Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

Erieman · March 16, 2014, 11:14:48 AM

Good Morning John,

Thanks for sharing all the rock and tree photos. Now that the divisional meet is over, I need to get to work on more of my scenery. Keep up the inspirational photos. As you know, i have to build a lot of trees.

Frank / Erieman

S&S RR · March 16, 2014, 05:55:39 PM

This is a test of posting pictures with Jimmy's lesson 2:

The picture should be above.

S&S RR · March 16, 2014, 05:57:22 PM

Holly S**T that's a big picture. What do you think? No more little Icons and clicking.

S&S RR · March 16, 2014, 06:04:05 PM

The view from the Whistler train British Columbia.

This is what the layout needs to look like.

S&S RR · March 16, 2014, 06:05:42 PM

Looks like I will be editing some of my previous posts. Stay toned.

S&S RR · March 16, 2014, 06:07:10 PM

I'm looking for some feedback - how do these last two pictures look on your screen?

bparrish · March 16, 2014, 06:10:32 PM

They look good...... the second however was so large that the forum went back to the slider deal to see it all.

How are you getting these bigger than the two inch stuff?

see ya
Bob

bparrish · March 16, 2014, 06:12:00 PM

Oh,

and John.......... I noticed the big tree with the top knocked out of it...... Perfect for Osprey.

Thanx
Bob

S&S RR · March 16, 2014, 06:58:37 PM

Quote from: bparrish on March 16, 2014, 06:10:32 PM
They look good...... the second however was so large that the forum went back to the slider deal to see it all.

How are you getting these bigger than the two inch stuff?

see ya
Bob

Bob

See lesson 2 from Jimmy in the how to post on the modelersforum thread.

S&S RR · March 16, 2014, 11:36:50 PM

Pine tree from the layout.

S&S RR · March 16, 2014, 11:42:37 PM

Just completed my third homework assignment and posted the last picture using my iPad. This works great. The quality of the pictures with the retina display is great. Let the posting begin.

S&S RR · March 16, 2014, 11:47:58 PM

Trees on the layout test 2.

deemery · March 17, 2014, 10:38:42 AM

Most of the rocks you see on the train from Whistler to Vancouver are volcanic. Particularly once you've cleared Squamish and start climbing, that's all basalt flow from Mt. Garibaldi (one of the Coast Range volcanoes.) I always enjoyed that drive when we lived there. My BC photos are all old-fashioned printed photos, so I'll have to dig out the pictures and scan them.

dave

S&S RR · March 18, 2014, 09:00:23 PM

Quote from: deemery on March 17, 2014, 10:38:42 AM
Most of the rocks you see on the train from Whistler to Vancouver are volcanic. Particularly once you've cleared Squamish and start climbing, that's all basalt flow from Mt. Garibaldi (one of the Coast Range volcanoes.) I always enjoyed that drive when we lived there. My BC photos are all old-fashioned printed photos, so I'll have to dig out the pictures and scan them.

dave

Dave

Thanks for looking for the photos - I hope you find them. If your like me the stuff that was shot before the digital camera is real hard to find.

The rocks being volcanic makes lots of since with all the volcanoes up and down the coast. The one thing that I remember and can see in the pictures is that the rocks were not sparkly like the rocks you would find in Michigan with all the quartz crystals.

S&S RR · March 18, 2014, 09:08:17 PM

Today I started the main control panel that will house the DCC system for the layout. In this picture you can see the switch that allow each power district to be turned on and off. The first of several drawers for the computer boards is also shown in the closed position.

This second picture shows the drawer open and ready for the DCC system installation. All of the components of the DCC system will be housed in drawers like this and wired to allow for easy access.