Super's Mod's, Customs, Layout's & Video's 👍

**Super** · **Super** 11-27-2014, 10:37 PM Track Engineer

Have been wanting to replace a station like this one in our layout that had a yellow roof and blue stop&go track with a hard to find one that has a dark blue roof and gray stop&go track. Once I received it I had to do some customizing with added lights, decals & people. The round, lighted, Amtrak sign in the middle looks better in real life than the picture shows with its light on. Its actually a drumhead for an electric train. All lights are LED's that use 9 volts.

**Super** · **Super** 12-14-2014, 07:01 PM Track Engineer

Supers Big Iron Bridge

Just something different I came up with, constructed and added to the layout. This was originally an O scale Lionel iron bridge that I removed the sides from. The easy construction consisted only in removing the outside, 2 posts on both side of each riser and flattening the underside of the panels to fit flush in the risers. Super glue holds the sides permanently down but the track is not. Here I am using a section of gray elevated rail because the color looks good with the black and the rails are wide to fill in the gap. I have another 2 sets of blue Polar Express bridges which are the same. I am going to try to make a double length bridge with no middle riser with those..

ROCKINATOR · ROCKINATOR 12-15-2014, 12:35 AM Tomy mechcanic

Very nice, never would've thought of that myself.

**Super** · **Super** 03-07-2015, 02:55 AM Track Engineer

Didn't realize it has been so long since I last posted here.

Today we are introducing the Purple People Eater A modified double Cargo Liner that are coupled together and have an LED lamp in each cab. LED's are powered from the second engine with a 9 volt battery. I took a spare motor and removed everything from the inside (motor & gears) I then wired the 9 volt battery in to the empty motor housing and connected it and the LED's to the motor switch. The lights are now turned on and off using the motor switch on the second engine. As you can see, the Purple People Eater carrys a lot of PlaKids for something to nibble on.

Also, something new for the layout. I have been wanting a Space Needle or CN Tower that either was lighted or one I could modify to light. Wasn't having much luck as everything I had seen was some kind of 3D puzzle or Lego/Nano blocks which I didn't want. Stumbled across this perfect model of the Tokyo Sky Tree from Bandai. No glue is needed for assembly and it
is either lit by a blue LED through the center of the Tower or a purplish LED from outside the Tower (I prefer the center light).