Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

Here are a couple pictures of the area after the mess was cleaned up.  The one loop of track that is still standing will be part of the helix but will be lower about 3 inches on the cut end. If you look back into the dark under the mountain you can see the area that will be utilized for the helix.  This is actually the area underneath the stairs that lead up to the first level of the house.

[S&S RR]

The specifications for the helix are a 2 percent grade with a 24 inch radius. The helix will be an oval with a total length of 80 inches.  That gives us 215 inches of run per loop - so we can drop 4.25 inches per loop at a 2% grade. The narrow gauge will require 5 loops and the HO main will require 3 loops to bring the trains down to the main level.

[S&S RR]

As I mentioned above, I plain on making a scale clay mock-up of this area to develop the land forms and the potential structure space will be represented with pieces of wood or cardboard. This will allow me to visualize where the tracks may be visible, where I may want to add sidings, and the relative size and type of the structures I want to build for the area. There will be a lot of elevation change in this area so being able to visualize it in 3D will be very helpful. If this clay mock-up idea works well for this area I will also use it for my harbor scene and for the town of Sellios.

[S&S RR]

I will post more on this process later when I have something to show.  For now, I have two trestles to build and a lot of track work to complete to get to this area.

[jbvb]

I've been following along too, sorry I don't comment very often.  Good luck with the reconstruction.

[S&S RR]

I've been following along too, sorry I don't comment very often.  Good luck with the reconstruction.

Hi James




Thanks for stopping by the thread and for taking time to post.

[ak-milw]

John, I have been following your progress since I signed back on the forum, never miss a night. I might not comment much but I am taking it all in.

[S&S RR]

John, I have been following your progress since I signed back on the forum, never miss a night. I might not comment much but I am taking it all in.

Andy


Thanks for following along.

[Powersteamguy1790]

The rock work looks great John.

Stay cool and run steam...........

[S&S RR]

The rock work looks great John.

Stay cool and run steam...........

Bob


Thanks for the kind words and for following the thread.

[S&S RR]

I made some progress on the trestle builds. Have enough bents glued up for the first trestle and started gluing them in place on the baseboard.  Yes, the 1x3 is a little out of scale but works great for holding things in place while the glue dries.

[S&S RR]

I also got started on the mack-up for my new town (still working on a name for this one).  The first step is to make a scale grid drawing of what is there and staying. I will use this to put the base together for the clay mock-up. The scale will be 0.25 inches to the inch.

[S&S RR]

I did some more work on the mock-up of this area. The drawing was completed and I started to make the model.  First step was to build the scale box out of artiste board.

[S&S RR]

All of the key dimensions where transferred from the drawing to the the model.

[S&S RR]

I added artist board to the hole areas of the model to save on the amount of clay that would be required.