DT&I Waverly Yard

09/11/2026

This photo shows the locomotive roster for the layout. The primary power will be the second generation GP's. For the time period I'm modeling, GP7s, such as #973 in the foreground, were still be used by the DT&I but probably not much in this area, so it will be used occasionally with the justification that it was pressed into service to fill a temporary need due to some other unit being down or unavailable.

Why the two Norfolk & Western engines? The N&W interchanged with the DT&I here in Waverly, so they will arrive at the yard to set out and pick-up on a regular basis.

Not shown here is an Ann Arbor unit dummy GP35 I have started, but not yet finished. The DT&I and Ann Arbor pooled power around this time and AA units have been photographed as part of DT&I consists in Waverly before. So assuming this project goes well, I may mix that unit in later.

Most of these units still need to be weathered and at least one will need a current keeper installed.

07/28/2026

This is the building now weathered and placed on site, replacing the previous version at the same location. With this filament 3D print, I got more an overall cleaner, more detailed rendition.

07/23/2026

I had earlier attempted a rendition of the the main building (besides the silos) at the DunDee Cement distribution site served by the DT&I next to the yard, but my attempt using the resin printer was not very good. I decided to run it again using the filament printer, not sure what kind of results I would get. I was pleasantly surprised to get a good print, per this image below. This is just the print in this image, still needing to be weathered and cleaned up a bit, etc. and then set to replace the existing one.

07/18/2026

This is not exact, but a general drawing of the planned layout. Not counting the staging components that I haven't even started, I would estimate that I'm probably 80% done with the main section of the layout shown here.

06/12/2026

This was a photo in our family collection (it was taken either by myself, my dad, or possibly a friend) circa 1980. GP40-2's #407 and #420 at Waverly, looking to be idling on the the trestle over Crooked Creek just northwest of the yard.

05/12/2026

Made this video awhile back, not all progress included here:

Introducing a shelf layout representing the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad in Waverly, Ohio in the early 1970s.

05/02/2026

So in these pictures the elevator is installed with several feeder tubes to silos at Adams Feed & Grain. I don't know a lot about grain operations, but I'm assuming the white rectangular structure in the middle was an earlier model elevator, now replaced by the more modern metal version from which the tubes are running?

04/23/2026

Here is the placement of structures and the start to the dirt/gravel road alongside. Still have to finish scenery and add the distribution tubing among the various buildings, etc.

(The house office is from a 3D design by nikolisa).

04/11/2026

So this is the "near-finished" version of the Adams building. Not sure it is the scale house, a building for interior loading of grain, or both. Except for the wood planking, this is 3D printed using commercially available roof and siding (sized for this project) and then the various shapes set to mimic what I see from images, and the door designs and ramps created in TinkerCad. A side room to right still needs to be built and added.

04/06/2026

I could use some help from those of you familiar with grain elevators -- Below are some images of my attempt at a 3D "general look and feel" model of what I think was the scale house (minus roof) in the Adams Feed & Grain complex. So far, I only recall seeing views from the northwest side, including a good photo from Bill Mapes. In his photograph, there is a ramp (probably concrete) up to a flat section with roof planking (the recessed area circled in orange in the second image of the primed model -- I have yet to add the wood planking (the ramp/recessed area in the back is only my assumption -- assume there would have been at least a ramp, but not sure if another planked section would have been there)). Question: Would that flat section with planking likely have been the scale itself, or would the scale likely have been inside the covered building and the ramp and planking are just to facilitate vehicles entering and exiting the scale? Thanks for any info.