JTEX A switcher junkyard

I have been wanting to start my switcher junkyard for a long time now. Well with the garage now built, I started building the bench work today. I have four 4' X 6' sections and one 4' X 6' that will be rounded. Right now the height is 44" high once the plywood gets put on tomorrow, but I'm thinking about lowering that another 4". So here's today's progress shots.

 

The paint shop area got a new office/paint storage building.

 

Looks awesome Wheeler!

 

Great progress on the layout!!!

Greg

 

Progress is fun and addictive. Congrats

TomO

 

Making better progress than I am....

 

More progress on refuel/defuel pit. Digging out detail parts is always fun. Lots of weathering is needed. Us POL troops are a pretty messy bunch.

 

Making better progress than I am....

Yup, he’s leaving me eating dust too!
Or... is that cinders I’m tasting...

 

that cinders

RED cinders!!!

 

Jerome, looking nice! I like what you have done!

 

I'm building another 2-lane truck offloading area. This one will only have 2 offloading racks. I just purchased 2 proto 40' fuel tankers for this project.

Jerome

 

Making lots of progress on fueling pad.

Also have the basic form built for the offloading area.

Jerome

Merry Christmas to all.

 

Well I guess I can call this one complete. Pretty happy with the way it came out.

Jerome

 

Jerome: Do you find that working on the detail parts or scenes of a layout at the workbench is a lot easier than budding them on the layout? No back breaking, or bend to reach, only to find out later than some items were off center or crooked.

Greg

 

Greg, yes I like to work on things on the bench. Much easier that way I think.

Jerome

 

Got the base painted concrete today, now starting assembly of the offloading facility.

Jerome

 

Got pretty much everything assembled today. I still need to paint the Guard rails and in stall them.

Jerome

 

Ordered a couple of these kits from Walthers. here's the first one completed. it will be at JTEX's only entrance. I have to keep all of those pesky railfans away!!

This will be it's new home.

 

After 15 years, I finally finished this gantry crane.

 

And finished the fuel offloading area. Guardrails installed and a light coat of weathering applied. I will have to dig out an area on the layout because it goes below grade.

 

Don't know how I missed seeing this rather long discussion, but found it tonight and looked thru the whole discussion,...interesting.

I believe in the early portion you were playing with the radius of track at the 'rounded end'. Did I read that you ended up with something on the order of a 30" radius and still had trouble with some of the longer diesel engines making it around those curves??