Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

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Here is a picture of the same area of the room today.





From the camera to the back corner of the room is roughly 15 feet.

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If you look closely at the picture you can see the four levels of track work.  There will be a wooden trestle for the Narrow Gauge line in the center of this scene.

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In this next picture I have moved the camera angle to the right.

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And then another 20 degrees or so to the right.

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In this last picture you can see the lowest level of standard gauge track on the layout. 

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In my next few posts I will show the view under the layout and the work that must be done to make room for the helixes.

[Janbouli]

John, the Brambells scene  is magnificent, just love it.

The photo of your dad made me think , I hope I can get my dad into my train room before it is too late, another reason to clean up.

[GPdemayo]

Yep, definitely a case of Langford Syndrome.....if you catch it in time it might not be as severe as some cases we've seen on the forum.   
 
The Brambell's scene came out great and I know what you mean about the picture of your Dad. I lost mine about that long ago too. 

[S&S RR]

John, the Brambells scene  is magnificent, just love it.

The photo of your dad made me think , I hope I can get my dad into my train room before it is too late, another reason to clean up.

Jan


Thanks for the kind words - one more out building to build for the interior yard and then it's time to add all those castings. Getting close on this one.


My advise to you is get your dad into the train room As Soon As Possible - we don't know how much time we have. And take a picture or two - there will be a framed print of my Dad's picture on the wall in my train room when you stop by for a visit. I know it would be a long journey for you.

[ACL1504]

John,

My dad always encouraged me with the trains but never participated. Great photo of your dad in the mix of Helixes. The Langford Syndrome is much to over rated. It doesn't hurt one bit if you keep your eyes on the prize.

Tom

[S&S RR]

Yep, definitely a case of Langford Syndrome.....if you catch it in time it might not be as severe as some cases we've seen on the forum.   
 
The Brambell's scene came out great and I know what you mean about the picture of your Dad. I lost mine about that long ago too. 

Greg


Sorry to hear about your Dad - I hope the picture brought back some good memories for you.


I'm real excited about this change - it will make the layout better.  And it only requires some cleanup underneath the layout so nothing visible will need to be changed. I'm about halfway through the sawing and removing old benchwork in the first mountain.

[S&S RR]

John,

My dad always encouraged me with the trains but never participated. Great photo of your dad in the mix of Helixes. The Langford Syndrome is much to over rated. It doesn't hurt one bit if you keep your eyes on the prize.

Tom

Tom


Change is part of having a layout - I see no problem with it.  As I said above this will make the layout better and I will have fun doing it - "the prize".


My Dad only got to work with me on the layout a couple times before he got sick.  He would have loved working on it now.  We worked on many building projects together for the first 42 years of my life and he did a great job of passing on his skills.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, John.

You will have to add an updated track-plan when you get around to it.  I spent many a great weekend when I was a kid working with my Dad on my 8 by 4 layout.  He still helps a bit now when I get stuck on an electrical problem.  I must get that photo!  I must have done too much rock casting - I'm sure I saw mold no. 127 in your photos!

Cheers, Mark.

[sdrees]

Hi John,

I really like your rock work and its coloring. I think the texture is great.  Did you do it with molds or carve it or both?  If you used rubber molds, the must have been very large ones.

Steve

[S&S RR]

Looking good, John.

You will have to add an updated track-plan when you get around to it.  I spent many a great weekend when I was a kid working with my Dad on my 8 by 4 layout.  He still helps a bit now when I get stuck on an electrical problem.  I must get that photo!  I must have done too much rock casting - I'm sure I saw mold no. 127 in your photos!

Cheers, Mark.

Thanks Mark


I will add the track plan again when I get it updated.  And yes, get that photo!  I'm sure number 127 is there somewhere - in one form or another.  Along with numbers 1 - 136 or so.  I don't even know how many molds I bought over the years - I have sold/donated some of them and the rest are waiting for that expansion some day.  I remember one awkward moment at the airport on the way back from a Narrow Gauge Convention when I had my suitcase full of them and had to explain what they were for.  I think the comment was "that's a new one".  I called up the Bragdon website on my phone to explain.  Thanks for stopping by.