Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[ak-milw]

Lovin' it John!

[EricQuebec]

Very nice, what a great layout..
Eric quebec

[S&S RR]

Lovin' it John!

Andy


Thanks for the kind words and stopping by the thread.

[S&S RR]

Very nice, what a great layout..
Eric quebec

Eric


Thank you for the encouraging words.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking super, John!

Cheers, Mark.

[S&S RR]

Looking super, John!

Cheers, Mark.

Mark


Thank you for the kind words and for stopping by the thread. I'm really looking forward to completing some of the scenes on the layout this year.

[S&S RR]

The bents are glued in place and the top plate is installed on the second HOn3 trestle.

[bparrish]

John...

Just the weight of the clamps is testing this trestle strength more than any train you will ever run over it.

Very cool

thanx
Bob

[S&S RR]

John...

Just the weight of the clamps is testing this trestle strength more than any train you will ever run over it.

Very cool

thanx
Bob

Bob


Yes it is.  You will notice that without the cross-bracing I have it backed up with 3 inch angle plates.

[S&S RR]

Well,  today was a slow progress day on the S&S RR, I had to wait for the furnace repair man which meant I had to answer the phone. So it turns out that he will need to come back in a couple days with $1200 worth of parts.    Oh,  and for the Windows Service guy that called and needed to get on my computer to fix my software. That scam is so over. Rant over!

[S&S RR]

I'm back working on the layout today,  spending most of my time working on the helix inside the mountain. Getting close to the finish line on this one.  I will soon have one more intermountain helix to go and the track work will be done.

[S&S RR]

I made some more progress on iteration 1 of my clay mock-up.  You can start to see the different levels - next step is to decide areas where the track will be visible.  Then I will have to decide on roadways and transitions between levels.

[S&S RR]

I have a place where I would like to have the HO track cross the  HOn3 track at about a 60 degree angle.  I have looked at about 6 sources and can not find a crossing that is commercially available - does anyone know of a source?

[jimmillho]

The only ones I could find were hand laid.

Jim

[S&S RR]

The only ones I could find were hand laid.

Jim

Jim


Thanks for looking - that's what I'm finding too.  I'm exploring different options using my clay mockup.  I want to have an area where the HOn3 freight can be loaded off to the HO mainline.