Richmond will be a decent sized yard, with the Intermodal yard too. Ozal is going to be the SP hidden yard to 'stage' SP trains. Here I changed the Mainline switch on the main loop to a number 10. Very nice switches! The yard will be number 7's.
With the Number 10 switch in place, an SP 'Work' train, actually an SD40 pulling a track cleaning car, holds the Main past Ozal yard.
Holy Pinole! WOW, Jerry your work is astounding!!! This is looking extreme in all ways. The layout is SWEET!!! The ocean is beautiful. Can't wait to see it when it is all done. :teeth:
Jerry, how about some clues as to how you created the "high tide line" on the rip-rap rocks along the shore? I've got a 6 foot bay on my railroad, with one shore to be done in rip-rap. :cat:
Man that is looking soooo cool. I love the look of the Water Effects. I think that is the ticket for the Arkansas River on my layout.
Maybe I'll find that I have just a little bit of your talent when I start to build my modular, third layout.
Once the rocks had set in place, I took the Woodland Scenics rock casting coloring kit, and mixed colors until I got a 'muddy' color. I then took a 1/4 inch paint brush and ran the color about half way up the rocks, working carefully to get in the crevices and the sides of the rocks. And that was it. After it had dried, I looked over it from different angles, and any area I missed, I went over again with the same color.
This whole method turned out better then I had hoped, and I am really happy it did as there will be another large area in Antioch with the river there, and also the Delta running on the levees.
I also added a new car to the cleaning train and gave the track a good cleaning in preperations for some heavy traffic.
I will say one thing.....this CMX cleaning car is fantastic! I really do like the Aztex car behind the engine, but in the 'white glove' test, there is always a slight black line. With the CMX car the 'white glove' test gives you a white glove! And that was with only the FIRST pass! I like to model with the big garage door opened, and it does get dirty in here, so this track cleaner really impressed me.