Hello Everyone,
We just finished a new Overhead Train System for the Molly butler Lodge. The lodge is located in Greer, Arizona about 3 hrs North East of Phoenix.
The train system will be about 400 feet of double and single track. The Layout will feature an 11 ft. Hell’s gate bridge and a suspension bridge. Also we’ll be making a replica of the Molly Butler lodge itslf and one of Santa’s Work Shop.
Here are some pictures of this project.
Hello Everyone,
This time I want to show you what I did to this one spot in my layout that has been empty for a while. I had no idea of what I could have there until not to long ago. This is what I came up with.
See if you guys like it and if you have a favorite scene or detail. I hope they are the same as my favorite details, which some of my friends came up and helped with.
Here are some pictures that show the new Eaglewings Houses on our Wild Eagle Railroad.
Now with more detail
Hello Everybody,
Well we have industrial buildings for people to work at. We have downtown buildings with shops and other bussines where people shop and have fun. But where do all these people live?
Someone has to build houses for all of the people that work and shop downton, all the workers from all the industries that depend on the operation of the train to receive their supplies and to deliver their products.
That’s how we started our new project: Eaglewings House Models. So far we have 5 Houses and 2 Car Garages
Hello Everyone,
Eaglewings Iron Craft is working on two new G scale buildings. We have the two prototypes put together with no finish yet. We wanted to share them with you and get your valuable opinion.
The first one is a Freight Station (T – 4, Train Structure 4). The platform is 17” long by 10 – 1/2 “wide. The Building is 10” long by 9” wide by 6 – ½ “tall.
Freight Platform
Freight Platform (Side 2)
The second building is a Passenger Station (T – 5, Train Structure 5). This one is 24” long by 13 – ½” wide by 15” tall.
Passenger Station (Front)
Passenger Station (Back)
One thing that we’re doing differently to our buildings is that now instead of having a glossy powder coated finish; we’ll have them powder coated with a rust resistant primer so that it can be detailed easier and will have the extra rust protection.
We are really looking forward to hearing what you think about them.
Dan Hoag is the owner and founder of Eaglewings Iron Craft, established in 1983.
Dan’s love for trains began when he was a child growing up in a railroad town – Montpelier, OH. This love of trains was rekindled when he obtained an old HO train set he and his brother had as kids. He quickly took over the garage of his house with a large HO layout, complete with mountains and bridges. It was a fun, but rather impractical hobby for a man in a very small house, so he began to explore the possibility of switching passions to a larger scale model train set.In 1995, for Christmas, he bought a G-scale train to put around the Christmas tree – and he was hooked! In 1996, he joined a local train club, went to a few train shows, and added a little more to his train collection; in 1997, he built the first branch of the Wild Eagle Railroad in his backyard.
Because he was already creatively minded in his welding business, designing everything from weight equipment to security screen doors, it was a very natural leap to begin creating accessories for his new outdoor layout. He started by creating metal bridges for his own layout, and sold a few to some train club friends. He discovered that there was no other company that designed and fabricated steel bridges for O and G scale trains, so he immediately began sketching and creating bridge designs to sell to railroad hobbyists. These bridges were unlike any other commercial product available at that time – they were sturdy, authentic looking, weather resistant, and were all custom-built to fit the layout owners’ specifications.
He also designed and created ceiling/wall mounted overhead train systems made entirely of steel, as well as portable layouts for train clubs. These were all very well received by the garden railroad community, and he then began marketing them, along with the train bridges, to sell at conventions, and advertising them in magazines. (more…)
