Finally I finished laying out and pinning down the roadbed for the Allen Mountain peninsula, including the big 3 track main line curve that leads to the rest of the layout:
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
Next I painted and sealed all the roadbed, including the Georgetown passenger station:
I glued down roadbed on the new part of the main line, branch line, and in the harbor area:
Luckily there is no rain today so I could cut out more subroadbed and add risers as well. Now both the branch line and the main line run well into the Allen Mountain peninsula.
I had planned to cut out subroadbed today but it was raining so I couldn't work outside. So, change of plans: I glued down all the roadbed of the Georgetown passenger station (and drilling holes for 34 switch machines as well).
krupa That wood glue in some of the pictures... are you using that to lay your track? I'm waiting for one more order to come in before I start laying track and I'm hemming and hawing over the adhesive to use.
That wood glue in some of the pictures... are you using that to lay your track? I'm waiting for one more order to come in before I start laying track and I'm hemming and hawing over the adhesive to use.
Yes, that's what I use. I've been using it for years and it holds the track well.
Before I can continue with the main line I have to get the branch line put in as long as it's easy to get to it.
I did some early morning work and added the second half of the Georgetown station. I put risers under the harbor tracks as well:
Started to add risers to the Georgetown passenger station:
I've added the subroadbed for the industries in the harbor area:
This is how it looks this afternoon:
I've fired up my saw and started cutting:
Before I start cutting plywood at Georgetwon I wanted to make sure that the transition into the Allen Mountain peninsula works and looks correct so I made some more roadbed and pinned it down. Everything looks ok to me so tomorrow I will be running my saw a lot...
I'm currently trying to determine how to cut the plywood subroadbed for the Georgetown passenger station. I've temporally placed the old station building to help me visualize the whole thing.
fender777That is going to be one nice yard. Also this place is dead. I guess not many come here anymore.
I have a tendency to collect projects. And not finish them. So when I saw that happening here, I sorta drop out.
I "bought" the European layout. And now it's been replaced. The OP's gotta do what he's gotta do. But I don't have to stay on.
Ed
This is about where my progress would come to a halt for at least a few weeks - there's staging, a town with a yard, and another town. So I'd be running trains instead of building more, at least for a while.
But it is getting real - I talked to a contractor yesterday about getting a quote to (re)finish my basement.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Actually, if you look at the "Views", lots of us stop in, when we see Michael has an update.
Just not a lot to talk about, until wireing, trains running, and scenery. For me it's the scenery that I will be following.
Mike.
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I spent yesterday afternoon and evening doing the CAD work for the Georgetown passenger station. Today - while I was working - the laser was running producing all the necessary roadbed parts. Here's the result:
It's amazing how much space you need for a halfway realistic station even in N scale!
Nice progress Micheal!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Gustavsburg is complete! All the track has been laid, only the roundhouse track will have to wait until I get around to building the roundhouse itself.
The Gustavsburg yard is almost done:
Today I added more track to the Gustavsburg yard:
I worked a bit at Gustavsburg today and added the next station track, the first one that connects straight to the branch line. And what would the branch line be without my famous doodlebug!
Today is my wife's birthday so I spent the day with her. I still managed to sneak away for half an hour to get some plywood for the layout:
I couldn't resist, I had to see how a nice, long freight train will look on the mainline. The train consists of 5 diesels, 40 freight cars and a caboose. It's about 13' long .
I've finished laying mainline track as far as the roadbed goes. That includes the crossovers for the two industries that will be served by the mainline in this area.
The main line now runs through Gustavsburg and into the Georgetown peninsula crossing the big river:
I only wish I worked half as fast as you did. Even if I had all that prep done with the benchwork, there's no way I'd have that much roadbed and track down in this timeframe. I need to do better, or I'll never even get to the second deck of my design even though I am working in a much smaller space (and using HO which fills it up much faster). Of course now that it's finally a reality that I can do the basement demo and rebuild to get the space ready, I suppose I better get back to work on my plan.