Jim 68cuda
Well-Known Member
If you've followed my thread on the recent issues that have developed on my almost 15+ year old layout http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22051
Then you know that its been a few years since safety concerns stopped rail traffic, and the tracks have been abandoned ever since. Some members of the communities near the tracks have called for removal of the tracks entirely and replacing it with a bike trail.
But there has been enough support for the railroad that it looks like some long needed repairs to the rails will soon commence. Coinciding with the restoration of the rails, the track side communities will be be doing some beautification projects to attract business back to the communities. These civil projects will involve landscaping and much needed repairs to streets and sidewalks.
In the mean time, here are photos of the layout as it has been sitting in the attic, mostly un touched and collecting dust over the last few years.
These first photos show the small coastal village at one end of the layout that I never completed. It took the first 10 years of the layout's operation before I decicded on a scenery plan for this end of the layout.
The 3 story store on the corner in the coastal village consists of parts from two IHC San Francisco Victorian house kits, along with store fronts from Smalltown USA.
Then you know that its been a few years since safety concerns stopped rail traffic, and the tracks have been abandoned ever since. Some members of the communities near the tracks have called for removal of the tracks entirely and replacing it with a bike trail.
But there has been enough support for the railroad that it looks like some long needed repairs to the rails will soon commence. Coinciding with the restoration of the rails, the track side communities will be be doing some beautification projects to attract business back to the communities. These civil projects will involve landscaping and much needed repairs to streets and sidewalks.
In the mean time, here are photos of the layout as it has been sitting in the attic, mostly un touched and collecting dust over the last few years.
These first photos show the small coastal village at one end of the layout that I never completed. It took the first 10 years of the layout's operation before I decicded on a scenery plan for this end of the layout.
The 3 story store on the corner in the coastal village consists of parts from two IHC San Francisco Victorian house kits, along with store fronts from Smalltown USA.
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