The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[S&S RR]

I have plenty of faith, I know you will find Bob's T1, I'm just confused..... 

I ain't confuzzed, but gettin' a little dizzier with every piture!! 

Gman,

Just remember, "The train goes round and round and it comes out here"! This should help a little.

Tom

Or it comes out over there!

[ACL1504]

I have plenty of faith, I know you will find Bob's T1, I'm just confused..... 

I ain't confuzzed, but gettin' a little dizzier with every piture!! 

Gman,

Just remember, "The train goes round and round and it comes out here"! This should help a little.

Tom

Or it comes out over there!

John and Gman,

Actually, here, there, over there, in here, under there, behind there, in front of here and everywhere else!

Tom

[ACL1504]

The photo above shows you where I left off on the ovalix! I've done a little more since then, not much but a little.

I cut more of the ovalix track bases and continued working towards the top!



I'm now on level 6-7. The track is on level six and the base is being attached so the track can be added to level seven. The photo below shows you how it looks as of noon today, Sunday, July  20th.



Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

I got tired of running the freight so I decided to let a couple of ACL E units do some of the work. Here are ACL E7's #548 and 547 coming off level two to take the run round track to enter the ovalix and continue to the top. I'm not sure the passengers know exactly what is gong on! A Ledbetter cousin of Gman's stated he isn't fooled. The ACL is just "Running us a round in a circle"! It figures, the guy doesn't even know the difference between and ovalix or a circle!






Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

The ACL passenger train made it to the top without incident!







The quick Grip in the above photo is the end of level 7 and the begining of level 8. When the glue on the white 3" supports dry, I'll add the track and move on to level 8!

Continued in a few.

[bparrish]

Tom.......

So how many trips around the planet are you going? ?? ?

see ya
Bob

[ACL1504]

For a change of pace and a different look at the ovalix I'll let ya'll see what it looks like from the inside. You can see the seven levels in the next photo.



I'd also like to mention that I had forum member PennsyJ1, Bill Cutler, over Thursday morning and he was kind enough to help me unpack a few of the boxes I have stacked around the walls. The above photo shows you some of the Atlantic and Southern passenger equipment he unpacked for me. I think I'm a box short but it will turn up sometime or somewhere.

The next photo shows you what I see inside the ovalix. You can see my little chair! After all, I can't stand in the ovalix all day without taking a break! LOL!





The next two photos will give you a worms eye view from inside the ovalix. The area inside the ovalix is approximately 6' X 8'.





My next update will be Thursday or Friday! Thanks for following along.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom.......

So how many trips around the planet are you going? ?? ?

see ya
Bob

Bob,
I'll be making at least 10 total as long as I stay away from the moon! It will take 7 loops from the second level to the third. This will give me 20" between the two levels.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tom

[Zephyrus52246]

Good to see a fire extinguisher nearby.      Good grief, how many passenger trains do you plan to run at once? 


Jeff

[S&S RR]

Tom.......

So how many trips around the planet are you going? ?? ?

see ya
Bob

Bob,
I'll be making at least 10 total as long as I stay away from the moon! It will take 7 loops from the second level to the third. This will give me 20" between the two levels.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tom

If you keep going up your going to have to rent some space from NASA in that building they have for assembling shuttles.  It may be available.

[gnatshop]

Goollly! What are we gonna see when he starts buildin' the diff'rent layers of the REAL railroad? 

[cuse]

The Pyramids, The Grand Canyon, and now...The Ovalix, eighth wonder of the world.


Or is it 9th? King Kong was the 8th


John

[ACL1504]

Good to see a fire extinguisher nearby.      Good grief, how many passenger trains do you plan to run at once? 


Jeff

Dr. Jeff,

Thanks for stopping by, much appreciated. I will be able to run four at one time but I have twenty total. Those are only about 75% of my passenger car stash! Can't have an empire if the fleet is small! LOL!

Update later this evening.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Goollly! What are we gonna see when he starts buildin' the diff'rent layers of the REAL railroad? 

Gman,

Where have you been my friend? Never mind, you've been taking the Ledbetters around town, I remember now! Not sure what you'll see when the rest of it starts but we will see it together.

Tom

[ACL1504]

The Pyramids, The Grand Canyon, and now...The Ovalix, eighth wonder of the world.


Or is it 9th? King Kong was the 8th


John

John,

Thanks for stopping by and checking in. I'll settle for #9! More updates this evening.

Tom