twforeman
Certified Great Northern Nut
This will be an on-going build thread for my layout. This layout is based on the fictional town of Blackwing, a division stop for the Great Northern in mid-Western Montana. This is primarily a switching layout. The town has multiple industries on several spurs. I don't have a good track plan diagram to share, but I might sketch something up later.
The current status is that the benchwork is completed, but track laying is stalled out because I decided I needed a creek on the layout and that meant that I needed to cross the creek with three railroad bridges and a road bridge. Which means I really need to detail the creek before I install the bridges.
So the current project is to detail the creek to the point where I can pour water and then install the bridges.
I'll start off with some construction photos.
Basic benchwork installed. I guess I'd call it a modified L girder design. It's 24" deep and the height is 50" off the floor with the foam installed.
3/8" plywood top installed. Laying out the track plan to see if it actually fits.
Foam installed, most of the roadbed installed, some of the track installed. Laying out building and road placement. I had pre-built a bunch of structures over the winter until I could cut up the plywood sheets in my (non-heated) garage.
I cut out the area for Lutgens Creek (named after a friend of mine who passed away about a year ago) and started building bridges and abutments.
I don't know if there is a limit to the number of photos in a post, so I'll save this one and add some more in a reply - I have a bunch.
The current status is that the benchwork is completed, but track laying is stalled out because I decided I needed a creek on the layout and that meant that I needed to cross the creek with three railroad bridges and a road bridge. Which means I really need to detail the creek before I install the bridges.
So the current project is to detail the creek to the point where I can pour water and then install the bridges.
I'll start off with some construction photos.
Basic benchwork installed. I guess I'd call it a modified L girder design. It's 24" deep and the height is 50" off the floor with the foam installed.
3/8" plywood top installed. Laying out the track plan to see if it actually fits.
Foam installed, most of the roadbed installed, some of the track installed. Laying out building and road placement. I had pre-built a bunch of structures over the winter until I could cut up the plywood sheets in my (non-heated) garage.
I cut out the area for Lutgens Creek (named after a friend of mine who passed away about a year ago) and started building bridges and abutments.
I don't know if there is a limit to the number of photos in a post, so I'll save this one and add some more in a reply - I have a bunch.