Some This and That

Further to fixing up that fence I've shown here in the last couple of posts at the back of the Ferrous Processing scrap metals yard, I've also now sprinkled some track ballast and ground foam "weeds" along the bottom of the fence.So here we see the view down the GTW track now. The switch that 5931 is about to cross is ballasted now too, so that's a bit of an improvement to the layout as well.

Speaking of the scrap metal yard, here's a view from one end of that industry.

The Ferrous Processing industry has been easily able to hold 3 gondolas quite comfortably, and it's one of my favourite industries to switch.  As such, I've been thinking of lengthening the spur track inside so that it could hold one or two more cars and maybe create a little more action there.  More on that another time perhaps.

And speaking of those gondolas, I've also been busy fixing up a couple of removable gondola loads.

Sheet styrene cut to fit inside gondolas and covered with the milling machine "busheling".  With some styrene scraps that I've been saving glued on top, they're ready to take a quick coat of grey primer.

I'll have pictures of the finished loads next time.

Meanwhile this week, Brian Smith sent along this photo from New Brunswick of a couple of covered hoppers, presumably part of a potash train, with some pretty serious weathering going on.I've cropped out the sky and foreground, as well as part of the cars on each end of these two.

That's about it for now.  Have a good week everybody.