B&M 1556 on the Assabet Branch.

[Guilford Guy]

I finally get to start the Garden Railroad 
So this weekend I was at the summer house in Rhode Island. I figured I'd have a little fun and lay down about 16 feet of track.
Theres a couple night shots and some shots of the following afternoon.
I can't wait until I have a fully operational line
I apologize for the quality of the night shots. Hard to focus in such dim lighting.


And the day shots...






Enjoy

[Conrail Quality]

Nice work with the sand! Gives it a very 'neglected' feel. Thanks for sharing!

[Tom Lapointe]

Looks like a REALLY little-used branchline with the sand ballast, GG!  (They actually did that on the old New Haven Chatham branch on Cape Cod; it was abandoned in 1937, recently paved as an extension to the Cape Rail Trail - biked it this past summer).

A suggestion for night lighting - I shot this video using a 500-watt halogen work light to simulate "moonlight" back on Memorial Day weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijXcQr9MFlc

The light fixture was actually 1000 watts  (two 500 watt fixtures on a tripod mast); picked up on sale a couple of years ago at the local ACE Hardware store for only $20!   (Great for doing late-night track work as well!).                                                                    Tom

[Guilford Guy]

It gets a daily 4-5 car freights. I'm probably going to fit in passenger service somehow
I am experimenting with this dirt ballast and will see if I put grass seeds into the dirt that the grass roots may act as an additional anchor to the bed. Dirt ballast works well already when not in rain.

[Guilford Guy]

(right click, view image, to get full size or visit the below link)
Now to find a Lionel Atlantic
http://www.getphpbb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=3709&mforum=ntres2#3709
Theres some before and after pix of the CP 4-6-4. Don't Shoot.

[Guilford Guy]

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5343/avr462p6b3816jz6.gif
(click link for full size)
Only took 30-60 min to do that one.

[Guilford Guy]

Heres a couple more.
Temporary weekend trackage, lol. The previous weekends line has been moved towards the mainline...

[Dusten Barefoot]

Get some steam up there. It would look great in the morning