Gotta love flowing trackwork - looking west from atop backdrop wall. The Elevator Facility in town will be a fictional terminal for "Cooperative Elevator" who has numerous facilities in Michigan's thumb.
An inside look at the planning, construction, and operation of my 10x12 double deck HO scale model railroad set in current day Mid-Michigan.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Mid-April Update 3
Finished all primary trackwork at Buhler as planned, hope to install the industry sidings and blue point controllers tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Mid-April Update 2
As promised I wanted to keep up on my updates as track goes in the upper deck at Buhler. Made great progress yesterday and I wanted to share the just a few photos of the almost end result.
Weekly Ops. photo showing off one of the many fleet workhorses. Stay tuned; next week for a post about the EMD SD40-2 fleet.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Mid-April Update
Quick update on the trackwork being completed at Buhler.
Roadbed has been installed for the mainline, passing siding, and storage siding. Beyond Buhler in East Staging roadbed work has also been completed for the connection to staging and continuous run / Upper Huron North wye track. The last two nights have been spent sanding the cork to ensure smooth transitions and level surfaces.
The main will consist of concrete flex track and the passing / sidings will be standard Atlas code 83 flew track.
My goal will be to get the mainline this week - stay tuned more updates to follow.
Friday, April 4, 2014
Early April Update
For just being four days into the month it sure has been busy.
Modeller Visit:
On Tuesday fellow modeller Dan Munson stopped by while in town and took a quick tour and provided some great feedback on areas that have been completed or are currently in progress.
Capital Work:
Wednesday evening proved to be very productive with roadbed going in at Grays Lake and West Grays for the mainline, passing siding, and storage siding. The finalization of industry location at West Grays has really taken shape and should prove to be a very awesome customer to switch and provide a great view block for trains going into and out of East Staging. Enjoy the photo updates - plan to have more this weekend as the flextrack and switches are secured in place.
West Grays has one customer "Cooperative Elevator Co." but there will be plenty of work for the L-GLBU-XX to work daily as the facility will loadout covered hoppers of wheat, soybeans, and corn and load boxcars with dry beans. I plan to have an update later this weekend with the completion of trackwork in this area. GM
Modeller Visit:
On Tuesday fellow modeller Dan Munson stopped by while in town and took a quick tour and provided some great feedback on areas that have been completed or are currently in progress.
Capital Work:
Wednesday evening proved to be very productive with roadbed going in at Grays Lake and West Grays for the mainline, passing siding, and storage siding. The finalization of industry location at West Grays has really taken shape and should prove to be a very awesome customer to switch and provide a great view block for trains going into and out of East Staging. Enjoy the photo updates - plan to have more this weekend as the flextrack and switches are secured in place.
West Grays has one customer "Cooperative Elevator Co." but there will be plenty of work for the L-GLBU-XX to work daily as the facility will loadout covered hoppers of wheat, soybeans, and corn and load boxcars with dry beans. I plan to have an update later this weekend with the completion of trackwork in this area. GM