Railroads and Ice Cream in HO-Scale
Construction of Le Mars has begun. My plan is to start on 18″ shelf that contains the transload and IML Containers. Build that to a reasonable state of completion and, if I’m satisfied with this change in scale and prototype, then continue with the rest of Le Mars, working north. Below is a chronicle of…
Read moreAfter the last journey, I finally found one… a container made by IML Containers. As expected, the Blue Bunny Load’d Sundaes are packed into plastic containers stamped with the IML logo.
Read moreOne of the things I enjoy about planning a layout is the industrial archeology – the research into the various industries served (directly or indirectly) by the railroad being modeled. Recently, I went on a quest to learn a bit more about the packaging industry in Le Mars, IA, and its association with Wells Blue…
Read moreThe track plan for Le Mars is pretty simple. I constrained myself to reusing the existing IKEA Ivar shelves from my previous layout attempt as the benchwork for this layout. It’s basically an around-the-walls style with one peninsula. Starting with the three track yard along the bottom, Americold Cold Storage will be represented along the…
Read moreAfter considerable time planning to model the IAIS in my hometown of Altoona, IA, I recently decided to make a couple major changes to my modeling goals. These changes involved both the scale of choice and the prototype, with the goal of having an operating layout sooner rather than later. No longer was I building…
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