Ogden & Cache Valley RR

[ACL1504]

Doug,

Roundhouse area looks fantastic. Not sure how I missed the update in March but I did.

Looking great my friend.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Looks like you have been busy since the last time we visited......great progress Doug. 

[PRR Modeler]

Great looking work. Somehow I missed this also.

[S&S RR]

Very nice work! Love the roundhouse.

[Onewolf]

I resumed work on the layout in late December after taking a break as I "came up to speed" in my new job.  It was a major change after working 30+ years in the commercial Enterprise software arena to move to the DOD simulation/modeling world with with completely new tech stacks. The longer commute to work has also cut down some on my layout time (and website updating time).

So with that said, here's some of the progress I've made since the last update....

Working on positioning the Walthers Machine Shop and Railroad Shops (cardboard cutout) near the turntable



After building and placing the Walthers 'Railroad Shops' building.



Testing placement of the Walthers Coal Tower and dump house





After installing detailed parts and basic weathering.



Position of coal tower and cinder/ash hoist relative to turntable/roundhouse.



Delivering coal for the coal tower



Basic structures for sand drying house and sand bin completed



Figuring out how to make the sand pile....





Covered foam with white latex caulk



Two coats of latex flat paint



Heavy coat of latex paint and immediately pour sand onto wet paint....



After drying



On the layout (with the Tichy water tower as well)





Starting the Walthers "Car Shop" kit



After spray painting the walls, brush painting the window sills and steel beams above doors. The right wall has been mortared using Roberts Brick Mortar.



After installing the windows, doors, and weathering.



Placed on layout



Working on the Walthers Ash/Cinder Pit/Hoist kit



I pulled up one of the existing track leads into the turntable to install the ash/cinder pit and then cut out the 1/2" homasote and 5/8" plywood base to install the pit.









Starting to work on the Walthers Ice House and Platform (2)















I have started building the Vector Cut "Country Radio Station" kit. My radio station is going to be "KREW - The Wrecking Crew - Pirate Radio".







Some of the reasons I like modeling the Union Pacific:



Installing track for the lower end service terminal of the designated helper district for the climb from the middle level to the upper level

[Janbouli]

Wow , great progress, a lot done and quantity sure doesn't effect quality, thanks for sharing.

[ACL1504]

Doug,

Great to see you back at the layout. It is looking spectacular my friend. The structures really bring the big UP service area to life.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Great progress Doug.....good luck with the new job. 

[PRR Modeler]

Really top notch modeling Doug.

[Zephyrus52246]

The engine facility is really coming together.  I've been through a few job changes the last couple of years, and even though they were all similar, they did seem to take some wind out of the sails for a while.  Glad to see you're back at the layout.


Jeff

[engine909]

A great effort. Thank you for posting.
ed

[jimmillho]

That's a lot of work done since the last up date.  Good luck in the new job.

Jim

[Onewolf]

I worked on the control panel for the turntable and roundhouse tracks.  I want to be able to control track power to each track around the turntable/roundhouse because when you have many sound equipped locomotives it's nice to be able to cut the track power to avoid a cacophony of locomotive idling sounds and power consumption.

I used my photo printer to print the control panel on lustre paper for the turntable/roundhouse track. Each track coming off the turntable (except for the 3 main inbound/outbound tracks (1-3)) have toggle switches to control track power. There are 17 tracks total (4 garden tracks (4-7), 12 roundhouse tracks (8-19), and 1 service building track(20)).



After installing the 17 toggle switches and Walthers turntable control unit.



Wiring the 17 track power switches. Because of the relatively long "feeder" runs, I used 18ga wire to run from the track power bus to the toggle switches and then 18ga back to the red track power feeder bus bars.





Finishing up the basic build of the Vector Cut "Country Radio Station" kit.  I have created it as KREW - The Wrecking Krew - Pirate Radio.







Rear view - you can see the City Classics Venetian blinds installed in the windows.

[ReadingBob]

Wow.  Lot's of progress on the layout in spite of the new job.  Very nice.   

[ACL1504]

Wow.  Lot's of progress on the layout in spite of the new job.  Very nice.   

Doug,

I agree, very well done and lots added. Love the KREW!

Tom