The DORRE & GAPHETID Ry. Co...inspired by the Gorre & Daphetid Ry. by J. Allen

[kyle creel]

Howdy fellas            welcome to the D&G Ry. Co. topic.......

For those who might be unaware, this RR will be a 'flipped' rendition of John Allens' Gorre & Daphetid RR....      .....I've made some modifications to the original size (mine's a bit smaller) and re-routed a couple of tracks on the plan, modified the bridge at Dorre (Gorre) and there's no trestle....       leading to Gaphetid (Daphetid).........

However there is a Sector Plate for turning a locomotive in Gaphetid (Daphetid) and with the scale being On30 (1/48th) I believe I've packed a lot of RR into a relatively small space....         ....

There will be however NO expansion, "To be continued", or additions of any kind... ....I don't want to be side tracked from the beginning with 'expansion-itis' lurking around in my noggin....           ...

Soooo without further delay....     .....The DORRE & GAPHETID Ry. Co...........        


As one can see, the track plan is a reverse or 'mirror image' of the original in almost every aspect..hence name 'DORRE & GAPHETID'         ...so I'm very excited about the possibilities...   .....

Construction to begin mid June; the base will be 6 feet 2"  by 3 feet 4" and will be 2" plus 1" pink foam glued together for a thichness of 3";... ... all scenery will be carved and painted from the same material - no plaster will be used except for plaster cloth to cover the (3) Woodland Scenics 4% Incline and Decline sets; almost all exposed track except turnouts will be hand laid code 100 on wood ties (much of it has already been built) on cork roadbed, all structures (most already built) are scratch built, and trees are scratch built.....The minium radius will be 15" (in tunnels) with 16" to 18" easements into and out of curves, largest locomotive will be a Bachmann 2-6-0 and maybe a BLI 2-8-0 or a Bachmann 4-4-0 American Modern OF, all freight cars are appropriate in length and one combine will be used for mixed trains ....I think that about covers everything....

OH Yeauh ....I'll show progress shots of the preliminary activities, garage cleaning, old layout tear down, and all construction/fabrication as it happens..... I hope ya'll will continue to follow along.... it's gonna be great fun....           thanx again for stoppin' by......see ya.........        

KYLE DORRE & GAPHETID Ry. Co.

[Jerry]

Count me Kyle.  Looking forward to the new adventure!!

Jerry

[PRR Modeler]

I'll be following along.

[ReadingBob]

I'm in as well. One of my favorite model railroads. John Allen was an amazing model railroader!

[Larry C]

Yup, me too. Wouldn't miss this new adventure of yours. Nice to see a new thread started for this allowing to other to fade into a fond memory.

[Philip]

Quite a play on words! Should be epic!

[kyle creel]

Thanx Jerry, thanx Curt, thanx Bob, thanx Larry C*., and thanx Phillip.....and a big thanx to the 'window shoppers'....

Gage and I took today off after working on the garage yesterday (Tuesday), I can't go at it like I did in the 'olden days', and Gage has to watch his exertion levels (seizures) to keep things on the safe side      ....

Curt - this is indeed an adaptation ....but not of an ATLAS plan.....it's the Great John Allens' fine work I'm screwing around with here.....        
Phillip - my user name was Kyle Creel and the project was The Grizzly & Dilapidated Ry. ..........yeauh... I like the 'word play'....
It's fading fast Larry C*., but almost all of the 'stuff' is going on the new layout...most importantly '3 very special bldgs*'.....
He was the 'original' Bob  - everybody else just followed along..........
Curt and Jerry....I'm anxious to see how this 'turns out' also ...........

Today I did the 'nitty-gritty..down 'n dirty' part of a 'complete track plan / construction guide / blueprint'..           ....The regular track plans are always great to look at for a 'representation' of what's to come...     but even the full color versions are only 'ideas on paper' ..     ...'the real deal' is the actual scale drawing with elevations, clearances-both vertical and horizontal, grades with lengths and elevations, different level heights(elevations), and any other important features such as scenery boundaries, or cut-out holes for a TT, or (in my case) also a Sector Plate.....     that's a lot to take into account in order to have the best 'map' going forward....   ...I decided to do this one as if it were a Woodland Scenics Layout Kit...   ...and try to cover all the bases that I could........

Here it is...............the color codes for the track (elevations) in inches are...
0-0 BLKACK. level
0-4 RED. up
4-4 YELLOW. level
4-0 GREEN. down
4-7.5 BLUE. up....
all train movements are listed going CLOCKWISE, ie. UP/DOWN



Believe it or not it's much easier for me to proceed using this "blueprint" than to 'wing it' as I have on some past projects...not ALL....but some....       ....I hope it answers some questions ya'll might have or be having, and maybe gives somebody an idea or two....         .....that's all I can think of - back to the garage tomorrow (Thursday) and then next week it's on to taking down the Grizzly & Dilapidated Ry. Co. layout....     ......ya'll stay tuned and thanx again for all the comments, questions, and suggestions.....see ya....        

KYLE CREEL
DORRE & GAPHETID Ry. Co.
 

[Larry C]

Kyle nice blueprint and I can see how this would give greater detail for construction. Good luck and have some fun!!!!