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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #615 on: December 15, 2016, 05:10:08 PM »
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Reminds me of the book Forty Miles to the Outhouse, by Willie Makit, and illustrated by Betty Dont.

There's also more than a little of Carl Fallberg's Fiddletown & Copperopolis in the ol' inspiration bucket...   :D

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #616 on: December 15, 2016, 05:14:47 PM »
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I think full Furlow would be a 2 story outhouse...

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #617 on: December 15, 2016, 05:18:17 PM »
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #618 on: December 15, 2016, 05:20:08 PM »
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I think full Furlow would be a 2 story outhouse...


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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #619 on: December 15, 2016, 11:50:21 PM »
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On the less "whimsical" side I've finished a pair of DPM buildings for Aspen:




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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #620 on: December 16, 2016, 11:31:46 AM »
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I think you have your choice of about five different manufacturers of those.

Of course, if you're looking for common suburban houses, well...

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #621 on: December 16, 2016, 11:34:59 AM »
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I think you have your choice of about five different manufacturers of those.

Of course, if you're looking for common suburban houses, well...

Truth.  And no, not doing that.


And then there's this:


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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #622 on: December 16, 2016, 11:46:58 AM »
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Prototypes still exist: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2527

This one is not too far from us. We've seen it and of course it gets the obvious giggles and "oh, yuck!".
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #623 on: December 19, 2016, 03:12:37 PM »
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With some weathering now...




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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #624 on: December 20, 2016, 10:03:30 PM »
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I finally finished the three miners' cabins for Aspen.



I plan to build a road that slopes upward toward the back of the stamp mill and have the houses at different elevations as you would expect in a mountain town.



Since I seem to have a surplus of outhouse kits, I'm painting one to match the depot.  From what I can tell the real Midland "privies" were larger, elaborate affairs with separate holes for men and women ( :trollface: ) but as this entire layout is selectively compressed, it'll do.

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #625 on: December 21, 2016, 01:45:26 AM »
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For your era and location I don't think you have "too many" privies.  There was probably at least one for every building, since I doubt that they had sewer systems yet.
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #626 on: December 21, 2016, 12:23:29 PM »
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Installing some line side details such as this switch stand so naturally it's important to check side clearances.



Here's another view of the same scene.


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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #627 on: December 21, 2016, 12:38:01 PM »
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Dave,
There's your next Trackside Photos submission right there.  Seriously . . . . :o
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #628 on: December 21, 2016, 12:44:20 PM »
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Dave,
There's your next Trackside Photos submission right there.  Seriously . . . . :o

Thanks!  It's a long way from done, though...  Eventually in that last scene behind the engine you'd see the Aspen Sampling Works (but as I'm burned out on structures right now I'm only planning to build the Miner's Exchange and the headframe for the Molly Gibson mine before turning the layout around and working the mountain).  You'd also see a lot more trees back there!

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #629 on: December 21, 2016, 06:51:17 PM »
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One more for fun...