Oregon Joint Line N Scale

[coldriver]

Here's the latest Youtube masterpiece.  I've rebranded the area formerly known as Kinzua to the new name of Westpine and the new company of Anderson & Middleton.  Anderson & Middleton was a forest products company on the coast of Washington where I grew up.  My dad worked for them for over 25 years and I worked for them as well during summers in my college years so it's been fun introducing a family element to the layout.  Hats off to my modeling buddy Greg Mccomas (HO Michigan Interstate) for the custom paint on the S-2. 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Another winner.

[GaryHinshaw]

Indeed.  That looks like a fun operation with the two interchanges, the logger, and all the switching.  I bet it keeps a newbie crew really busy.  And I can smell the lumber and chips from here. 

[coldriver]

Indeed.  That looks like a fun operation with the two interchanges, the logger, and all the switching.  I bet it keeps a newbie crew really busy.  And I can smell the lumber and chips from here. 

thanks - there always seems to be someone on the crew that just wants to go off and switch in a corner by himself.  But I've foiled that plan a few times by unexpectedly showing up with something needing to be turned on the wye (it's the only wye on the layout) - in one case a rotary snowplow move and in another a steam special.  That's not an easy thing to accommodate in the middle of the shift. 

[Blazeman]

Vids are aquite enjoyable.  Are you the man of a thousand voices?

[Specter3]

Little bias there A&M.....

[superchief]

Another awesome video Dean!!!!!!! looks fantastic!!!!!! Gordon

[prr7161]

Little bias there A&M.....

Lol, the poor UP crews never catch a break!

[Santa Fe Guy]

Loving all the details, makes the layout look just right.
Rod.

[Hawghead]

Lol, the poor UP crews never catch a break!

They don't in real life either, trust me.

Scott

[coldriver]

Here's the latest project on the Oregon Joint Line - the US Forest Service "Scanlon Work Center".   In the region of Oregon I'm modelling almost every major town (and by major I mean towns with a population of over 500!) seems to have a Forest Service presence and it's been fun learning about the differences between Ranger Stations, Work Centers, Supervisors Warehouses, and Regional Headquarters as well as proper signage.  Forest Service rivet counters will note that the sign is actually incorrect - the pillar should be away from the road (rather than towards it like I have - it's a long story...) but I correctly have the point of the sign pointing towards the road.  The vehicles were purchased from our own Rasputen and Shapeways with custom decals from Circus City.  The main building, which I scratchbuilt, is a nod to the Grand Pass, Oregon Supervisors Warehouse which was constructed for the Forest Service by the CCC during the depression and survives today with it's seven buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings.  I worked as a forest fire fighter for two summers during my college years for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and frequently reported to a similar (though less historical) facility in Quinault, WA.

[LIRR]

excellent work

[Cajonpassfan]

Very nice, the mundane done very well.
Great job!
Otto

[jereising]

Well done!  A worthy addition.

[amato1969]

Really nice scene!

  Frank