Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[coors2u]

John, what a fantastic scene. Looks like a future cover of a magazine.

[Janbouli]

What a majestic scene, that is some of the best scenery I have ever seen.

[S&S RR]

John - does that coal facility include FSM Bartholow coal? If so I'll be interested to see your build. Jim

Jim




I have Bartholomew coal and plan on building it for another area on the layout.  This mockup is the FSM Kit #100 called Jacob's Fuel Company - the mockup is actually two of the kits side by side which fits the area on the layout perfectly. I actually ended up with the second kit on a package deal off eBay about 15 years ago. I may have got the Jaime price of $16 dollars.  I was going to sell it but then got the idea to build a double long version while I was laying out what kits I wanted to add to this area of the layout.

[S&S RR]

John...

Great stuff.  Amazing progress.

see ya
Bob

Thanks Bob


This retirement thing is great - I just can't believe how fast a day goes by when I'm working on the layout.

[S&S RR]

John, what a fantastic scene. Looks like a future cover of a magazine.

Justin


Thanks - maybe some day. If we still have magazines when I get enough of the layout done to consider publishing.

[S&S RR]

What a majestic scene, that is some of the best scenery I have ever seen.

Jan


Thank you - your kind words are much appreciated. If you ever get over to our side of the ocean I would love to have you visit.

[jrmueller]

Thanks for the info John. Look forward to your builds.  Jim

[Janbouli]

What a majestic scene, that is some of the best scenery I have ever seen.

Jan


Thank you - your kind words are much appreciated. If you ever get over to our side of the ocean I would love to have you visit.

Thank you for the invitation John , good chance I will be on your door step once I have some vacation time . Mite take a while though 

[tom.boyd.125]

John,
Did you use the same wood dye stain on the retaining walls and the trestle builds shown in the last photos ?
Tom

[S&S RR]

John,
Did you use the same wood dye stain on the retaining walls and the trestle builds shown in the last photos ?
Tom

Hi Tom


Yes I did. It is a Alcohol and ink stain with 4 table spoons black and 2 table spoons brown ink in a quart of 91% alcohol. I went through 2 quarts of this mixture with the trestles and the retaining wall.  With a stain this dark it really looks different from one piece of wood to the next.

[S&S RR]

Today, I took a couple progress pictures of the Eagle's Nest Warehouse to see how it photographed.  This is a background structure so I will not be getting real crazy with the detail.  There will be a number of highly detail structures in front of this when this area is finished. I also need to do some work on the aspen forest above.  Dead leaf ground cover for one.


Here's my check list so far:


Weather the Eagle picture on the end - It's a war bonds add. The glue was still wet when I took this picture.


Attach the roof on the lower building.


Add lots of roof detail.


Fix the track before Wayne Olson comes over and sees it.  I had to move the track about a 1/8 of an inch to get the proper clearance. There is a track inside the warehouse - the siding entrance is on the far left of the building.

[deemery]

Speaking of Big Bird....    dave

[S&S RR]

Today, I decided to change the pace and get started on the benchwork and track work that I need to get the upper levels of the S&S RR operational.  I will be switching  back and forth between track work and structure building for the next 6 months or so - until I can say that all of the track work is operational. 

[Twist67]

Hi,
great work. Looking awesome.

Regards,Chris

[S&S RR]

Hi,
great work. Looking awesome.

Regards,Chris

Thanks for the kind words Chris