CSX Hanover Subdivision 3.0

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At least he didn’t go full redneck with a chainsaw.

And a riggin' ax   

Greg O.

[mu26aeh]

No basement work today due to snow removal.  Did get unofficial measurement on Windsor st/Hagerstown yard length though.  I have approx 13' 6" currently before making any changes to my new wall location.  @Ed Kapuscinski  sent me a scale drawing of the yard and it looks damn close to 13' 6"    Now it's got me wondering about track configuration and using it, if I can make some changes to it to better match the prototype.  One of the giveaways of Hagerstown yard is the power tracks, which under Western Maryland days was the caboose tracks.  They sit within a wye that leads to the south yard and is the connection to NS Vardo yard. Need to find room for YD Tower as well.   Currently, thats missing on the yard.  Given the yard as it stands now, I think I could figure something out over on the right hand side, within the blue circle in the image below.  Of course, that would be if I can make the changes per Ed and Lee's permission    I'll have to look into the lease agreements and paperwork that go along with the deal, find a lawyer to read the fine print.  I imagine the resident lawyer @davefoxx  is either already retained or will recuse himself from the situation



Thoughts from the crowd

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Lol, oh man, the barren nature of that area was one of my favorite things about the yard!!

But I love the story arc of that area getting rebuilt. There's plenty of space to work with.

One other thing, if it's an inch too deep, it's easy enough to modify given that cut was done down the middle of the tangent tracks.

[wm3798]

Straightening that end out and putting the Burhans overpass in, along with YD and the power tracks will make that even more Hagerstowny than I had it with the roundhouse.  In fact, you could include an interchange track as part of the wye to add inbounds from the N&W, and even model the museum with its caged dinosaurs out by the parking lot!
Go for it, I say!
Lee

[mu26aeh]

Action on the addition side of things, signed contract with the framer this evening.  I was shocked to hear he said lumber will be here on Tuesday and he will begin on Wednesday at the latest probably !   Last we talked, he had 2-3 weeks of work before me.  It's about to get real around here.

[wm3798]

Did he say which Wednesday?

[mu26aeh]

Did he say which Wednesday?

Yeah, this Wednesday.  Like 5 days from now   He's not Intermountain 

[mu26aeh]

Layout materials arrived today. 




I wonder when the stuff of the addition is going to show up.  Framer wants to start this week

[mu26aeh]

Well, I guess that was material for the addition Daughters room got decked today

[davefoxx]

You should tell your daughter that you’re going with vinyl siding on the new interior walls of her room to match the existing wall. 

DFF

[mu26aeh]

We got walls !



Trusses arrive on Wednesday

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Whoa.

[mu26aeh]

Couple more photos on addition progress.  Been a while since I've posted here, but we got roof on and closed in.  Started on siding and have most of rough electrical in.  Waiting on an exterior door and structural deck posts to continue those projects.

[mu26aeh]

More exterior updates.  14 pages in, when do we get to the design discussion part ? 





Almost finished with siding and soffit/fascia work.  Addition passed rough in electrical and hvac, time to start insulation work

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I don't know, but this feels like a golden spike moment.

Congrats Adam!