Clearwater Valley Railway Co.

Started by elwoodblues, January 04, 2025, 05:36:51 PM

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elwoodblues

Thanks Larry and Curt,

Well I have some catching up to do let lets get the next update on the go.

this is Update #8 . . . . Terraforming Continues - Part 3


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The final part of the framing required adding the supports for the foam.



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Foam added



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Another view of the foam base



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Needed to paint the fascia to match the rest of the staging yard.

Thanks for looking in.
Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railroad Co.
www.cvry.ca

elwoodblues

Bonus Material (Part One) . . . . . .

Help, There are Two Many Angles . . . . .

Cutting the foam turned out to be a challenge due to the fact that of all the angles involved with each section. So in order to take the guess work out of it, I took a trick from countertop measuring.


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I needed something thick that would be stiff enough to hold it's shape so I took a file folder and cut them into 1" wide strips.



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Using the strips I started using them to outline the section where the foam piece will go.



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With the outline established I added some intermediate strips to reinforce the outline frame.



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The template put on a piece of foam ready to be cut out.



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The foam cut to size. It is a little longer at one end as this edge needs to be cut on an angle to match the angle of the slope.


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Wait HOW COME THE FOAM WON'T BEND TO FIT PROPERLY????????

OK, so I need to rethink this as the angle at the front is not the same as the back.

How will our reluctant hero solve this problem, will he go off the deep end and destroy everything built to date?  Will a sledge hammer be involved.  You will have to wait till Bonus material part 2 to find out.

Thanks for looking in.

Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railroad Co.
www.cvry.ca

elwoodblues

Bonus Material (Part 2)

How to Bend Rigid Foam. . . . .

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As you can see here the rigid foam doesn't fit properly as the frame angles are different at the front and back of the modules.



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In order to get around the angle difference I sliced the piece into 3 pieces to start.  I then took the first piece, laid it in place and proceeded to cut it into smaller strips until the slope fit in place properly.  I then did the same procedure on the other 2 pieces.



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The completed slope.

Thanks for looking in.
Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railroad Co.
www.cvry.ca

Jerry

Looking forward to the build Ron.

Jerry
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." A. Lincoln

PRR Modeler

I look forward to seeing your progress Ron.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
Freelanced PRR Bellevue Subdivision

friscomike

Howdy Ron, nice work bending the foam. I am anxiously waiting for the structure to bridge the gap.  Have fun, mike

Rick

Ron, thanks for starting this thread here so we can continue to follow along.

elwoodblues

Thanks for the comments Jerry, Curt, Mike and Rick.

Rick, your welcome, I just need to get used to only 6 pictures per post. :o   Might need to make my updates in smaller chunks.
Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railroad Co.
www.cvry.ca

Larry C

Ron nice work solving the angle problem; looking forward to following your adventure. I'm sure you've noticed how much faster this site is to post too and far less issues to contend with.
Owner & CEO of the
Pratt's Hollow Short Line RR

http://www.ussvigilant.blogspot.com

elwoodblues

#39
This is the final "catch-up" update.  This will bring me up to date on the staging yard progress to date.  All future updates will be real time. 

Update #9  The Surveying Crews Get to Work .......

Before I can lay the cork roadbed I need to establish the track center lines.


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For me, locating the center lines is a 2-step process. I begin by laying out the main track center lines in red. This is the west end of the staging yard.



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Seeing as the west end of the staging yard is the critical area as that is where the yard ladder is, I started with the tripple curved turnout laying out the center lines  The black lines is the final track center lines.  All curves are 24".  To make it easier on myself I cut out a template using foam core.



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In order to maximize space I had to move the turnout further back than I wanted to.  The throw bar ends up being on the slope section of the module (snag #1). I thought about just bending the end down to match the slope but quickly realized that the grade might be a bit to much for my smaller locomotives so I marked out the area that will have to be modified instead. 8)




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The west end of the staging yard with the track center lines finalized.  There will be a 12" diameter (48ft) turntable at the end. This where I ran into the second snag :o .  When I drew up the trackplan for the staging yard I figured that the turntable was 12" diameter. Before I went too far I decided to check what size hole I need for the turntable as I'm going to be using the one that is presently in Mara as I have a replacement turntable for Mara, I just need to build it. Well, it turns out the hole required for the turntable is 12-1/2" >:( . Well that changes things. The bottom track centerline that was going to be the caboose track will need to be relocated as there is not enough clearance to add the track there.



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The center of the staging yard. I added a switch at the bottom for the new location of the caboose track



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The east end of the staging yard showing the land form modification to allow for the turnout throwbar.

Next up is laying the cork roadbed, but that is a tale for another day.

Thanks for looking in.

Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railroad Co.
www.cvry.ca

elwoodblues

Quote from: Larry C on January 31, 2025, 10:55:58 AMRon nice work solving the angle problem; looking forward to following your adventure. I'm sure you've noticed how much faster this site is to post too and far less issues to contend with.
Thanks Larry and yes I have noticed how much quicker this site is to post to and no "Error 500" to deal with. :)

The only issue I have with the site so far is the number of attachments allowed per post.
Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railroad Co.
www.cvry.ca

Larry C

Ron the pics in your last post aren't showing up.
Owner & CEO of the
Pratt's Hollow Short Line RR

http://www.ussvigilant.blogspot.com

elwoodblues

Quote from: Larry C on January 31, 2025, 11:10:49 AMRon the pics in your last post aren't showing up.
Larry,

I see the pictures, is anyone else having this problem?
Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railroad Co.
www.cvry.ca

IWannaRetire

I see the pictures. 

BTW, this is a good thread, thanks for sharing.
Mark from Illinois

Larry C

Yup, I 'em now. Nice track planning btw.
Owner & CEO of the
Pratt's Hollow Short Line RR

http://www.ussvigilant.blogspot.com

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