Weekend Update 3/9/14

[Scottl]

Some nice work.  Puddy, love those GN hoppers.

After seeing Mark Dance's bridges, my progress is rather pathetic, but I worked away this weekend on the tall pillar on the approach to the Cisco bridge.  The brass parts fit together properly so I'm much happier with this version.  Also fiddled with etched gusset plates, walkways and railings.  Murky cell phone shot.

[mark dance]

This bridge is  just fantastic Scott. I can't wait to see the resulting scene. Nice work.

And always remember..." the world *needs* more n scale versions of BC bridges! " so we all need to do our part to make the world a happier place!

Md

[Scottl]

Thanks Mark!

[C855B]

This weekend's project was attending Winterail, a super-serious railfan and railroadiana event. Very crowded as you can see, but, still a universal complaint was the attendance was down this year. I managed to score the 1:1 departure board from the UP depot in Caliente, NV, showing the last schedule of the City of Los Angeles.

I've been going to Winterail on and off for 35 years, trying to make it more regularly to visit with my old railfanning gang as we enter our autumn years - we lost two of the "core" ten in 2013.

[craigolio1]

Some nice work.  Puddy, love those GN hoppers.

After seeing Mark Dance's bridges, my progress is rather pathetic, but I worked away this weekend on the tall pillar on the approach to the Cisco bridge.  The brass parts fit together properly so I'm much happier with this version.  Also fiddled with etched gusset plates, walkways and railings.  Murky cell phone shot.

Great work!  Is that from a kit? Custom? Where did you get the parts?

Craig

[Scottl]

It is all custom etches I did the artwork for.  This thread follows the build https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=27858.0

[bnsfdash8]

I got some more decals on 6920:

[Scottl]

That is a striking scheme, nice work.

[basementcalling]

Not much but sawdust here this weekend. Warmed up enough to open the backyard sawmill for some subroadbed cutting. Nothing fancy or breathtaking.

Here's a shot of the climb from up the hill on my branch line with the new benchwork in place. Glad I finally remembered to turn on the flash on the phone cam.



Yes that is a Fast Tracks Sweep Stick in the foreground. The trackplan was printed out 1 for 1 and trimmed to width. I kept the right hand edge close to the track edge for scenic purposes, as the planned slope here runs downhill from left to right. The hill will be an even line just under the upper level with some sky showing.

When finished, each turn will be across a wash in the side of the canyon. The flat sqaure area will be in a tunnel. Track access will be through a door in the fascia. The tunnel happens to be at the narrowest spot in this aisle, 30 inches, across from where operators on peninsula on the other side of the aisle might tend to stand to do some local switching there. Hoping that will cut down on scenery damage and keep branchline operators from wanting to stand in the same place. The aisle opens to 48 inches on either side of the tunnel area.

See more details on my layout engineering thread. https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=29551.90

Now if I can figure out a way to get Mark or ScottL to build a trestle for the climb...    Mindblowing work on your respective bridges, gentlemen.

Puddington, those grimy hoppers do the trick nicely too.

The hour I lost to DST was the one I planned to do more layout work today.   

[craigolio1]

It is all custom etches I did the artwork for.  This thread follows the build https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=27858.0

Wow.  I wish I could do that for my Niagara Canyon model.

Craig.

[Scottl]

I was kind of forced to do it- CN does nothing like anyone else so there were no parts available in plastic to kit bash.  Isn't the Niagara Canyon bridge the old CP Cisco bridge?  I'd love to see you build it, and as Mark points out, the world needs more BC bridges in n scale!

[wm3798]

The itch is finally getting scratched.  I've been carrying this old Christmas Garden variety rig around with me since I moved out, and finally got some time to sit down and start bringing it into some kind of focus...


I built it about 6 years ago with sharp curves to run my little Atlas Shay around with a couple of coaches.



And it worked admirably at its task.

In order to bring it into the realm of Chris and DKS's tiny layouts, I started by cutting in a couple of switches, and adding 6" to the front edge to make room for a little yard.



This week I started "coloring it in"...  Adding some bits of Sculptamold where required, and beginning the process of upgrading the ballast and ground covers.



I don't think I'll need to have a full crew for ops night, but I will have a fun scenery project, a little fiddle yard to play with, and a photo backdrop for some other projects I'm working on.



Time to start making a couple trees every night!

Lee

[rickb773]

With my third phase initial construction near completion, it is time to begin to plan scripts for an operating session. The first script has an inbound train from across the Delaware arriving at PRSL's Camden Pavonia yard. (More pictures can be found on my blog.)

[pjm20]

Nice I10! Care to share some more about it? I'm planning on making a few.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Nice I10! Care to share some more about it? I'm planning on making a few.

Including if you've ever tried to repower it with one of the newer Bachmann 2-8-0s.