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  1. IMG_0514

    IMG_0514

    A helper set returns light downhill towards Oakridge on "my diorama". I'm still working on about every stage of scenery. My SP turns the corner under Rooster Rock here near the RR west end of Pryor siding
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  2. Without comparison the BEST I've ever seen!

    Without comparison the BEST I've ever seen!

    Oh how I wish this was my work!!! But it certainly is proof of how good it can be. The bar has certainly been raised. Unfortunately too few, I think, have ever seen it! The work of Don Ledger photo taken from the pages of N Scale Magazine July/August 2000 without permission. Hope they won't...
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    • conifer trees
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  3. 05. Under the bridges, trying to view the lower part of the waterfall

    05. Under the bridges, trying to view the lower part of the waterfall

    So far, I am unable to locate any other photo's of the waterfall that was on this NTrak module. Crowds just loved the falls though, and everyone wanted to know how it was made. I hope someone out there remembers, because I'm not sure I do. As stated on the photo of just the waterfall, I know the...
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  4. Constructing the wye @ Fields

    Constructing the wye @ Fields

    The SP developed a location on the South canyon wall named Fields. A wye was constructed here & was used to turn around all sorts of equipment from flangers & spreaders to Cab Forwards. On my model, there will be only 14 in. between Fields and the bottom of the air ducts! Taking into...
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  5. 01. My first attempt at model railroading an NTrak module.

    01. My first attempt at model railroading an NTrak module.

    It may have been just 3' x 6', but there was also a layout included. I constructed a loop with a passing siding below the 3 NTraks. I had to be able to run trains at home too, and I was able to run trains all the time at NTrak meets and wasn't limited to structured operating times. This and...
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  6. 06 . The Waterfall isolated

    06 . The Waterfall isolated

    Constructed in about 1982 or 1983 as part of an NTrak module, the entire waterfall, including the mist at the base, which is difficult to see from this angle, was made from only 1 cotton ball. I stretched it out really thin, then trimmed the sides a bit. Then I eye-droppered first alcohol, then...
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  7. NOT a cornfield meet, no matter how it looks!

    NOT a cornfield meet, no matter how it looks!

    Just RR east of tunnel 21, there is this meet. The Black Widow's occupy the main while the SD70M's are helpers taking to the siding while dropping back down to Oakridge. Photo is okay normal sized but surely leaves a lot to be desire in DOF when blown up. Some work to do in the photography area.
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  8. Fields temporary location

    Fields temporary location

    Had to build special benchwork to support Fields when it is finished. This is one of several test fit. The mainline coming fron the horseshoe tunnel 16 in the far corner will eventually connect with Fields. The distance is deceiving in this photo, but there's around 10 ft yet to go for a...
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  9. Arriving @ Cascade Summit

    Arriving @ Cascade Summit

    Before I had to tear everything down and start over AGAIN, I had just enough track down to bring a train around what I called Summit Curve. The backdrop is my first effort at backdrop painting on the back side of a piece of linoleum. It will reappear later when the real summit is building.
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  10. Leaving Oakridge with mid-train helpers

    Leaving Oakridge with mid-train helpers

    Train 369 EUGOAK departs Oakridge and approaches the curved switch @ east Pryor siding. In the distance, just over the top of the point engines can be seen the two SD70M's that are lashed up 2/3 of the way back in the train to help it over the hill. Just above those helpers is a double-stack car...
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  11. Tree Test

    Tree Test

    Well, I expect maybe 10,000 trees might be enough to representatively depict the national forest area that surrounds this portion of the SP route over the Cascades. This is my first effort at making foreground trees as explained by Don Ledger in his multi-issue tutorials on forest modelling that...
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  12. Second generation of douglas fir trees

    Second generation of douglas fir trees

    A little more practice here will make for very interesting trees that can qualify for front row viewing. All of these are at least a scale 160 ft. tall.
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  13. Backdrop 101 Thank you Bob Ross, wherever you are!

    Backdrop 101 Thank you Bob Ross, wherever you are!

    Using regular latex housepaint in about 3 colors, I managed to create a cloud laden sky with impending storm. Rain & Snow! And why not? It's the Oregon Cascades in early spring. About 35 or 40 min. spent creating this on the back side of a piece of linoleum. Ultimately took it back down...
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  14. 20. Westbound 926 rounding the curve where Rooster Rock will be.

    20. Westbound 926 rounding the curve where Rooster Rock will be.

    A 50 car train rounds the curve formed as a result of my only major departure from the prototype. The track should bend to the right here and continue onto what would have to be a duck-under that would include Salt Creek Trestle over the isleway in its path to the south canyon wall. I figure a...
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  15. South canyon wall from the loop at Salt Creek Trestle

    South canyon wall from the loop at Salt Creek Trestle

    Salt Creek trestle, which facilitates the movement of the SP between the south & north canyon walls will be in the right foreground here. This view is if what will be the south canyon wall. it will be laden with Douglas Fir. Other features of this area will be the wye at Fields, a tunnel and...
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  16. Meeting_Pryor_West

    Meeting_Pryor_West

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    How to Make Trees and Shrubs

    For making conifers besides Sanders' articles in Mainline Modeler around 2000, you might check the diorama in the third post here by "wazzou"... http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31599&SearchTerms=diorama That resulted in the following tutorial...
  18. 02. NTrak module with SP on the outer main

    02. NTrak module with SP on the outer main

    My first venture into model railroading was this NTrak module which incorporated an independent operating loop below the standard 3 tracks , a waterfall, mountain scenery, painted backdrop, over 250 trees, a river and overhead lighting. Several elements that were quite uncommon to NTrak in the...
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  19. 04. The NTrak module from above the falls.

    04. The NTrak module from above the falls.

    Taken out doors with the module up on sawhorses in the very few moments just before sundown obviously facing west!
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  20. 03. Viewing the N-Trak Module down on the mainlines.

    03. Viewing the N-Trak Module down on the mainlines.

    For whatever reason, this photo seems to gather up big viewing numbers wherever I post it. Maybe its the river - I don't know.
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