Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

Nice track plan.  Do other members of the household know about the "future expansion"? 


Jeff

Jeff


Yes, the boss and CEO of the S&S Railroad has agreed to the expansion - I have to finish the area I have started before putting holes in the walls.  That will be a few years.

[S&S RR]

My layout time the last few days has been an hour here and a couple hours there. I have spend most of the time working on the benchwork and laying track.  The summer is flying by and I haven't got anywhere near as far as I expected to on the upper level track work.

[S&S RR]

This past weekend I took a trip to Greenfield Village with the family.  As always, I took some prototype pictures to help with my modeling.  Greenfield Village is a great place for that.  Here are a few examples: Cedar shingles and siding.











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[S&S RR]

Wheel Lathe for my upcoming machine shop. 

[S&S RR]

Wheel assembly machine.

[S&S RR]

Belt driven machine shop.

[S&S RR]

I spent most of the day laying track on the upper level.  I also put in the sidings to Brambell's and Walter P's.  A few more days and we should be able run trains over the Mt. Aiden Trestle.

[ACL1504]

I spent most of the day laying track on the upper level.  I also put in the sidings to Brambell's and Walter P's.  A few more days and we should be able run trains over the Mt. Aiden Trestle.

John,

Congrats to the track gang. Running trains is always a good thinng.

Tom

[S&S RR]

I spent most of the day laying track on the upper level.  I also put in the sidings to Brambell's and Walter P's.  A few more days and we should be able run trains over the Mt. Aiden Trestle.

John,

Congrats to the track gang. Running trains is always a good thinng.

Tom

Tom


Thanks - we have lots of track to put down this summer. My goal is to have all the track operational this year.

[S&S RR]

Yesterday, I fabricated a Gatorfoam base for the my Jacob's build and decided on a final location.  I had to bring in a blasting crew to make some extra room.

[deemery]

Reworking the layout...


dave

[S&S RR]

Reworking the layout...


dave

Dave


I only removed about a half a pound of plaster. The structure just looks better at that angle to me.

[S&S RR]

Here is a picture of the underside of the gatorfoam base with all of the joints reinforced with wood.  It turned out nice and ridged.  Just the right height - and it will be backed up with 3/4 inch plywood so it should stay where I put it. I will add a few more wood strips out to the corners to make sure everything is supported.

[deemery]

My neighbor was a combat engineer in Vietnam.  One evening we got to talking about all the cool things you can do with detcord. :-)


dave

[S&S RR]

Just before I left on my fishing trip I ordered a bump hat - baseball hat with plastic inserts to protect my head that no longer has hair to cover the bumps from under the train table. I also ordered a head lamp, so I will be all set to start building the 3 helixes inside the mountains.