Weekend Update 4/23/23

[up1950s]

https://slorrm.com/QR-SPBeetGon.html

https://trainmasterbob.com/lackawanna-railroad-air-activated-cement-bottle-cars/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/307441112064568887/

https://www.train-museum.org/2018/03/27/before-it-was-home-to-the-worlds-busiest-airport-atlanta-was-a-railroad-hub/

https://music.apple.com/us/album/back-in-the-days-feat-big-juice/1264906532?i=1264906533

[rickb773]

I wanted to try a T-Trak module.
I got it as far as I could go and have turned it over to my fellow model railroad club members (New Jersey Southern).
They have folks who can do a better job with the trees, rockfaces, and streams than I can.
I guess I'll find out if they got it into good enough shape for the Atlantic County Train Show tomorrow in Egg Harbor.

Keep 'em rollin'
Rick

[u18b]

Slowly making progress.   I about have the decals finished.
Lot of work still to go.

[randgust]

I wanted to try a T-Trak module.
I got it as far as I could go and have turned it over to my fellow model railroad club members (New Jersey Southern).
They have folks who can do a better job with the trees, rockfaces, and streams than I can.
I guess I'll find out if they got it into good enough shape for the Atlantic County Train Show tomorrow in Egg Harbor.

Keep 'em rollin'
Rick



That's really well done and creative.   One upvote from me for sure.

[dem34]

Speaking of Egg Harbor. Let there be light. Didn't get all that I wanted done before the show but the Traffic lights kicked my  for 2 weeks straight. Only to find the NJI signals were DoA  . So next project is stratchbuilding some of those next. Big thanks to @DKS for inspiration. The module, hopefully with buildings and a 9v battery will be at the Egg Harbor show Tomorrow and Sunday.

[craigolio1]

I made some great progress on the Arbutus Canyon bridge this week







More detail on the build thread here….

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=55399.45

Craig.

[mu26aeh]

Continuing to work on Lincoln

[BCR 570]

Craig:  Nice to see another iconic Canadian railway bridge taking shape in N Scale.

Returning to work on the layout after a six day school trip to California.  The Bond / Sundance section has had its left end piece reinstalled after shortening:




On the Kiskatinaw section, the track was lifted, a new alignment marked out out, and new sub-roadbed, trackbed and trackage prepared:






New control panels for Bond, Septimus and Sundance were wired up prior to installation:







Tim

[craigolio1]

Craig:  Nice to see another iconic Canadian railway bridge taking shape in N Scale.

Thanks Tim. What’s the little bit of right way at the end of the bridge? The part that goes off the cliff.

Craig

[Dwight in Toronto]

Craigolio - the bridge and concrete piers are shaping up beautifully.  Looking forward to seeing the next instalment. 

[BCR 570]

Thanks Tim. What’s the little bit of right way at the end of the bridge? The part that goes off the cliff.

Craig

That is the old alignment; the bridge was on more of an angle to the front of the benchwork and went through an 'S' curve at the north end.  After shortening this section there wont be room for the 'S' curve so I had to take it out and mark out a new alignment for the bridge and approaches.  The old alignment will eventually be concealed by scenery.

Tim

[craigolio1]

That is the old alignment; the bridge was on more of an angle to the front of the benchwork and went through an 'S' curve at the north end.  After shortening this section there wont be room for the 'S' curve so I had to take it out and mark out a new alignment for the bridge and approaches.  The old alignment will eventually be concealed by scenery.

Tim

Awesome. I LOVE those details.  I’m doing the same with the old alignment of the Arbutus canyon. It’s awesome as back behind a berm there still tracks on the abandoned ROW which were re layed for an MOW project decades ago. The 70’s I think.

In this picture the current ROW is the far track and original 1883 alignment is in the front of the photo.





And here the rails end at the rim of the canyon.



It won’t be easy to see for viewers of the module but it will be if you look for it. Kind of an Easter egg.

Will your old alignment still have rails or just be over grown road before?

Craig.

[craigolio1]

Craigolio - the bridge and concrete piers are shaping up beautifully.  Looking forward to seeing the next instalment.

Thank you!

[BCR 570]

Will your old alignment still have rails or just be over grown road before?

Craig.

No the original alignment will be concealed with scenery.  The new alignment is actually more prototypical as there is a long tangent off the north end of the bridge.


Tim

[SAH]

Since the Goodyear tanker beta build turned out well:   https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=54913.msg768454#msg768454  I figured I'd better strike while I had some momentum.  Things go much faster once the build bugs have been worked out.