New In-ko-pah RR pics!

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Oh! I found a good dezign for steel briges made from sheet metal that would work well. I have an old MARX (tin plate) train set and the brige came w/ it. with olny five pices to make is a sinch. now to see if the aol will comply to me posting pics.

[Ray Dunakin]

I've been concentrating on track work for the past week or so, and installed another temporary plank "bridge". So by the time we have our open house on the 16th, I'll have about 2/3 of the track in operating condition! The entire upper level mainline is complete as well as the downhill run on the middle level.

I'm also trying to get a few other things done such as installing handrails along the stairs at each end of the layout. And I'm hoping to get the canopy/gazebo thing put up too so we'll have a little shade.

Nothing like a deadline to get a guy motivated!

[Anonymous]

Ray,

Great job! Hope your RR graces the cover of GR Magazine and then you can tell you tips and tricks because I sure would love to know them, the stone work is just awsome work!

William

[kstrong]

Lookin' good!

Later,

K

[Ray Dunakin]

I've posted five new photos of the In-ko-pah Railroad, beginning with this show of a train going over the concrete viaduct I built:

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009006&a=32116967&p=75585988

With this bridge in place, I now have one section of track that goes all the way across the layout. We had some friends over on Saturday so I put out a train and ran it back and forth.

There is still much left to be done, but I'm making good progress. The upper level walkway has been completed where is goes behind the concrete bridge and through the canyon. The lower end of the canyon is nearly finished. I'm adding a rock facade to the concrete block retaining wall to blend it into the scenery, and that's about halfway finished. Once the landscape is finished, I still have to build at least ten trestles and bridges before the track can be completed.

The last two photos show how the walkway slabs lift out to provide access into one of the tunnels, and also show how I textured the back of one mountain.

On Saturday, June 16th, we'll be having an open house for members of the San Diego Garden Railway Society. Several members have expressed an interest in seeing the layout despite the fact that it's still a work in progress.

If anyone here is in the San Diego area, you're welcome to attend!