Railway Historical
and Modeling Society
Layout Photos
Modeling the Prototype
Here is my version of the Vermillian River Bridge just south and west of Streator. It still needs handrails, but now go back to the picture of the same real bridge on the Santa Fe at Streator that you can see on the Home page.
This is the signal bridge west of the Joliet Union Station. For an image of my signal bridge at this location on my layout click here.
Working Derails for sidings
I added some working derails to a couple of my grain elevator sidings. These are 3D printed by Gotham Rail & Marine. They are very small and are a little tricky to build but their size and function is pretty cool. I have a 30 second video that shows them in operation that you can go to by clicking here. Derails are installed on the rail opposite the mainline to derail and shift the "rolling" car away from the mainline. Click here for more photos