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  1. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    Leaving the Ralston we head up hill to the New River Coal mine. We started to glue together the cardboard netting that will become the largest mountain on the layout. A woodland scenic tunnel portal.
  2. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    The town of Ralston Pennsylvania, the town the railroad owes it's name to. The major industries in town will be a scrap dealer and the power plant. Ralston, the large red building is the power plant. A Bachman 4-4-0 Switching hoppers at the power plant.
  3. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    Having been on summer break for a little over a month now allowed me to operated the layout as it would be during an operating session. I know real railroads try to keep switching as easy as possible (Mind you my father works for NS as a conductor/brakeman and has complained about switching...
  4. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    Moving right along with the engine terminal, I decided to add 3 more stalls onto the original 3 stall roundhouse after I completed the model so I knocked down one wall and added 3 more stalls. The roundhouse in relationship to the backshop and the turntable. (That black mark on the...
  5. Walschaerts

    Starting the new layout!

    I've been following the progress your making on your layout here and on youtube, and all I can say is WOW!:eek: . I really can't wait until you start scenery on the engine terminal area. In fact after seeing your roundhouse, is when I decided to make my 3 stall house into a 6 stall like yours...
  6. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    Remember that added section of bench work? well with the completion of the main line our attention fell upon my favorite section of the layout the engine terminal. A Walther's 130 foot turntable is in use on the Ralston Midland. Note the Frame work of the roundhouse and the completed...
  7. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    The Ralston Midland completed its first main line run on May 18, 2008. Geep pulling freight passes K4 waiting on the siding in Ralston. The freight is leaving town and the engineer starts to lean in on the throttle to gather speed before the hill. Freight leaving the passing...
  8. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    With the Mine complete the next goal was to finish the main line so we could do some continuous running. Even though the layout will be operated point to point its always fun to turn up the throttle and watch the locomotives stretch there legs, while you sit back and watch. This bridge...
  9. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    Well it took a couple weeks but we finally got the 1 inch foam, cut and glued it to the top of the 2 in. Almost over night the entire New River Mine passing siding and yard was complete. In fact it happened so fast I forgot to take pictures of the 1 inch layer add...:D...
  10. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    Moving right along to, track. All track is atlas code 100 flex track, and most of the turnouts are No.4 (remember where running small steam and diesels). Laying track was a learning experience for me, because in the past all the track I laid was sectional so laying, marking, and cutting flex...
  11. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    Before we could lay cork for the New River Coal mine which is located on the upper level of the layout, we had to build the raised area. To do this we used a combination of 2 inch thick and 1 inch thick foam. Here the 2 inch foam is placed and glued to the bench work. (all 2 inch foam...
  12. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    We where lucky in that the bench work was built over 3 years earlier so we could skip that step for the most part and get right to the track work. Reading some of the other posts we consider ourselves lucky in that we have access to 2 (that's right 2) model train hobby shops less then 20 minutes...
  13. Walschaerts

    The Ralston Midland

    The Ralston Midland is a fictional short line that thought up by me a few other guys. The short line is mainly a coal hauler and strings of hoppers will be transported out of the hills of Northern Pennsylvania, where the short line is located. Construction on the layout start about 4 monthes...
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