Erie Railroad Mahoning division HCD

[davefoxx]

As always, beautiful work, Chris.  But, your roads need repaving; they're all worn out and cracked.   

DFF

[glakedylan]

Chris, so glad the sign for Hubbard worked for you.
It is simply ARIAL font in bold, dark grey in color,
1200 dpi resolution in a .23" width which I used based
on the widow width below.
sincerely--
Gary

[OldEastRR]

No water. See there is a hill and you want to build a railroad through it. You dig and blast your way till the route is level.

Very true. I'm wondering why I've never seen castings or molds of blasted rock, with the defined slope and the nearly-vertical rock faces of layered blasting cuts. And the grooves where the rock drills went down from above to make holes where the charges go. There's an unnatural look to those cuts and the stone facings (You can see that in some of the photos on google) that does not look like the irregular, weathered, eroded rock that has been cut away by wind and water over centuries. Except that seems to be the only kind of rock faces available in model railroading. So by default everybody's rock cuts look (geologically) to have been cut by natural processes.
The simple solution is never invite a geologist to visit a layout.

[Chris333]

Last few days I've been building a foundation around the Republic Steel building and putting a concrete pad out front under the crane. Also installed the stairs





Then I decided these tanks from the "other" layout would look better here. So there will be a small tankcar unloading area at the end of the coal trestle.

[davefoxx]

Chris,

Would the prototype place tanks at the end of the trestle?  One car goes off the end, and you would have environmental disaster on your hands.

DFF

[Rich_S]

Chris,

Would the prototype place tanks at the end of the trestle?  One car goes off the end, and you would have environmental disaster on your hands.

DFF

Dave,
    That was a different era back then, oil came out of the ground so no harm spilling some on the ground or so they thought. That bumper Chris has on the end of the siding should help stop most cars. I can't remember the year when dikes were required to be placed around all oil tanks? So if anything those tanks might need a dike placed around them?

[mrhedley]

The first environmental regulations in the US weren't enacted until 1970 with the passage of the Clean Water Act which authorized the US EPA.  Prior to that what property owners did was pretty much left to their own devices unless governed by local ordinance.  There were however still fire codes to be followed (NFPA) but most likely they didn't regulate fuel tanks unless they were installed within a building.  Today's NFPA standards are vast and incorporate many standards and guidelines written by other trade groups and organizations and have been codified as reference standards to the International Building Code as the code requirement for practically every state in the US.

[Missaberoad]

Spill enclosures (either dikes or a small concrete "wall") were pretty common by the 1950s...

[Chris333]

At the end is where the tanks fit nicely, but yeah things happen.

[Mark5]

And I painted this piece of road.

I'm liking the way this scene is developing.

[casmmr]

That scene is going to look great.  Keep up the good work.  Enjoy following your build thread.  later Craig

[lashedup]

Looks good Chris. Are you using styrene for the roads? Airbrush? Did I miss it? 

[Chris333]

Yep styrene. .040" roads and .040" sidewalks.  The road is a mix of different spray can primers. Sidewalk is Dark Aircraft Grey. Gas station lot is craft store charcoal. The only airbrushing I did was the alcohol wash.

[lashedup]

So you did an alcohol wash with an airbrush to the painted streets? Just to get more of an uneven look?

[Chris333]

Yes makes the dark spot down the center of each lane. Also filled in the sidewalk cracks. I hate brushing on the wash anymore, airbrushing makes it nice and even. And it goes on light you can keep building it up. And shoot just air out the brush and it dries almost instantly.

http://lancemindheim.com/?page_id=276

This photo shows the airbrushing better:


Also etched in road cracks: