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Allegheny Western Lines
HO Modular Group
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Member Rob Raggi Page 2
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Louisville
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Louisville is a northeastern city in the middle of autumn in the 1990’s. Along with Lou’s Diner and Jessica’s Shoe Emporium, the major online customers are MGR Shops, Fran’s Oil CO. and Lou’s Snowplows (name to change.) MGR Shops is a car repair shop with the building being loosely based off of the former Tank Car Corp. in Oreland, PA and with the visual feel of the PRR’s Hollidaysburg Shops trackwork. The front few inches of the building will be modeled on this portion of the layout with the bulk on my home layout. Fran’s Oil is a small oil distributing company modeled on a small jutout of the main module. Oil comes in and is distributed to homes and businesses in the area. Lou’s Snowplows is a manufacturer of snowplows for municipal and commercial use. I have modified the original building to have rail use on 2 floors. A ramp leads to the second floor docks. It is one building now but I plan some expansion in the future. Louisville is also home to a Civil War reenactment. Every year, thousands of people come to see the epic battles of the North and South portrayed here. |
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Left six-foot module.
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Right six-foot module.
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| Looking at the right end of the modules, the retaining wall and some scenery has been added. The building has been reworked from its original layout, The wall under the overhang still needs to be finished. |
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| LV tower, (notice the renaming from BX), and the freight house and station. The new hill is visible to the left along with the bridge. Also note the working signals. At this point there are 3 dwarf signals protecting the exits from the 3 sidings. |
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| This shot from the left end highlights the bridge and the hillside. Close examination will reveal the signal from the yard tracks to the left. |
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The panel which houses the components, Digitrax SE8C, BDL168, DB150 and associated power supplies.
Yes, we are adding signals. |
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This view shows the new signal bridge at the left side of the modules. The signal heads are controlled by the SE8C. I am using JMRI, (Java Model Railroad Interface) to control the SE8C.
The JMRI software is a free download from the following link: http://jmri.sourceforge.net/ |
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All Photos above by Rob Raggi
All photos below by Val Pistilli
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Left and right halves of both modules at the Greenberg show August 9, 10, 2008 |
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Page updated 9-5-08 |
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Designed and Maintained by
V. E. Pistilli
Allegheny Western Lines |
Allegheny Western Lines
P.O. Box 73
Ft. Washington, PA 19034
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| Mailto:vpistilli@verizon.net |
Copyright ©2007 Allegheny Western Lines.
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