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Extending the Road Out of Town
The road in town came to an end at the tracks in front of the left-most store. I have now extended the road out of town over 3 tracks to the edge of the layout. The yard maintenance area was now inaccessible to vehicular traffic, so I created access ramps to allow entry from the…
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Lenny Kay – The Man, The Legend
Slideshow tribute to Lenny Kay, lounge band drummer who called the Harrisburg, PA area his home for more than 50 years, and the many musicians he played with over the years. Lenny Kay has been around forever…or so it seems. Lenny started his musical career in ninth grade, working with a 12-piece big band that…
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Secret Love – Nitecappers – c. 1965
Here’s a gem from the Nitecappers at the Harrisburg Moose around 1965. An upbeat showy arrangement of Secret Love features nice licks by Joe Marnickas on sax, Cap Cleary on trombone, Danny Grant on B3, and Lenny Kay on drums. Cappy, you bastard! Secret Love
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Danny Grant Experience – Carriage House 11/15/1975
Lenny Kay playing with the Danny Grant Experience at the Carriage House on 11/15/1975. Captured from aging reel-to-reel tapes and surely the only copy of this live performance known to exist. The great jazz guitarist Bill Fisher plays with the group. The More I See YouA great tune featuring Danny Grant on vocals and of…
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210 Trio – Live at the 210 Club
One of the many musical groups Lenny Kay played with over the years was the 210 Trio that played live at the 210 Club in Harrisburg, PA in the early 1970’s. Featured here is Ray Myers on vocals and brass, Lenny Kay on drums, and the incomparable Danny Grant on organ. Danny Grant Jam Girl…
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Layout overview, by request
I had a request for overview pictures of the layout. Don’t let it ruin the magic. “Pay no attention to the man behind the scenes…”
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Night shots around the layout
Updated this post with better night shots. I’m experimenting with my camera settings trying to take some night shots of the layout under minimal lighting. The only lighting used was from Lionel floodlights and yard lights and the lighted structure themselves.
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Concrete and asphalt lot for the transfer warehouse
I’ve been fighting with this one on and off for several months now. Last year I bought an MTH Ellicott Mills dry goods transfer warehouse and located it on the layout in a nice big spot between the rail lines and the highway. I scenicked the lots and roads around it but couldn’t decide how…
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You want weeds?
It’s mid-summer in Bobotville and the weeds around the Railtown General Store parking lot are just about to get out of control. I used a combination of Super Turf, Heki wildgrasses, dirt, fine turf, and small broken pieces of Super Trees.
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Scratch built picnic table on a budget (in 30 minutes)
24 hours later and I’m still waiting for my Scenic Express Concrete pads to dry. What to do? Build a picnic table for outside your ice cream shop, of course. You can buy a 1.5″ O-Scale picnic table online for $12, but why, I thought. I took some thin sheets of balsa wood and a straight…
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