Last siding installed on the In-ko-pah Railroad

[Ray Dunakin]

I finally put in the last passing siding -- something that has been put off for a very long time.

 

This area features some of my first attempts at making miniature stone walls and bridges, and they didn't line up quite right. At the time though, I expected the track to sit lower, so it wouldn't have made much difference. Once I got the mainline in, it ended up being higher. So I couldn't put in the siding until I got the stone walls leveled. I also wanted to wait until I had some construction finished above this area. Here's how it looked: 

 

 

 

And here it is, finished:

 

 

 

 

I also put in a switch and a short section of track for a future industrial spur. The spur will cross the mainline, so I can't finish this part until I get a suitable crossing:

 

 

 

 

Here's a view from the front:

 

 

 

 

 

[ttrigg]

Nice! 

[gbbari]

Very nice layout - the siding and spur will definitely add some operating interest. One of the neat things that I like about your pike is that you run short trains - which makes for a whole lot more realism in the scale of the overall pike plus it enables short passing sidings (always a benefit). 

[Ray Dunakin]

Thanks! Short trains, sidings, etc were a necessity with the difficult location I had to work with! My only regret is that I could only put in sidings at the three town sites, two of which are actually very close together. It would have been nice to have a passing track somewhere between the main town of Dos Manos, and the two smaller towns higher up the mountain.