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Directions#135 September Status Report
September 11, 2018
Time again to report new items that have been added to EnterTRAINment Junction’s (EJ’s) layout. As usual, the order of the pictures and descriptions is in the order an EJ visitor would see them during progress along the layout aisle. Figure 1 shows the housing area on the mezzanine across from the Middle Period’s […]
Read More >#134 August Status Report
August 11, 2018
This month’s report is the fourth status report on the development and construction of EnterTRAINment Junction’s (EJ’) aerial tramway. The test fixture has been modified by raising the bottom of the lower station’s base plate to the height of the bottom of the layout table on which the station will ultimately be located. This enables […]
Read More >#133 July Status Report
July 14, 2018
For this month’s report, we’ll go down a different track. A new display has been added to the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) display area. It’s a beautifully executed model of Cincinnati’s Union Terminal and adjacent railroad service and maintenance facilities, as they would have appeared in the early 1950s (Figure 1). It was built by EJ […]
Read More >#132 June Status Report
June 14, 2018
This month’s article is the third in the series describing design and construction of the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout’s aerial tramway. With the tram cars now functionally complete and needing only cosmetic enhancements (painting, décor, and passengers), the focus changes to the more difficult functional aspects: the running gear. This time, we’ll look at the […]
Read More >#131 May Status Report
May 10, 2018
This month’s article continues the description of the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout’s aerial tramway, currently under development. This time, we’ll explore the design concept and how it’s being implemented mechanically and electrically on the tram cars. Figure 1 is a repeat of same Figure used last month to show what aerial tramway terminology means. One […]
Read More >#130 April Status Report
April 10, 2018
This month’s article describes a new project being worked on for the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout. It’s an aerial tramway from the lower level of the Middle City, near the drive-in theater, up to the shelf on the cliff adjacent to the EJ mezzanine (Figure 1). The stylized image shows the basic concept and its […]
Read More >#129 March Status Report
March 31, 2018
This month’s article is a further update on what’s new on the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout. As usual, the order that items are shown is in the order a visitor would see them while following the aisle through the layout. The improbable parking structure (see Part 78) in the Modern City is now gone. It’s […]
Read More >#128 February Status Report
February 27, 2018
This month’s article is a further update on what’s new on the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout. As usual, the order that items are shown is in the order a visitor would see them while following the aisle through the layout. A model of the Boeing 747-8 is now “flying” above the “Free-View” alcove between the […]
Read More >#127 January Status Report
January 30, 2018
This month’s article is another update on what’s new on the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout. As usual, the order that items are shown is in the order a visitor would see them while following the aisle through the layout. The lake at River Bend in the Early Period has a new visitor: a side-wheel […]
Read More >#126 December Status Report
December 12, 2017
This month’s article is about changes made at EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) for the Christmas celebration, called “Christmas at the Junction.” The first and most obvious change was the creation of the Christmas train layout. It was located in the EJ expo center (Figures 1 and 2). As in past years, this layout has a different […]
Read More >#125 November Status Report
November 12, 2017
This month’s article is about changes that were made at EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) in the features of the Halloween celebration, called Jack-O-Lantern Junction. The first and most obvious change is the addition of a Halloween train layout, visible from both the entrance and the exit of the Jack-O-Lantern Junction indoor maze in the EJ display […]
Read More >#124 October Status Report
October 12, 2017
This month’s article is about the completion of the upgrade described in the Part 123 article. It shows the installation of the first floor interior of the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout’s Middle City “Piano Building,” shown in before and after views in Figure 1. There’s not much difference between these views, but read on. […]
Read More >#123 September Status Report
September 12, 2017
This month’s article is about the latest upgrade of a building in the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout’s Middle City. It’s located two doors down from the Deli and Grocery described in Part 119 of these articles. It is what the EJ volunteers call the “Piano Building” because it has a grand piano being hoisted up […]
Read More >#122 August Status Report
August 12, 2017
This month’s article looks at small details on the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout, the figures modeling the inhabitants that populate the layout. As usual the scenes shown will be in the order a visitor would see them while progressing along the EJ layout aisle. However, this look will confine itself to a very limited area: […]
Read More >#121 July Status Report
July 12, 2017
This article looks again at a feature reported in a previous article. It’s the inclined railway in the Middle Period engine servicing facility area of the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout, (Figure 1). It’s located behind the roundhouse to the left. The job of the incline was to transport passengers to and from the roundhouse level […]
Read More >#120 June Status Report
June 12, 2017
This article explores the details of a recently added feature in the Early Period logging area of the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout (Figure 1). It is what’s called a “Tight Skyline Logging System.” It’s located across the EJ aisle from the lakeside town with the steamboat. The purpose of the Skyline was to pick up […]
Read More >#119 May Status Report
May 12, 2017
In this article, we’ll look at the recent upgrade to the Habush Grocery and Delicatessen in the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout’s Middle Period City (Figure 1). It’s located right next to the Grand Hotel, and is across the EJ aisle from the big locomotive wheels. Figure 1. The Grocery and Deli before Upgrade […]
Read More >#118 April Status Report
April 6, 2017
In this article, we’ll look at what’s new on the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout since the last such report in Part 116. As usual the order of the items described is as you would encounter them as you proceed along the layout’s aisle. First, there is now water in the lower part of the canal […]
Read More >#117 January Status Report
January 6, 2017
An interesting coincidence: this article is Number 117, and it’s for January 2017 (01-17). The change to a new year is a good time for a look-back at how far the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout has come since work started in 2006. An interesting area to showcase the evolution of the layout is the Modern […]
Read More >#116 December Status Report
December 6, 2016
This month’s article covers new things on the EnterTRAINment Junction (EJ) layout. As is usual in these articles, the order of the items described is in the order in which you would see them as you progressed along the EJ layout’s aisle. The first new item that’s been in work for some time is the […]
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