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Post by texrail on Mar 23, 2018 9:47:11 GMT -5
The pecan harvest is mostly done with a ground harvester which collects the fallen big pecan nuts which are as big as a coco nut.   |
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Post by texrail on Mar 23, 2018 9:52:05 GMT -5
Sometimes there is still a lot of hard work to do when too many nuts remain in the tree  more than 140 trees form this part of the plantation  |
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Post by texrail on Mar 23, 2018 9:56:31 GMT -5
Most of the pecans will be shipped by rail, but there are also customers who receive their processed products in packages by trucks.  |
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Post by cwrr on Mar 23, 2018 15:19:11 GMT -5
Soooooooo awesome!! Always look forward to your updates, they're inspiring!!  |
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Post by texrail on Mar 23, 2018 16:21:15 GMT -5
Thanks  |
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Post by neverland on Apr 4, 2018 5:08:16 GMT -5
You have certainly captured the look of a Texas pecan farm. I can remember seeing the big old pecan trees lining the riverbank in San Marcos where I went tubing. Their shade was sure welcome on a hot June afternoon.
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Post by texrail on Apr 4, 2018 11:30:30 GMT -5
Oh thank you! You made my day! According to wikipedia they grow up to 40 meters, but I wasn´t shure, if that would be the case in plantations.
Best regards, Ingo
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Post by neverland on Apr 4, 2018 16:06:16 GMT -5
Oh thank you! You made my day! According to wikipedia they grow up to 40 meters, but I wasn´t shure, if that would be the case in plantations. Best regards, Ingo Both TX & CA have impressive pecan trees, although the prolonged drought in both states have killed many of them despite their long taproots. Nice modeling. |
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Post by zscalehobo on Apr 5, 2018 16:03:51 GMT -5
Nice use of the Kibri 36607 as the Pecan packing plant. Impressive!
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Post by texrail on Aug 3, 2018 15:47:55 GMT -5
  I´m still waiting for my Atlas turnouts and keep my fingers crossed, that they are not affected by that AFFA-desaster. Without them, the T&P-Line in the background cannot continue to Allamore ( and Van Horn staging). And the SP / TNO-Line cannot proceed to Valentine, the big hole to the right. So, I had time to do little arrangements at the more-or-less finished part. |
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Post by texrail on Aug 3, 2018 15:54:17 GMT -5
  The gas station at Ft. Hanckock /Tx. has now some tank cars from the U.S. transportation corps and the GMC fuel tanker from EA Electronics is a great addition! |
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Post by texrail on Aug 4, 2018 1:37:51 GMT -5
  I found an old picture of Sierra Blanca /Tx., showing a Mexican Quarter on the other side of the tracks where the railroad gangs lived. Reason enough to do built my own version. |
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Post by texrail on Aug 4, 2018 1:48:52 GMT -5
 Randy Brown´s Sherrif´s office works well as a general store! As I had already "stolen" their original church, which stands on my layout on the other side of town, my Mexicans needed an other chappel......  ....... so I used Randy Brown´s Pacos´s Taco Diner. I removed the seating area in front and added two "bells",which ar little brass peaces for handrails for ships in larger scales. You can see the holes only from a special angle and if you are very close.
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Post by neverland on Aug 4, 2018 10:38:17 GMT -5
I love your innovative approaches to kit bashing! If you can't find what you want, transform something. Well done!
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Post by texrail on Aug 4, 2018 10:45:12 GMT -5
 The Copacabana Auto Service is another building in the mexican quarter. It is a paper modell! I recommend to look at papermau.blogspot.com ! You will find there a lot of papaer-modells for free. There are some links to other homepages of paper-enthusiasts, too. Not everthing is usefull to z scale. But if you make a jpg out of the instruction and put it in a word document, you can play with the size untill it fits your desired dimensions. |
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