Howdy, I'm Woodie Greene and I am a narrow gauge addict! With that out of the way, let me send a photo from the Mogollon Railway. This is called "Something is about to happen".
Welcome! I look forward to seeing more!
And just one more which shows what goes on in downtown Mogollon at the Gila Hotel.
Hey WC,
Great pictures. I think I stopped at that hotel one time.
What scale are you working in? HO?
Welcome and more pictures of your layout please
Rick
Welcome aboard! Nice pics, what scale are you modeling? Tell us more about your RR.
Hey, welcome, Woodie. Great to see you here. How's tricks in 32nd land.
Everybody, if you ever wanted to try micro R/C, Woodie's your man.
This is a guy who does it HIS way, for sure.
Martin
Good to see you here bud!! Welcome!
Woodie --
Welcome aboard! I always get a kick out of your Mogollon Ry, and now I can find it at my local dealer. ;D
Cheers,
Dallas
Thanks guys, I see some familiar names here. The Mogolon Railway is 1:35 scale, 2 foot gauge. I use On30 loco mechanisms, trucks, etc. which have been "upscaled" to suit. 1:35 is a great scale since there is so much available..not at the train shop, but at the military section in any hobby shop. And as someone mentioned, the Mogollon Railway is "unwired"...all locos have onboard batteries and radio control. I have been in model railroading for 50 years and that one thing has given me more fun than anything else, it's a shame that r/c is not even considered by the "big name" manufacturers. If anyone here is interested, I can tell you where to find more info than you can stand!
I will send more photos, hopefully good enough to pass muster. I prefer to send different pix to different sites, I hate seeing the same stuff on every site.
Woodie
Hello, Woody,
I would be interested in some info on "micro-sized R/C" stuff.
Carlo
Hi Woodie,
Dear me someone else with more new bright ideas. Combining model railroads and a military scale, very splendid concept. And the micro RC is interesting- I am just now starting to dabble in 1:48 standard gauge shortline ideas and I bet that would work in O-scale.
John
Howdy John. I didn't "discover" using 1:35 scale for my trains, over the years I have seen beautiful models done in 1:32 scale, mostly 2 footers. Since 1:32 is 3/8" to the foot..3/4" gauge (On3) is exact for modeling a 2 footer. I was into On30 for years and suddenly realized that I could actually have my "2 footer" if I simply moved to a larger scale. In 1:35 scale, 16.5MM gauge (HO, On30) is awfully close to 24" gauge, so that's the reason I chose the scale. Also, many military kits have great parts for scratchbuilding and bashing and the figures are easily modified into civillians. About the only thing "military" on my layout are the carbines and pistols that are carried by the citizens who live in the "wild west" of the 1940's. As for the r/c stuff, I have been building trains for 50 plus years and radio control is the best thing I have ever done in the hobby. I don't know if it is OK to post links to other websites here but there is one which has any ninfo you would want on the subject. I will check and see if it is OK.
Woodie
Mr. Russ controls all that there is or was, so if there exists a link he determines is below acceptable level it will be dealt with swiftly and surely.
So post away and let's see what happens!
John
Welcome to the forum Woodie... looking forward to seeing more pics of your work.
Paul
Woodie,
On the tool bar on my browser have instant links to EBay, Google, Paypal, Chuck Doan and one labled "Woodie".
I have been following your outdoor layout in Texas for some time now and find it to be refreshingly different.
I can't do outdoor layouts here in Anchorage but I do like the style of your layout as it expands.
Hope you enjoy yourself here as well.
Thanks Darryl, it is nice to be noticed but I wish they would take down those photos of me at the post office! You know, the Mogollon Railway didn't start out as an outdoor layout, it was just that after I moved to be able to take care of an 87 year old war vet, I found that I had NO room to build anything. So, I have taken over his back yard. It helps that the old gent is a model railroader also (HO, HOn3). I view my layout as the therapy that I would otherwise need to pay for but far, far more fulfilling. Over the years, I have met some great folks through the hobby and a couple of dudes who need to stay away from me. Of course the layout is not finished, never will be, but I am planning some new sections that will increase the run quite a bit. I will post some new photos here as soon as I can get to it.
Woodie
Woodie.it's great to see you are here as well. Familiar faces are always good to see when you are new, I know we will all enjoy your modeling contributions and wry wit!
Like a line from Cheers-"Verne!"...nice to see you also..Is this a cool site, or what. All should know that this gent is building a most impressive layout that makes me drool...and it takes some doin' to make me drool! Those beehive coke ovens are something, wish I had those. And I still lust after your cactus..Hmmm..
Woodie
Thanks Woodie...we are obviously on the same wavelength, when they commit us maybe they will put us in the same asylum so we can visit. Anybody who is masochistic patient enough to run trains with working link and pin couplers, or messing with TRs and MGs, is seriously on the edge. :D
I never knew you lusted after my cacti, they say confession is good for the soul. You have some amazing flora and fauna, including some saucy senoritas, that have inspired similar reactions!
Verne-yes, we is crazy! Since me and a couple of buddies actually operate the layout in a more or less proto-untypical manner, the L&P couplers make for some lively sessions (therapy?). When the neighbor ladies see the guys drive up for some "fun", they take all the kids inside so our "blue language" won't make the kids into sailors. Running outdoors does have its' advantages...and learning new words is one of them.
See you at the next group encounter..
Woodie-the Outlaw troublemaker
Since we all know who's crazee, here's photo proof that I most certainly am.....
Look what was found near Silver Creek. The sheriff is investigating now.
Woodie
OK, I may have this down now. Here's another photo showing MRy's #3 Rosa outside the enginehouse/shop. The line's only passenger car in in for some "repairs". I know the photos are tiny, but if you dare to put water on...er..click on them, they grow!
One of these days, I will learn how to run a computer'
Quote from: W C Greene on October 30, 2010, 10:41:55 AM
Look what was found near Silver Creek. The sheriff is investigating now.
Woodie
If he were face down, it could be D B Cooper... ;D
Very amusing Woodie, in a twisted sort of way...
Paul
Quote from: W C Greene on October 30, 2010, 10:41:55 AM
Since we all know who's crazee, here's photo proof that I most certainly am.....
Look what was found near Silver Creek. The sheriff is investigating now.
Woodie
I found him by the railroad track this morning
I could see that he was nearly dead
I knelt down beside him and I listened
Just to hear the words the dying fellow said
He said they let me out of prison down in Frisco
For ten long years I've paid for what I've done......
M....(heading to a corner with my new black suit)
Cool stuff. Is this an outdoor layout?
Yes, it's outdoors. Here in Dallas, the weather isn't all that outrageous and I have learned how to make stuff that can stay outside and look reasonably well. The layout is covered during storms and when the weather is colder than you know what. I couldn't have such a layout if it was stuck indoors. It started out in the living room but then I moved and the back yard is the only place to build...almost unlimited "real estate".
Woodie
I thought I would send a couple of photos of my poor old railroad showing Shay #5 doing some "switching" and Garratt #4 pushing an ore car across the Silver Creek trestle.
And just a couple of more. One shows tiny #3, "Rosa" in her little enginehouse at the Lone Star smelter and the other is the Cox Motor-Bike shop, just off the Mogollon Railway mainline.
Nice stuff!
Where did you get the bell for the front of that loco?
Ray-the parts I use on my 35n2 locos are mostly O scale PSC. I look for the large stuff, 9MM bells, large O scale headlights, etc. I have looked at "true" 1:32 detail parts, but they tend to overpower the tiny locos.
Woodie
Quote from: W C Greene on November 22, 2010, 01:47:44 PM
Ray-the parts I use on my 35n2 locos are mostly O scale PSC. I look for the large stuff, 9MM bells, large O scale headlights, etc. I have looked at "true" 1:32 detail parts, but they tend to overpower the tiny locos.
I've discovered the same problem in 1/24th, when modeling small locos.
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Thanks Woodie, always enjoy your updates!
Cheers,
Dallas
Nice stuff! I especially like the mine -- simple and authentic looking.
Love the photos, Woodie...your gritty world and its characters are very convincing. I like how the railroad seems a natural part of its surroundings, and how you avoided cliches in modeling Southwestern scenes. Wish I could buy you a cold one at Su Dinero... ;D
Thanks Verne, the drinks at Su Dinero are on me...and on the floor, and... BTW, the "ladies" next door are pretty and not as expensive as the ones at the Gila Hotel. Now, lights are being installed in many of Mogollon's buildings..soon, the downtown will look like Freemont St. (maybe in the 1930's)..
Woodie