18 Eerie Train Graveyards & Abandoned Locomotive Cemeteries

Eerie doesn't do these images justice. To view these less-than-pristine locomotives that once traversed from location to location sitting there and slowing sub-coming to the elements is disheartening.

Ghost Town Gallery

The Ghost Town Gallery features dozens of images of abandoned western mine towns located in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Montana, Arizona, and Utah. These towns like Bodie CA, Stedman CA, Glendale MT, and Clarkdale AZ, once were populated with people and flourished when precious metals, like gold, silver, and lead, were abundant. Once the metals gave way they were abandoned and left to decay.

Abandoned Chicken Coop Project

After several attempts I have decided to abandon my Woodland Scenics Chicken Coop. After painting and weathering the walls and roof of the structure I cannot get the walls to assemble squarely and of course the roof meant to fit snuggly on top of a squared structure will not fit squarely either.

If I want a chicken coop on my layout I have a few different options. I could either scratch build or kit bash one if a suitable structure could be found. I am leaning more toward the scratch built idea, where as the structure need not be all that elaborate.

There two ways I am thinking about building a chicken coop, in fact why don’t I just build two. The first idea would be a rectangular structure with a sloping roof. The structure would sit on four concrete posts; include a full sized door to allow for easy egg removal, a set of paned windows on the front of the structure, and three or four small hinged ramps that would allow the chickens out to roam out in fenced pen.

The structure could be creating using a variety of materials I have on hand. I could use strip wood and do a board on board approach or use clapboard styrene sheet. Since the chicken coop would be an out-building and placed toward the back of the layout the later mentioned method will be fine, I don’t need all that much detail for a structure that is not going to be out front. Still, using styrene clapboard siding and a set of modified window casting from my junk box would provide enough detail to satisfy my needs. Of course the pen would be populated with chickens and a sneaky fox looking for a way to get to the chickens could be placed in nearby bushes.

I will have to draw-up a plan for the structure I have in mind and lay my dimensions down on styrene sheet. Once these plans are complete I will upload them.

The other idea for a chicken coop would take a little more planning. I will try to mimic the detail in the Woodland Scenic casting, by using a combination of brick, stone, metal siding, and clapboard sheets for the walls and create a set of ramshackle windows. I might just start with this model, since it seems that it might more fun to build than the other. There again, I will have to lay out some plans for this structure, not forgetting the structure would have to mimic one that was “slapped” together.

Another go at Abandoned

This time it is set of abandoned “mysterious ghost” ships. Two dozen images of ships in all sorts of points of disrepair. Abandoned!

Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital in New York in Disrepair

The Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Center, founded in 1912, once housed 7,000 patients. Now through neglect and disrepair Creedmoor has taken on the aspect of creep’s. It looks like it would be a good location for a horror movie.

The site features fourteen slides of various locations on the Creedmoor Psychiatric Centers campus and displays images of peeling paint, mountains of bird dropping and discarded toys once handled by the centers patients, ETC.

Haunting Abandoned Relics

I have always been fascinated with abandoned structures. I have toured several in my life. Abandoned structures usually provide a very rewarding photo-shoot. Just be careful. Some of these structures are anything but safe. The Haunting Beauty of Abandoned Relics site offers fourteen slides of some very striking images of abandoned vehicles and structures.

Abandoned Stars War Sets

Yahoo news is featuring some very cool images of abandoned Star Wars sets that are now rotting out in the desert. Can you pick any of the scenes out? Very Cool!