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

S&S RR · May 29, 2017, 08:19:40 PM

Today, I got on a roll with the Mackenzie build. I finished the bracing on the main structure and finished scribing the concrete wall section. Then I started gluing the concrete wall sections to the base board. I made a few minor changes to make the wall sections fit the location on my layout. I also added a wood section that will help fit the build into the layout. This following few pictures describes the build sequence.

Final location established.

S&S RR · May 29, 2017, 08:21:06 PM

Gluing the concrete wall sections to the baseboard.

S&S RR · May 29, 2017, 08:21:30 PM

S&S RR · May 29, 2017, 08:21:53 PM

S&S RR · May 29, 2017, 08:22:16 PM

Test fit.

S&S RR · May 29, 2017, 08:22:43 PM

S&S RR · May 29, 2017, 08:23:30 PM

Time to let the glue dry - back to the Jacob's build.

jerryrbeach · May 30, 2017, 07:22:48 AM

John,
Coming nicely, I'll be following along as usual.

PRR Modeler · May 30, 2017, 07:46:40 AM

Excellent job. I look forward to it coming together.

S&S RR · May 30, 2017, 01:08:12 PM

Quote from: jerryrbeach on May 30, 2017, 07:22:48 AM
John,
Coming nicely, I'll be following along as usual.

Hi Jerry

Thanks for following along and the kind words.

S&S RR · May 30, 2017, 08:35:33 PM

Quote from: PRR Modeler on May 30, 2017, 07:46:40 AM
Excellent job. I look forward to it coming together.

Curt

Thanks for the kind words.

S&S RR · May 30, 2017, 08:40:39 PM

Today, I decided to tackle the trestle radius problem that I posted a few weeks back. I have been dreading this job - I hate redo's.

Just to remind everyone I got to cute with an S curve between the two Mt. Aiden trestles and have had some problems with derails with the big steam locomotives. I need to remove the S curve - even though I stuck to a 28 inch radius and have a 3 inch straight between the two radii - it just to much for the big guys.

So today, I removed the track off the small trestle without having any problems with damaging the trestle. I have a plan on the repair - but what I didn't do is take a picture. I'm going to be working on an outside project for the next couple of days but when I return to the layout I will take some progress pictures.

S&S RR · June 03, 2017, 07:55:44 PM

I managed to get a few hours at the workbench this morning before I started all my outside chores. Added the support pilers for the structure on the Mackenzie build.

S&S RR · June 03, 2017, 07:56:28 PM

S&S RR · June 03, 2017, 07:57:00 PM

I also applied a coat of primer to the cement work.