks it, and now it comes thru as even more fluid in design, with lots of Action here...........

And I like the nice division of Trackage in the back area, brings out a lot of definition with the different operations you have going on.

In addition, All your items in this area are spaced perfectly, good balance when you take the long view....It works, and works well...........!

Thanks for the kind words, I try to make everything "flow" toghethor as much as possibe. Sometimes I get it right the 1st time and sometimes it takes a few trys. I like to experiment and see what I can come up with. Good example below. I wanted more than just 3 propane tanks as I had in previous locations. I placed 2 sets of the JR Propane loadout that I had reskinned with Northern Energy logos side by side then overlapped a tank to come up with the configuration you see below. The hill behind the tanks was increased slightly to cover the loading platform that you see by the tankers. The hill hides it pretty good as seen in the last shot. People need to think outside the box and try different combinations to see what can be created instead of just adding a building here or there. Slight variations will add more depth to a route then repeating the same structures over and over as well as doing some basic reskinning. As long as you make copies or backups of the original file you can experiment without any worries....

Railhead001 · Oct 31, 2020

Alma Valley on the Modified Coal Country:

Railhead001 · Oct 31, 2020

After adding to the town of Richmond I am updating Peabody with some more buildings, adding more trees to make it less bare and putting in steps for the elevated sidewalk:

Railhead001 · Nov 1, 2020

Working on a new scene:

Railhead001 · Nov 1, 2020

The CAT team has arrived for assistance:

Railhead001 · Nov 1, 2020

Finally got around to completing the detailing for the gas station in Peabody:

Railhead001 · Nov 7, 2020

Well, been working on some reskins of vehicles:

Railhead001 · Nov 7, 2020

Another video drop:

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Railhead001 · Nov 7, 2020

And the next vehicle:

Last couple:

Railhead001 · Nov 7, 2020

Decided to make a new reskin for a CAT service truck for heavy equipment:

Also added a lighter shaded pickup:

Also did a reskin for a Amtrack MOW HiRail:

Railhead001 · Nov 7, 2020

Working on the reskin for a smaller TEREX crane:

Railhead001 · Nov 8, 2020

So I deceided to organize my reskinned vehicles and figures so I can see what I have got. i also will be adding a good number of the vehicles to my dropbox if anyone is interested:

1. Bottom row are all Team Fishel vehicles, they service electric, natural gas and communications
2. 6 produce box trucks various names followed by a LaFarge Cement pickup and Northern Energy pickup, Woodchuck Hi-rails, various reskinned workers, WoodChuck Surveyor pickup and WoodChuck Sawmill pick up
3. 3 ADM corn syrup tanker traielrs, "76" orange columbia freightliner, "76" Chevy 3500, Amtrak Chevy 3500, Amtrak Hi-rail, 2 Amtrak pickups, Amtrak dump truck, Amtrak Flatbed, DOT dump truck loaded and unloaded, DOT flatbed, and a Sunrise Side Towing flatbed
4. CAT Water truck, CAT service truck (fuel), CAT Chevy 3500, 3 CAT pickups, TEREX Crane, TEREX pickup. 4 Woodchuck Lumber Co. flatbeds
5. WoodChuck semi log tractor and trailer, 2 Woodchuck Sawmill tractor cabs

cabnz1 · Nov 9, 2020

They all look great. Fantastic work!

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