Drew's Layout

Not sure what's next

2012-01-12T22:48:00.000-06:00

Happy NewYear 2012

2011-12-26T08:34:00.001-06:00

Merry Christmas from The ICG Railroad

2011-12-24T22:22:00.000-06:00

New Things

2011-05-17T20:41:00.008-05:00

MTJ Traveling Boxcar on the ICG

2011-04-16T16:52:00.008-05:00

Arriving into town!

Heading to the RIP Track for maintenance.

MJT Traveling boxcar getting serviced and cleaned up....

Heading out of town.

MJT Traveling boxcar going passed my boyhood hangout.

MTJ Traveling Boxcar

2011-04-16T16:51:00.010-05:00

Some Old and Some New Photos

2011-04-13T13:11:00.018-05:00

New addition to my layout

2011-02-20T20:31:00.006-06:00

I want to tell you about the TrainBoss™ Defect Detectors it is a great addition to my layout.check it out!

see my Great Place to Check Out on the right and click on the link:
Boulder Creek Engineering, LLC

Everything Just Black and White

2010-12-25T06:21:00.010-06:00

New to the Roster

2010-10-24T08:57:00.003-05:00

More Photos of the Layout

2010-08-15T11:21:00.015-05:00

New traffic light in town/Lineman working on transformer

2010-07-11T15:06:00.004-05:00

Me and my friends and the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad: 1972-1988

2010-07-11T14:21:00.013-05:00

New Photos of Layout with my Nikon Digital Camera

2010-04-18T15:43:00.027-05:00

New Photos

2010-02-27T21:02:00.018-06:00

Weathering

2009-11-29T09:15:00.012-06:00

Here are some of my attempts at weathering with some tips I picked up from some of my new found Friends.You can see the difference in one to the other.I used many things an air brush,weathering powers,dry brushing and others just to name a few.Well I hope you find some of this helpful and enjoying.

How to make roads

2009-09-27T14:11:00.013-05:00

Ok here is my first How to video is not great but I hope it will help. It will be in two parts"How to make roads"

New Photos of Layout

2009-06-12T10:12:00.013-05:00

Here are some new photos of the layout. Also I'm happy to say that the NEW ATLAS O 36 UNIQUE AND EXCITING LAYOUT PLANS FOR THE 'ATLAS O 21st CENTURY TRACK SYSTEM' 3-RAIL LAYOUTS book is out (item#6008) My Bud Norm Charbonneau is on the cover and you can find me on page 3 and pages 71&72 so pick up one or call ATLAS O and order one. More later, HOPE YOU ENJOY!

Home Town Smoke House

2009-04-26T10:23:00.008-05:00

Back home as a young boy, I grew up next to a old country store called, "Mrs Braggers". One of the things that I remember the most, was the one day of the week they would smoke the Andouille and sausage. Oh boy, could you smell it! My mom would send me to the store the next day and we would walk out back to the smoke house and get the order.
Here is a scratch built smokehouse I have done. It is 1 1/2" X 2 1/2" or 6'X 10' scale ft.
Hope you enjoy. I will add a smoke unit later for the effect.

New Layout Photos

2009-04-10T16:34:00.011-05:00

Here are more Photos of the Layout,I hope you find them
Inspiring and Enjoyable! Thanks for stopping by.

More Photos of the Layout

2009-03-13T15:51:00.011-05:00

Here are more Photos of the Layout,I hope you find them
Inspiring and Enjoyable! Thanks for stopping by.

UP DATED PHOTOS

2009-02-15T17:03:00.007-06:00

MY DAD

2009-01-23T21:49:00.003-06:00

Here is a photo of my dad LJ Madere Jr at age 18 in Memphis TN. 1946 with his fellow class mates becoming Locomotive Engineers. He is in the 3rd row from the bottom and the 4th from the left with the bill of his cap up. I know very little of his school days but the story he told of working the extra board out of Baton Rouge La. was the one he like to tell the most.

NO MORE PINK !!!!!!!!

2009-01-01T11:50:00.009-06:00

Well we will start 2009 off with NO MORE PINK !!!!!!!! On the Layout.
I have now come to a point with the layout were we have finished the bulk
Of the work and we will now work on the detailing and adding some scenes of people
Working and living about the layout. Hope you Like the latest Photos!!!!

Hi All and Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-11-02T20:14:00.016-06:00

A Southern Pacific Dash-9 rounding the bend along the Mississippi river in Reserve La. with a Louisiana Cajun tradition in the back ground.
The Christmas bonfires light the banks of the Mississippi River to guide Papa Nöel’s (the Cajun version of Santa Claus) on Christmas eve.
To prepare for the bonfire events, families in the communities gather on weekends in November and December to construct the mammoth
structures. The bonfire festivities have been a tradition in St. John Parish since the 1880’s. Although the origin is debated, the most popular
story is that the fires lit the way for Papa Nöel, the Cajun version of Santa Claus, as he paddled his pirogue and delivering gifts to children.

From the top of the levees you can see a Southern Pacific RS-11 is Hard at work along the Mississippi River at Cargill in Reserve La.

A Southern Pacific T&NO SW8 Phase 2 is Hard at work along the Mississippi River at Cargill in Reserve La.

CTT Magazine November Issues

2008-09-11T19:37:00.011-05:00

Be sure to check out page 19 of CTT's November issue which will be out soon. Also,Thanks to CTT.be sure to grab a copy.

Atlas O Golden Spike Club Grand Prize Engin

2008-08-22T22:30:00.008-05:00

GREAT NEWS!!! Well, I received my Atlas O Golden Spike Club Grand Prize Engine the CN C-630 and let me say, that this is one great engine. Atlas really did a jam up job with this one. "WAY TO GO ATLAS O!!!"

KEEP MOVING FORWARD

2008-08-06T22:52:00.012-05:00

Well I have been working on the layout with the summer here it has been a little hot but as Walt Disney always says keep moving forward so here are some new photos I hope you like.

Some Great News From The Hobby World

2008-06-29T22:14:00.009-05:00

Well as most of you know by now my layout was the Grand Prize winner in the Atlas O Golden Spike Club layout Contest. Let me just say when I got the e-mail from Atlas O VP Jim Weaver I shouted at the top of my voice that my wife thought something bad happened and I said NO! Something great happened. Well I keep working on the layout on the day’s I can and getting more done see for yourself.

Layout Overvew

2008-05-10T16:15:00.001-05:00

Some new photos of the Layout

2008-03-17T22:41:00.000-05:00

More of the Layout

2008-02-09T22:15:00.001-06:00

Well I'm Moving right along on the Layout

2007-12-23T11:41:00.000-06:00

Well I have been hard at it on the layout as you can see in the pictures
and I have also found so new things I will apply to my part of the hobby.
One of the things is weathering I found a web site that help with info you
can use and Rich Divizio is the founder. http://www.modeltrainsweathered.com/
hope you like. The other is scratch-building I found a web site and a friend at
http://www.darrylhuffman.50megs.com/shopping_page.html Darryl Huffman is a master
modeler.

This is my water pump house

This is my Trawl shop

This is the New Old Fueling tank

This is my new cleaning dock

This is my new RIP Track

Weatherning

2007-11-02T09:18:00.001-05:00

October 07

2007-10-27T23:23:00.000-05:00

August/07

2007-08-30T07:13:00.000-05:00

Well as you see work is moveing along.
I have alot more work ahead so I will
keep posting. enjoy

Layout 7/27/07

2007-07-27T23:17:00.000-05:00

New Layout 7/13/07

2007-07-13T23:38:00.000-05:00

New Photos

2007-07-08T20:50:00.000-05:00

The up dates on the Layout 6/30/07

2007-06-30T15:22:00.000-05:00

Well I have added some Lionel buildings to the layout and started on the ground work

I will be posting here as I get some work done.

My new home

2007-04-15T16:28:00.000-05:00

Well the layout has found it's new home. My wife was kind enough to let me have the garage for
the layout.the 14X20 building was out of our price range for now so I will build it later. The garage is not bad it is 20X24 I will stay in this until I need to build a new layout.
I have painted the back ground for the new layout I was not sure what I wanted so I just
painted the sky I figured it would be neutral for the layout.

The Layout

2006-08-19T19:47:00.000-05:00

Well the layout is coming along fine. I have laid the road bed
and all the track is wired in the switches are wired in also.
The signal system I'm using is from CUSTOM SIGNALS
it is in place and wired in and it works great. I will need to put
the layout on hold as I will be moving in October and will
be building a new room a little bigger for the Layout then the one I have
now it is 12X20 and the new one will be 14X20.

Laying the Track

2006-07-09T12:23:00.000-05:00

Here an update on the layout I am laying the track.
I used RR-tracks layout software to design my track plan.
The layout is 6'X20' with a 4 track yard. I am using all atlas track with O-54 and O-63 curves and all O-54 switches. The curves are banked slightly. I will have a blocking system as I planto use a signal system form CUSTOM SIGNALS.

Layout Progress

2006-06-03T10:05:00.000-05:00

Well the 3" foam is in place and now it time to lay the track and install
the road bed. The track will be laid temporary as all the track I will
paint rail brown. Here is my progress.

New Layout progress

2006-05-22T22:38:00.000-05:00

Well here I am with more info on the new layout
as you can see I am moveing right along with the
foam. The foam is 3" thick and I am glueing it down
with floor adhesive after I am finshed with this part
I will start laying down the road bead. I will be useing
a 1/4 VINYLBED ROADBED on the main line and
nothing on the all sidings and yards. More info soon.

More New Layout

2006-05-06T13:19:00.001-05:00

The new layout will be all remote control even the turning on and off
of the power. Iwill use all Lionel Trainmaster Command Control (TMCC)
with no visible control panel. I will control the Atlas O switches with
Lionel SC-2 and all the lighting and operating accessories will be controled
with Lionel SC-1 . As I move forwerd I will show progres and up date
info.

The New Layout

2006-05-02T21:52:00.000-05:00

Here is the start of my new layout it was designed with RR Tracks program
witch I find a great investment. Iam useing all Atlas O track and switchs.
The bench work is constructed of 1x4,1x3 and 2x3with 1/2" pllywood
top this is more then suitable for any layout . I glued on top of the 1/2"
plywood 3"FOAMULAR rigid foam insulation.