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The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3 Locked

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Posted by 7j43k on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 5:47 PM

michaelrose55

Now that the Rosenheim station is complete I will move on to the next peninsula which creates a small problem: it's a mess! I have been using it as a storage/sorting/work table and now I have to find different places to put all this stuff. 

 

 

As your trackwork grows, your "free" tabletop tool storage will disappear.  I recommend some high quality audio-visual carts:  

 

https://www.amazon.com/Presentation-Adjustable-3-Outlet-Electrical-Assembly/dp/B00KEER2WQ/ref=sr_1_29_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1544571922&sr=8-29-spons&keywords=audio-visual+cart&psc=1

 

You can leave your stuff on them and move them around easily.  If you're lucky, they'll fit under your layout.

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 5:10 PM

It took exactly 2 hours to get everything cleaned and organized. Now I'm ready for a few sheets of plywood again!

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 3:06 PM

Now that the Rosenheim station is complete I will move on to the next peninsula which creates a small problem: it's a mess! I have been using it as a storage/sorting/work table and now I have to find different places to put all this stuff. 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Monday, December 10, 2018 4:54 PM

I've added the turnout and a few feet of track where the branch line will connect to the Rosenheim station. The waiting train is a battery operated ETA 177:

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Sunday, December 9, 2018 6:10 PM

Today I spent eight hours laying track at Rosenheim. Almost all of the station is now finished:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Friday, December 7, 2018 6:09 PM

I installed several turnouts and laid more track at the Rosenheim station:

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, December 6, 2018 6:17 PM

Three days ago I ran out of right hand turnouts. Luckily I had them on order and even better, today they came in the mail. This allowed me to finish the east end of the Rosenheim station:

 

 

 

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Posted by BNSF UP and others modeler on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 2:22 PM

Wowza! Your progress is really impressive!

I'm beginning to realize that Windows 10 and sound decoders have a lot in common. There are so many things you have to change in order to get them to work the way you want.

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Monday, December 3, 2018 4:59 PM

Today I've finished station track #3 and added track #4 as well:

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Sunday, December 2, 2018 6:12 PM

I started this morning by installing a few turnouts at the east end of the station, then I connected the two station tracks and added most of station track #3:

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, December 1, 2018 6:09 PM

The first two station tracks are almost complete:

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Friday, November 30, 2018 6:11 PM

I've started laying track at the Rosenheim station:

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 29, 2018 5:12 PM

The ramp up to Rosenheim is complete:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 5:07 PM

The paint has dried, I'm again laying track:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 1:31 PM

Everything has been sealed and painted:

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:53 PM

I've done it, the Rosenheim station is complete! Tomorrow I will seal and paint the roadbed, then the track laying can begin smiley.

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Monday, November 26, 2018 6:07 PM

About 3/4 of the Rosenheim station is finished:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Sunday, November 25, 2018 6:08 PM

I have started to add the second layer of roadbed, starting with the ramp:

 

Next came the left side of the station which meant drilling holes for 12 switch machines as well:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Sunday, November 25, 2018 11:05 AM

I spent the morning gluing down 142 pieces of roadbed. That completes the first layer. The second layer will take a bit longer because I'll have to laser the parts first.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 24, 2018 4:18 PM

It's done! All of the Rosenheim subroadbed is glued in place:

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 24, 2018 1:43 PM

Rosenheim is growing...

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 24, 2018 10:02 AM

The first piece of the Rosenheim station is up!

 

 

Two shots across the room:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Friday, November 23, 2018 5:20 PM

Now the mainline underneath Rosenheim has gotten it's track as well:

 

 

As always I took pictures with a train:

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Friday, November 23, 2018 2:28 PM

I've laid the staging yard track:

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 22, 2018 5:23 PM

I glued foamboard on top of the plywood in preparation for the staging tracks:

 

I also installed roadbed and painted it so I can lay track before the Rosenheim station gets installed on top:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 22, 2018 5:19 PM

tedtedderson

 

 
michaelrose55

 ...wish I had more space...

 

 

Sorry.  I had to laugh at this.  Big Smile

 

T e d

 

I'm glad you think this is funny Big Smile!

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Posted by tedtedderson on Thursday, November 22, 2018 2:24 PM

michaelrose55

 ...wish I had more space...

Sorry.  I had to laugh at this.  Big Smile

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 22, 2018 2:17 PM

Luckily I didn't forget that staging yard underneath Rosenheim. I hate the location I had to put it, wish I had more space...

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 22, 2018 10:12 AM

The first few risers are in place:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 4:22 PM

The world is still flat at the Rosenheim station but at least all the roadbed has been cut out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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