The Grizzly & Dilapidated Ry.

[Larry C]

Kyle interesting track plan. It'll be fun watching this come together...carry on.

[friscomike]

Howdy Kyle,

You are lucky to have so many hobby shops nearby. The only good hobby shop south of Atlanta closed.

The layout diagram looks like a lot of fun to build. 

Have fun,
mike

[Michael Hohn]

Looking good, Kyle.

[kyle creel]

Thanx Larry C*, thanx Mike, and thanx Michael;....and thanx to all those who grabbed a little peek at what's been happening @ the G&D Ry.

Today (Monday) I finished plotting and positioning all the trackage.... ...as is ALWAYS the case  there were some adjustments that had to be made;  ...but surprisingly ...the end result was extremely close to the scale drawing..     .....I might even add a 3-way turnout in place of the turnout that leads to the 2 stall engine shed so I can have one more (rather short) (about 10 - 12 inches) locomotive track that would be on the side closest to the backdrop....perfect for the 2-6-0....   maybe.....I'll think about it...   .....

Here's what I got done today.....................



Now from the other end...........................
 

I've gotten alot done today, but I have sooo much more to go ..       ...it'll be soo much fun though    ...and then I can start on adding the loop and sidings at Dilapidated               .....enough stuff to last till a bit past Valentines' Day I figure....     ya'll stay tuned ...to quote GUNSMOKES' FESTUS HAGEN...."It's a GOODER, Mathew"                   ....see ya....      

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry. Co.

[Philip]

 

[PRR Modeler]

You're making great progress.

[Larry C]

Kyle nice progress!!!!

[Jerry]

You seem to be moving along!  Nice progress.

Jerry

[friscomike]

Kyle, great overhaul.  I loved the other layout, but this one holds great promise.  I like it.  Have fun, mike

[kyle creel]

Thanx Phillip, thanx Curt, thanx Larry C*., thanx Jerry, and thanx Mike....    

I'm really having fun with the 'overhaul' Mike;  ...and.....

Nice photo Phillip......do you think Ol' Festus might have been tryin' to get just a little smootchie smootchie off Miss Kitty ...behind Matthews' back?..                   .........

And thanx for remarking on the progress ...Larry C.*, Curt and Jerry...       ....sometimes it doesn't seem like much... but just a tweek here or there can take hours to figure out if it'll help... or screw up something else            ....

Today (Friday) while waiting for our 3-4 day FREE SIBERIAN WINTER TRIAL OFFER to arrive...      ... I worked in a third locomotive track on the back side of the roundhouse.. ...I moved the left hand turnout comming off the 90 degree crossing closer to the crossing and swapped it for a slightly shorter one, and added a short Peco right hand one so it's coming off the straight track of the left hand one....it gave me just enough room for the 2-6-0...     ......I also added a siding and spotted Scavenger Inc. in  its' new home; and Tooter Phuknuts' Tractor Repair Shope in its' new location....     .......

I'm really happy and relieved that the changes have gone smoothly.....   ...I pondered over the whole idea for about 3 months before even considering jumping in to see how deep and cold the water was      ...

Next up is laying the track... ....I'll probably use my black sharpie to 'outline' everything... ...the one thing that's been a pleasant surprise  ..is the scale trackplan is damn near exactly 'on' when it comes to placements and clearances.... ...I guess it helps to make subtle changes in the drawing as one goes about laying out the pieces of track for a 'test fit', that way I have really accurate map to go by when the 'real' track laying begins....     ....here's some shots of the progress/changes....and the modified track plan....     hope they make sense.......

Here's the added locomotive track........
Before...............

After................

Here's Scavenger Inc. and Tooter Phuknuts'.........

And here's the track plan...............


Well that about winds it up for now....I gotta go do some last minute errands before the S. H. T. F. weather-wise...       ......thanx again for stoppin' by and ya'll stay tuned, AND WARM,.....see ya....      

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry. Co.   

[friscomike]

Howdy Kyle,

Good to see you are enjoying the fine-tuning of the layout.  It looks terrific.  Hope the weather provide you with lots of time to push on with the build.

Have fun,
mike

[Philip]

  tooters

[kyle creel]

Thanx Mike, and thanx Phillip;  also a shout out to everybody that just grabbed a look-see...     thanx again....

"Tooters'", I just couldn't help myself Phillip...........              

OK, today (Wednesday) is the first day I've spent any real time on the layout   ...today we finished our "Free 4 Day Trial of SIBERIAN Winter"         ...it was cold as shit (for Texas)....     at night we hit 14, 8, 12, and 15 degree air temps    ...during the day it was about 18-25      but last night it was only 22    ...where's my swim suit           ...the wind chills were in the minus 8 to minus 5 range....and we still have ice all over the f&$king place       ....We were a total of 79 hours below freezing consecutively      but that didn't even come close to the record from back in 1983..... remember that one Mike?? ...295 hours ....12 days and nights straight....IN TEXAS...         ....Oh well it's gonna be in the 60's late next week            

F-YOU OLD MAN WINTER !!!!!!!...      

Back to the layout    ...I built and tested (with rolling stock) the std. gauge/On30 crossing today...   ....It worked great    .... I had been dreading building it for a couple of weeks   ..but just got up,... saw the sun    and said "F-it;.. GO FOR IT        ...it was a little more frustrating than I'd expected, but not really that much more difficult...the std. gauge is all 'dead rail'    ....Next I've got to decide whether to use Atlas sectional track for the loop, or to hand lay it    ...I know I'll have to use the sectional track in Dilapidated...because the track in laid directly on the cork I put down......   ...so I guess if I don't want to go out and buy a bunch of code 100 18" radius Atlas sectional track (maybe I could find it at Angelos' Trains) ..back in his 'Garage sale purchased' stock ....that's where I picked up the cheap-o 90 degree crossings..     ....I'll think on it a little more this evening    ...and decide tomorrow (Thursday)  .

Here's some shots of the crossing I did earlier today......hope they give a good representation of the thing...     ........


 

That's all for now ...thanx again for stoppin' by....I've also got to make time to check out everybody elses' fine work that's going on around here...I've been remiss in that regard   ...I always enjoy and get inspiration from ya'lls efforts    ....stop by when the mood strikes...see ya....      

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry. Co.

P.S.  I know most of ya'll are having a terrible winter also...much worse than what we've had, please stay safe and warm...

GOD BLESS.......

[deemery]

Interesting!  So you did the crossing with NO frogs...   That makes it a lot easier than doing 4 different frogs.

dave

[kyle creel]

Thanx Dave, "yeauh I did"....I still have to add the guard rails on the std. gauge approach/exit ......

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry. Co.