Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[ak-milw]

John, it looks great. You should build the next one out of clamps and forget the wood.

[S&S RR]

John...

Just magnificent....

Are you going to include NBW's where it shows on this as part of you detail list?

Also.....  If you EVER think that you would want to hand lay the track I have a bunch of old Kemtron tie plates still in the original packages that I would happily donate to the cause of you getting this judged.

Let me know.

see ya
Bob

Bob


I plan on the NBW's on this side. I cheated on the side that doesn't show and used paint applied with a toothpick. I have four wooden trestles on the layout, the largest that I built last winter is 7 foot long (there are pictures back a few dozen pages in this thread).  If  I was to have some judges over to the layout I would have them take a look at that one. I didn't hand lay the track - I used micro-engineerings bridge flex track and plan on the same for these two trestles.  Hand laid track is one of the places I drew the line - I want to finish this layout and well you know the story.   This trestle is going to be about 4 feet from the viewer on the layout so we are adding the detail for the camera.

[S&S RR]

John, it looks great. You should build the next one out of clamps and forget the wood.

Andy


Thanks for stopping by the thread.  I don't even think John Allen had a bridge or trestle made out of clamps. It would be an expensive project.

[EricQuebec]

Can't wait to see it in place on the layout...

Eric Quebec city

[S&S RR]

Can't wait to see it in place on the layout...

Eric Quebec city

Eric


Me too!  I'm working on the track work in this area now so it should be going in soon.  The plan is to add the structures and scenery detailing in this area this winter.  I'm splitting my modeling days between the workbench and working on the remaining track work. My back likes that better than all day under the layout.

[S&S RR]

Speaking of working under the layout.  I took this picture of the hidden yard installation under the layout (see construction pictures a few pages back). A camera and lighting will make this yard functional for locomotive and rolling stock storage. I will be adding the artist board guard rails (just in case).  Another safety feature is a dead block siding between the main layout and the hidden yard so an operator can't throw the switch and send a train into the yard without a powering it by throwing a lighted switch.

Having a safe place to store your locomotives and  rolling stock during construction is a important consideration with layout construction.  I also think this yard will add some OPS interest when the layout becomes operational. Details when we get to operations (? when that will be).

[S&S RR]

The helix that will loop the trains from the highest level to the middle level will fill the space above this yard in the coming days.

[S&S RR]

I took a few pictures of the area that will be the town of Sellios to use for some design studies and I thought I would post this picture of the site. This area is pretty large and will someday be the home for many kits and scratch built structures. I used the panorama feature on my iPhone to take this picture.  If you scroll over on the picture you can see where the Mount Aiden Trestle is in relation to this scene. The pink foam baseboard is for the Salyes Mill - one of the South River Modelworks kits. A river is planned for the back of this scene and will follow the base of the mountain to the front of the scene on the right side.  At this point I'm trying footprints and pictures on this scene to decide which structures will be planted on which building sites. I also want to add some more below base level topography to the scene.

[Rail and Tie]

That is going to be an awesome town.  You have a great eye for laying out the track work and scenery. There is lots of room to have some elevated structures in the background up the hill.

What is the area above the pink ground foam going to be used for. It looks like some switchback roads in progress?

[S&S RR]

That is going to be an awesome town.  You have a great eye for laying out the track work and scenery. There is lots of room to have some elevated structures in the background up the hill.

What is the area above the pink ground foam going to be used for. It looks like some switchback roads in progress?

Darryl


You are correct.  The stone Church that I built for the challenge will be at the top of that road. Current plan is for a residential area along a winding switchback road.  The area on the other side of the river will be a series of structures.  A couple of the structures will be built on top of access hatches so I can get back to this area for maintenance.

[S&S RR]

I started adding the nut and bolt castings to the trestle build yesterday.

[bparrish]

John.

The trestle is very cool.

What is the Goo Gone stuff in the back of that photo?

see ya
Bob

[S&S RR]

John.

The trestle is very cool.

What is the Goo Gone stuff in the back of that photo?

see ya
Bob

Hi Bob


The Goo be Gone is on the workbench from a honey-do project.  It works pretty well to take adhesives off from hard surfaces.  I was using it to take the price tag Goo off a picture frame. The only model railroading use for it was when I used tape to protect some track during the application of scenery.  It takes the glue off but I don't like the residue it leaves.  I used alcohol to clean the track afterwards. I now tape down construction paper for track protection and make sure the tape is not on the track. It works much better.  Lesson learned,  as they say.

[S&S RR]

The work on the layout was right where I left it after taking a week to spend with my family.  This weeks projects are more track work, the trestle builds, and the Jacob's Coal build.

[bparrish]

John...

Thanx for the goo gone info.

I hate those stickers as they leave glue everywhere.  Especially on wood products.  It alters the wood's ability to accept stain even after sanding.

I use lacquer thinner on stuff that will take a distillate solvent. 

I also learned the lesson about tape on rails.  The hard way of course.  Which is my primary learning style.

see ya
Bob