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  1. Layout_Design_4:21:13

    Layout_Design_4:21:13

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    • Category: Track Planning and Design
  2. RR_WEST_YARD_THROAT_OAKRIDGE

    RR_WEST_YARD_THROAT_OAKRIDGE

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    • Category: Benchwork, Roadbed and Track Construction Photos
  3. RR_EAST_YARD_OAKRIDGE

    RR_EAST_YARD_OAKRIDGE

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  4. Oakridge yard Schematic

    Oakridge yard Schematic

    When I originally designed the layout I was planning on just a normal ladder yard with the mainline going down the middle. The more I got into the SP's operations there, the more I realized I wanted to do something else more in keeping with the SP's operations in Oakridge at its peak but in a...
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  5. Cliff and foliage above tunnel 21

    Cliff and foliage above tunnel 21

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  6. IMG_0587

    IMG_0587

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  7. Pryor siding between Rooster Rock and Tunnel 21

    Pryor siding between Rooster Rock and Tunnel 21

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  8. Dusk in the Cascades

    Dusk in the Cascades

    This photo was lit by a single 60W bulb about 10 ft away from the subject and behind the camera. I tried auto-focus, but it insisted on the flash which totally washed it out. So I went to manual on aperature priority. Turned out to be a long exposure with kind of a sundown tint to it. I kinda...
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  9. IMG_0584

    IMG_0584

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  10. IMG_0582

    IMG_0582

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  11. IMG_0578

    IMG_0578

    Trees on the backdrop at another angle.
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  12. Making the backdrop part of the 3D scenery

    Making the backdrop part of the 3D scenery

    I was concerned, even though I was using flourescent lighting from multiple angles, that trees placed on the ridge might cast unrealistic shadows on the backdrop. So I placed trees mounted right on the backdrop which meant those shadows would now fall on trees, instead of the backdrop. Much more...
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  13. Closer view of a meet under Rooster Rock from under the fir trees

    Closer view of a meet under Rooster Rock from under the fir trees

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    Upgrade helpers sit on the main under Rooster Rock as an empty grain train passes on the siding.
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  15. IMG_0532

    IMG_0532

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