Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

[S&S RR]

Uprooted tree is a scenery game changer, well done!
Chris

Chris


I have been looking for the right place to put that tree for over a year.  Don Ledger from AZ developed the process to create it and gave that one to me. Amazing what you can do with a piece of rope and glue. I will be adding some other scenery features to the layout using Don's process.

[S&S RR]

Now, to answer Vince's question regarding the path for the river.  Here is a view of the mill pond from a higher angle. I added some leaves to the pond but they are only visible with a fly over view of the layout. The River flows into the pond through the 3 culverts. After being used by the mill the water falls down to form the river.

[S&S RR]

The river path can bee seen in this picture marked up in blue. I have some benchwork and track work to make this happen. The North side of the River is VanGelder, the South Side will be the town of Sellios.

[S&S RR]

The river will pass under mainline just before reaching the mill pond for Salyes - another Bob VanGelder kit.

[S&S RR]

After leaving the mill pond for Salyes Mill the River continues along the East side of the Mountain Valley and then leaves the layout.

[S&S RR]

All of the plywood  and open area you see in the pictures will all be structures and mini scenes. This is an area  5 x 10 feet.  How many structures do you think I will use to fill this area? I'm in the process of designing the town.

[S&S RR]

The mountain plateau east and above the river will be the town of Gallent. Brent Gallent has already designed all of the kits that will make up this mountain town. The final piece of that puzzle is his soon to be released kit Riverfront. At least 6 - maybe more of Brent's kits will find their way to this area in one form or another. I like to make changes and also like combining pieces from one kit with those from another. The holes and one tunnel you see in the picture are left over from my previous layout.  Gallent is serviced by both the standard gauge and the Narrow Gauge Trains.  So now that you know the plan you can follow along as it gets implemented and changed over the next few years. This summer I'm planing a large extension to the layout that will be the Superior Yard. A large classification yard and storage area for all of my rolling stock and locomotives.  The idea is to have a place to store the trains - most of which are in boxes now, while I work on the rest of the layout. The goal is to be able to run trains any time. To-date there have been long periods of time when that wasn't possible because of the construction. I should also mention that I plan on completing the Eagles Nest Yard (I have about 8-10 structures to build) along with track work and turnouts to electrify, before I will get back to the towns of VanGelder, Sellios, and Gallent.

[jrmueller]

Looks terrific John. I enjoy following your build. Jim

[S&S RR]

Looks terrific John. I enjoy following your build. Jim

Jim


Thank you for following along, and the kind words. This layout keeps me out of trouble.

[jimmillho]

John,
I love your plans for all this open space.  I will be watching as you go.

Jim

[S&S RR]

John,
I love your plans for all this open space.  I will be watching as you go.

Jim

Jim


Thank you for following along. Now to implement the plan.

[halrey]

Looking really great John!


Hal

[vinceg]

Your layout is really amazing, John. I've seen museum-scale layouts (like San Diego) and I've seen exquisitely detailed layouts. You have a rare combination of both. Fun to watch you work.

[S&S RR]

Looking really great John!


Hal

Hal


Thank you for stopping by and the kind words. I plan to use the bridge I bought from you a couple years ago spanning the river you see in my plan sketch.

[S&S RR]

Your layout is really amazing, John. I've seen museum-scale layouts (like San Diego) and I've seen exquisitely detailed layouts. You have a rare combination of both. Fun to watch you work.

Vince


Thank you for following along - it will be years before it is close to being finished but I'm enjoying the journey. I hope you can make it over here for a visit.