Weekend Update 5/13/12

[BCOL 747]

No work on the layout this week, but I did take some time to mess around with our new camera and took a few shots on the layout. The first photo is a CN diversion grain train on the upper level southbound towards Prince George on what will be the Pine Pass. The lower level includes a southbound mixed freight through Tacheeda. This will be the area where unit coal trains from the Tumbler Ridge subdivision were turned over from BCR electric GF-6’s to CN SD50’s.



The second photo is a mixed freight northbound approaching Chetwynd on the second level, led by two BCR SD40-2’s, a C-630 and an Oneida & Western SD40-2. I threw a few homemade trees in there to spice the photo up a bit. No scenery has been started on the second level. I hope to start getting things roughed in next week.



Have a good weekend!

Chris

Chris Dittmar
Prince George, BC 
BC Rail Chetwynd Sub (circa 1988).

[jmlaboda - RIP]

Mark... love the way you have done Cottonwood Creek... not something often modeled even though it was a necessary evil on a number of roads.

[nkalanaga]

Conrail98:  The only direct Amtrak route I can find between Philadelphia and Chicago is the Cardinal.  That's a scenic route, but hardly "direct", and will take over 26 hours IF IT'S ON TIME.  They may have improved, but every time we rode it between Huntington, WV and Chicago it was late getting into Huntington, and lost more time before it reaches Chicago.  Eastbound wasn't any better.  Our last ride was a few years ago, so it may have improved.

If you go through Pittsburgh there's a roughly three hour layover and train change there.  On the other hand, it's a faster route, with reasonable arrival and departure times.  Ohio and Indiana are mostly night running, but there isn't much to see there anyway.

If you have the time, and your wife is willing, taking the Cardinal would be a scenic trip, and the New River Gorge in WV is worth seeing.

[BCRail_FSJ]

No work on the layout this week, but I did take some time to mess around with our new camera and took a few shots on the layout. The first photo is a CN diversion grain train on the upper level southbound towards Prince George on what will be the Pine Pass. The lower level includes a southbound mixed freight through Tacheeda. This will be the area where unit coal trains from the Tumbler Ridge subdivision were turned over from BCR electric GF-6’s to CN SD50’s.

Chris...  Great to see  your progress on here.. 

A few weeks of inactivity on the layout have passed. but that should change this week as I plan to resume tracklaying and wiring at Fort St John.   

[chuck geiger]

After driving from Abbotsford, BC to Dawson Creek, I know where most
of the places some of you model are. Loved Canadian railroading.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Stupid deer:




Dont mind the awful pics, I took them at night.

As of last night, the trains are packed away in the porch storage area and the Sawsall is waiting to cut into the drywall. Let the demo begin!

[MichaelWinicki]

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Pfff, hipster.

Conrail is back on the Juniata Division.  Playing a little with Instagram.

[Puddington]

Mark: That Nelson scene is great; I'm also going to build a Nelson-esque diesel shop; did you get plans for it or did you figure it out from the photographs that are available ? Really looks good !

[mark dance]

Hi Mike...the plans for the Nelson Diesel House, Station, Power plant and Superintendent's house are all from back issues of various mags and are drawn by Patrick Lawson.  A quick check of the MR index is below.

Station Master's House At Nelson, British Columbia, by Lawson, Patrick  Mike Barane,
from Mainline Modeler April 1998  p. 68 CPR  drawing  house  prototype  stationmaster  structure,

Canadian Pacific Railway, Nelson Station,  by Lawson, Patrick, from Model Railroading March 1996  p. 29, CPR  depot  drawing  photo  prototype  station 

CP Diesel Shop ...at Nelson by Barone, Mike  Lawson, Patrick, from Mainline Modeler December 1996  p. 63

The mock ups were made from the scanned drawings laminated onto foam board and bristol board.  The roofs had to be done in CAD to fold right.

md

[Kisatchie]

I've been making steady progress on my Intermountain N scale tank car kits. I finally decided to use modeling clay to weigh the cars down. I fill the tank body with it, and it provides much-needed heft to the cars.


Is that enough weight? Have you checked them against the NMRA standard?

I put about 1/2 ounce of modeling clay per car... that's all that will fit in the tank. Intermountain recommends .8 ounces of weight per car. My cars will just have to be slightly underweight then.


Hmm... in contrast to Kiz,
who's REALLY overweight...

[BCR 570]

No work on the layout this week, but I did take some time to mess around with our new camera and took a few shots on the layout.

Chris:

Great to see some layout photographs.  That will all look really sharp once the fascia is painted.  The decision to include Tacheeda will be all the more rewarding now that the GF6Cs are available from Shapeways! 

I hope to tackle the holes under my turnouts today, and maybe start on installation of the superelevation.  It looks like it is going to be another superb day, though.


Tim

[GP38-2freak]

Had made some pictures of my "new" SD-7 in soon to be decaled "Ford City Leasing" grey but the cam saved them somewhere beyond...so I have to wait for a new card...so far, very nice modeling, especially for the swamp with the F45 in the background...I enjoy it every weekend when I have the time to look here...
Tim

[avel]

daniel_leavitt2000, I can relate.

[Bob Bufkin]

Finally finished a Baconrail car.  Thanks again David for the decals.  Plan on doing a couple other cars and maybe a trailer later.



For all you new Atlas folks, there are photos from others you can check out.