Weekend Update 3/13/16

[eja]

Made some more progress on my wood shed for an as yet determined lumber yard scene for a yet to be built module/layout/diorama.

I really liked the way the roofing settled in around the original details of the roof panels I used as a base... seen here:


Lee

A "thing of beauty" as many have stated.  But wouldn't a lumber yard have closed the holes in the roof to protect the products this building would be covering ?  They are going to have a hard time selling that wet dry wall to anyone!

[milw12]

Hey man you gotta show more than that. Nice work! 

Thanks Chris, your work has been an inspiration. Now I hate to be a disappointment but here's what I've got:



Very rough yet!

Unitrak and DC, set in late 30's early 40's. Main proto inspiration is the Hiawatha corridor southeast of downtown Minneapolis, the U of MN has a great aerial photo archive online with some cool shots from the 30's. Lots of track everywhere, industries and grade-level coal yards, pretty cool. The plan is a blend of typical Midwest downtown industry with the corridor because it's hardly a prototype endeavor. The main goal is to be believable (even with 6" and 7" radius Unitrak, I know, I know) and the right 'feel' for the time frame.

Still hashing out some buildings, the one building in the photo is the only one set in stone, but that's back in the paint shop until later, the brown was far too dark. Might focus on the little coal yard off of the short spur, seems like a manageable place to start. And mostly because it needs a steam shovel.  Lots of these along the corridor in the thirties, you can see the shadows stretch out in some of the aerials. Way too cool to pass up.

I'm thinking of starting a Layout thread, we'll see yet. Given that I've started plenty of layouts and never finished one. Might be the push I need tho 

Thanks for looking.

[milw156]

Picked up one of the beautiful Trainworx cattle trucks and turned this
 

into this


Have to touch up the paint in a number of places, and fill it with cattle
Rick

[randgust]

My schitzo modeling interests of ATSF mainline 1972 and 1920's Pennsylvania logging have taken another turn.   I've been collecting a handful of PRR stuff over the years, waiting for the day that I'd have a PRR interchange for the Hickory Valley logging railroad. As the entire logging railroad is modular and transported in boxes, the interchange has to be modular as well.   I considered Ntrak but couldn't make the three tracks work, but was rather stunned to find out that without the curve limitations, I could fit the interchange in T-trak for the third track.

So, as the first-ever picture of this project, it got its very first track today:


Here's the 1917 valuation map of that interchange:  http://www.randgust.com/West%20Hickory%20Valmap%20Extract.jpg

I've been studying the Central Valley Pratt truss bridge, and I think I can fit three spans on a 3' single-track module, and do modifications to make it into a lighter, pin-connected version with a wood highway deck on it.   The bridge was a dual-use rail/highway toll span until 1938, and lasted until 2004.

http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=truss/hickory/

[Dave V]

My schitzo modeling interests of ATSF mainline 1972 and 1920's Pennsylvania logging have taken another turn.   I've been collecting a handful of PRR stuff over the years, waiting for the day that I'd have a PRR interchange for the Hickory Valley logging railroad.

If your interchange includes a passenger stop, you need one of these:

[basementcalling]

Picked up one of the beautiful Trainworx cattle trucks and turned this
 

into this


Have to touch up the paint in a number of places, and fill it with cattle
Rick

My cat turned mine into a pile of pieces on the floor.

[wm3798]

A "thing of beauty" as many have stated.  But wouldn't a lumber yard have closed the holes in the roof to protect the products this building would be covering ?  They are going to have a hard time selling that wet dry wall to anyone!

Treated lumber!  Drywall would go in a warehouse!  Duh!...

[randgust]

This was actually the stomping ground for the Oil City - Olean run that featured D16sb's up until 1937.  On my list to build someday.   

[R L Smith]

My cat turned mine into a pile of pieces on the floor.

How many lives does the cat have left? 

[DeltaBravo]

It's been a great week here. First we added a new member to the Shep Squad, Darcy (that's her on the right, with Damian on the left):


And THEN I got the York section of the layout running.

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You've been very busy since my last visit, looking good. How is Damian handling his new buddy?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

This was actually the stomping ground for the Oil City - Olean run that featured D16sb's up until 1937.  On my list to build someday.   

[Ed Kapuscinski]

You've been very busy since my last visit, looking good. How is Damian handling his new buddy?

Yep!

They're getting along wonderfully. She's been a great addition to the pack. The best part is how they get excited when the other one walks into the room.

[jmarley76]

Nice little plan, interested to see how this turns out... 

[Chris333]

Thanks Chris, your work has been an inspiration. Now I hate to be a disappointment but here's what I've got:



Very rough yet!

Unitrak and DC, set in late 30's early 40's. Main proto inspiration is the Hiawatha corridor southeast of downtown Minneapolis, the U of MN has a great aerial photo archive online with some cool shots from the 30's. Lots of track everywhere, industries and grade-level coal yards, pretty cool. The plan is a blend of typical Midwest downtown industry with the corridor because it's hardly a prototype endeavor. The main goal is to be believable (even with 6" and 7" radius Unitrak, I know, I know) and the right 'feel' for the time frame.

Still hashing out some buildings, the one building in the photo is the only one set in stone, but that's back in the paint shop until later, the brown was far too dark. Might focus on the little coal yard off of the short spur, seems like a manageable place to start. And mostly because it needs a steam shovel.  Lots of these along the corridor in the thirties, you can see the shadows stretch out in some of the aerials. Way too cool to pass up.

I'm thinking of starting a Layout thread, we'll see yet. Given that I've started plenty of layouts and never finished one. Might be the push I need tho 

Thanks for looking.

Keep posting, you had my attention at "coal yard" 

[randgust]

The Oil City-Olean line was ridden by my father 'commuting' on this line in 1925-28, riding to Warren every day to go to business college.   The first year he said it was a self-propelled car (doodlebug), the second year he said it was a regular steam train.   I've always found that interesting and wondered if those gas-electric cars were really that unreliable, or what, but for some odd reason, the D16's stayed on the run until the bitter end in 1937, and it's documented in photos.   The WNYP book by Pietrak states this was the last regularly scheduled passenger run by D16's, but that leaves the Delmarva ones that ran even later unmentioned.     I've had the good fortune to ride and photograph 1223 before she was stuffed and mounted back in the museum at Strasburg.   I also had one of those American Flyer 4-4-0's in the 60's that sorta-kinda looked like a D16, so if there's any PRR steam that I have an actual emotional attachment to, it's the D16.    When it ran on the Strasburg, I was impressed by how fast it could accelerate, maybe not pull the heaviest train, but could make a short train stand up and notice for sure.

Here's one of them - at the north/west end of the run at Olean, NY:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PRR_6217_Olean,_NY.jpg

There's a really old shot published in the Pietrak book at Irvineton about 1890 with three of them on three different trains - and before the drivers were reduced in size.   This was really D16 county here.

I have the L1, two PRR cabooses, the doodlebug (Bachmann) already; just enough to establish PRR flavor.