Trees are growing!

In my continuing effort to have the scene as you enter the room semi done, I have started populating the area with trees. Still need to make various conifers but will wait until the next time I am home.

Basic Ground Cover

A view of the peninsula from the entry way. I couldn't stand the bare earth look and spent some time the last day before leaving to Georgia this spring adding basic ground cover. I ballasted the track since returning.

Basic ground cover

The bridge painted and set in place, I will not attach it to the track until the scenery in this area is completed to the basic ground cover level.

Home Again

I have returned from my job in Georgia. I was excited about making a trip to operate Mike's layout but the traffic got me. Trying to get up 64 from Chesapeake on Saturdays is a no win situation. Spent the rest of the day adding more scenery base to the peninsula, and worked on the truss bridge abutments. Pictures to follow.

Deck Truss Bridge Work Complete

I whipped up this deck truss bridge over the last few days. Tonight I cut out the spline roadbed where it is going in, I will build and install the bridge abutements and have it permanently installed by the end of the weekend.......I hope.

Next bridge on the construction schedule is to span this large gap where a river will be. It is fairly high and I am holding up a warren truss section from a central valley kit I built some years ago that was destroyed during my last move. I will use these same components to scratch build the mid section here. the track has a curve at each end as it crosses the river so I will have to build some plate girder deck sections on each end.

Cement Plant

The cement plant with the main large structures in position. I still need to scratch build the kiln, machinery tower for the other end of the kiln, storage building, coal unloading shed and all those conveyors running here and there. The grain elevator is being used for this cement plant since the building architecture is similar for both industries.