Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[Zephyrus52246]

That new structure will fit right in.  The scene will look great.  Nice to see a CB&Q hopper on your pike, though it should have been more prominently displayed, like behind the F&SM hopper.   


Jeff

[GPdemayo]

I look forward to watching your progress on Jacob's John.....I have the kit and think it will look great when you get it done. 

[S&S RR]

That new structure will fit right in.  The scene will look great.  Nice to see a CB&Q hopper on your pike, though it should have been more prominently displayed, like behind the F&SM hopper.   


Jeff

Thanks for stopping by the thread and the kind words.  I have a number of the CB&Q war hoppers and your right it should have been behind the F&SM hopper. I will remember that the next time the F&SM hopper comes through.

[S&S RR]

I look forward to watching your progress on Jacob's John.....I have the kit and think it will look great when you get it done. 

Greg


Thanks for following along. I will be getting casting ready to paint and weathering strip wood latter this week.

[postalkarl]

Hi John:

That looks like fun. Wish I had a RR.

Karl

[S&S RR]

Hi John:

That looks like fun. Wish I had a RR.

Karl

Thanks for stopping by the thread Karl.  I wish you had a layout too - with all your structure builds it would be awesome.

[tom.boyd.125]

John,
Looking forward to your double FSM Jacob's Coal build. That will be an impressive looking structure ! Like the way you will place the conveyor on the side of the building too. Believe Bruce Chubb's had his like that for the Sunset Valley RR.... Hope your construction will help me get going to finish up my single kit Jacob's build that was placed in storage for a long time due to my 2 moves ...
Tommy

[S&S RR]

John,
Looking forward to your double FSM Jacob's Coal build. That will be an impressive looking structure ! Like the way you will place the conveyor on the side of the building too. Believe Bruce Chubb's had his like that for the Sunset Valley RR.... Hope your construction will help me get going to finish up my single kit Jacob's build that was placed in storage for a long time due to my 2 moves ...
Tommy

Tommy


Thanks for stopping by the thread.  I will take a look at my photographs of Bruce Chubb's layout and see if I got a picture.  That is one big layout.  I hope this build prompts you to get yours out of storage.

[S&S RR]

I spent some time looking at the directions for the Jacob's build and I'm leaning towards building the loading chute on the right side of the structure.  I will need to shorten the complete structure by a couple inches but I see lots of opportunities to do that with a double structure without messing up the proportions. The loading docks in front will be available for both box car and truck access so I will fill in the track with boards to allow the trucks to get across. Since my Grandson Isaac spent the morning on my lap helping me develop the plan I thick Jacob's is going to become Isaac's Coal Yard.  He will also have a Mountain named after him in a different section of the layout but Isaac's Coal yard at the base of his brother's mountain, Mt. Aiden, just seems to work.

[S&S RR]

I got back to the layout today.  I spent most of the day wiring - no pictures - seen one wire you have seen them all.  I also did a test paint on the Eagle's Nest Warehouse I built a few months ago.  I just didn't like the brown building - about 10 percent of it is now dark green.  I like it much better, so if I still feel the same way when I look at it in the morning, I will post some finish pictures.

[S&S RR]

A few weeks ago we had a discussion about my switches and blocks for my DCC system wiring.  Today, I fired up the DCC system to test the new yard.  I had a short - so I turned off each of the blocks in the new yard. I still had a short. So I looked around in the two other areas I have been working and didn't see any tools laying on the track.  So I kept turning off switches until the short went away.  It was in block 5 on the mainline - about 20 foot of track that has been operational for years. After inspecting everything I could see I looked into the tunnel between the layout and my work area.  And look what I found.  It must have flown in there while I was working on the yard.  No big deal, but it shows why I have the switches and blocks with a DCC layout.

[bparrish]

John...........

Good system.

I would still be looking for that one ! ! ! !

see ya
Bob

[deemery]

Left behind by one of these?

(but not one of these...


dave

[bparrish]

Dave...

There is a reason some car companies are gone........... ! ! ! ! !

see ya
Bob

[S&S RR]

John...........

Good system.

I would still be looking for that one ! ! ! !

see ya
Bob

Thanks for stopping by Bob and the kind words - I thought it was a good example of the need for blocks on larger layouts.