Howdy fellas :o ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D welcome to the D&G Ry. Co. topic.......
For those who might be unaware, this RR will be a 'flipped' rendition of John Allens' Gorre & Daphetid RR.... ;D ;D ;) .....I've made some modifications to the original size (mine's a bit smaller) and re-routed a couple of tracks on the plan, modified the bridge at Dorre (Gorre) and there's no trestle.... :o :o :o :o leading to Gaphetid (Daphetid).........
However there is a Sector Plate for turning a locomotive in Gaphetid (Daphetid) and with the scale being On30 (1/48th) I believe I've packed a lot of RR into a relatively small space.... ;D ;D ;D ;) ;) ....
There will be however NO expansion, "To be continued", or additions of any kind... ??? ....I don't want to be side tracked from the beginning with 'expansion-itis' lurking around in my noggin.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;) ...
Soooo without further delay.... :o :o :o .....The DORRE & GAPHETID Ry. Co........... 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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As one can see, the track plan is a reverse or 'mirror image' of the original in almost every aspect.. :o :o :o ;D ;D ...so I'm very excited about the possibilities... ;D ;D .....
Construction to begin mid June; the base will be 6 feet 2" by 3 feet 4" and will be 2" plus 1" pink foam glued together for a thichness of 3";... ;D ... all scenery will be carved and painted from the same material - no plaster will be used except for plaster cloth to cover the (3) Woodland Scenics 4% Incline and Decline sets; almost all exposed track except turnouts will be hand laid code 100 on wood ties (much of it has already been built) on cork roadbed, all structures (most already built) are scratch built, and trees are scratch built.....The minium radius will be 15" (in tunnels) with 16" to 18" easements into and out of curves, largest locomotive will be a Bachmann 2-6-0 and maybe a BLI 2-8-0 or a Bachmann 4-4-0 American Modern OF, all freight cars are appropriate in length and one combine will be used for mixed trains ....I think that about covers everything....
OH Yeauh ....I'll show progress shots of the preliminary activities, garage cleaning, old layout tear down, and all construction/fabrication as it happens..... I hope ya'll will continue to follow along.... it's gonna be great fun.... ;D ;D ;D ;) ;) ;) thanx again for stoppin' by......see ya......... 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
KYLE DORRE & GAPHETID Ry. Co.
Count me Kyle. Looking forward to the new adventure!!
Jerry
I'll be following along.
I'm in as well. One of my favorite model railroads. John Allen was an amazing model railroader!
Yup, me too. Wouldn't miss this new adventure of yours. Nice to see a new thread started for this allowing to other to fade into a fond memory.
Quite a play on words! Should be epic! ;D