N Scale Hi Rail - Retro Hollow Core Door Layout

[Dave V]

We all have our own aesthetic preferences.  I'm with Lee in liking the bridges cut the way he's done them.

In the end, though, we build these layouts for ourselves and our own enjoyment (or sometimes for clubs and public shows).  Quite often, input from our fellow a$$hats can really help us create an even better scene than what we'd originally envisioned.  But sometimes, our initial vision and intent prevails.  That's perfectly okay.

[wm3798]

Thanks, Dave.  That sounds good to this hard-headed Taurus!

Anyway, I realized I snuck one in on my TTrak module as well!  Well,


TWO actually!

[CRL]

Those 2 actually look good to my eye @wm3798. It’s a combination of the detailed river bed and the bridge ending even with a large support assembly at the fascia. No overhang sticking out into open air where a Langolier bit it off.

[OldEastRR]

OK, the new bridge is part of through road system. Didn't know all the roads would meet up. Funny how a simple thing like connecting the ends of two roads makes a big difference in the "reality" and choice of models of a layout.

I would've made the new bridge/road come into town at a different angle than Main St. Right now they're parallel. If the new road angled off rather sharply toward the front layout edge that suggests that the two roads go in very different directions out of town. In the hilly, twisty, rocky geology of the the NE-suggestive locale this is, the road routes out of town would be quite varied, and constructed along old wagon trails, which the new highways simply followed.

But for the Atlas bumpers, I second DKS's suggestion to chop off those empty lamp sockets. Those spur end rails are running right up to the main's ties.

[wm3798]

Not quite parallel, if Main Street comes in at 6 o'clock, Old East Road comes in at about 6:45!

Besides, plenty of instances where several streets cross a railroad or a river side by side, especially in a semi urban situation.

Lee

[eric220]

Goal Five is to JFRTM!

There... are... FOUR... goals...

[wm3798]

The 1st is the element of surprise

[peteski]

The 1st is the element of surprise

[DKS]

The 1st is the element of surprise

[nkalanaga]

"Substantial new bridge on old road"?  Maybe the original bridge had to be replaced, and the road department decided to build one that would last?  That happened at Iaeger, WV.  The old bridge was at the bottom of a hill, with a sharp curve, severe weight limit so that only one loaded truck could be on it at a time, AND had the NS (N&W) mainline at one end.  The new bridge has a better approach, and can support heavier loads.

This bridge is on US 52 - a major coal and freight route!

[wm3798]

Atlas Roco GP9 refreshed with a paint scheme from the era of the model.


Now the eternal question...



Whether to weather or not to weather?

Lee

[Point353]

Now the eternal question...



Whether to weather or not to weather?

Lee

Perhaps a proto photo will help you decide:

[wm3798]

Heh.  That's exactly the shot I used as a reference.  But I was looking at it on my phone, so I couldn't really see the light weathering on it.

Lee

[wm3798]

A little more monkeying around in the paint shop.  I'm not 100 % sure, but I bet this is what the power looked like when my dad piled us onto the Cleveland Night Express at Camden Station in 1970.  Con Cor dummy with rattle can paints and Micro Scale decals.


Back outside now to beat back the poison ivy!  Have a great weekend everyone!
Lee

[wm3798]

Tidied up some scenery around Cornersville