Grizzly Flats was the name of Disney Animator Ward Kimball's Full Size "Model Railroad" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_Flats_Railroad It's also the name of a Gold Mining Town in El Dorado County California.
Guys, thanks for the comments. The Grizzly Flats Depot (see picture) is from a Disney movie, but they fashioned it after a real genuine small town train station built around 1880. The craftsman kit is an old one, and I noticed Walthers recently copied it but changed the name, it was in their newest small catalog that I got in the mail a couple weeks ago. Here is a shot of the Grizzly Flats depot from my old 4x8 layout, it is now on it's 3rd layout!
Here is a pic of the Grizzly Flats depot with supplied depot name sign, as it sits on my new layout; came with the kit; figured I would have to name the town after it
That is a scratch built little house that a humble worker lives in. There is a wood stove in there. The taller size means he can sleep in the loft if need be. They are tichy window and doors and the shingles left over from the depot. Scale boards vertical glued to a frame of 8 x 8's. The base was made separate then the ends then front and back glued in. The facia boards trim out the roof.
This video shows the entire layout with several of the details, also drawing of tracks and where you are; I hope this helps in visualizing the entire project!! [video=youtube;lZ4OskKgv1E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4OskKgv1E[/video] Thanks for viewing!!
Hi guys, I have been working on my log loading area and added a bunch of details and put together this short video showing prototypical flat car loading used in Northern Minnesota around 1920 and later: [video=youtube;fUEBfwVo3kw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUEBfwVo3kw[/video] I think I will be adding more ground cover in this area over time and some more small bushes, still looks too western where it is meant to be Minnesota. We do have some rocky sparse areas up north but the rock is a little grayer... oh well, always something to do...
Whenever someone says logging layout I expect it to be in the west somewhere. It's cool you are doing a Minnesota setting for your layout. I would love to see some wide still shots of your yard area. Just over all views of how it looks.
Logging out west is very closely related to logging in places such as Minnesota and Wisconsin. It was a lot of folks from those two States, who headed toward the Pacific Northwest and northern California to start operations. So what you see in either region often looks very similar.
Geeky, here is a shot of the logging area, and also a couple shots of the saw mill. A couple shots by the sawmill, the out end: Here we have some logs stockpiled near the infeed chain, most logs go right off the flat car into the mill but this is some overflow: Back towards the beginning of the thread you will find a track plan, as well. Thanks for looking!
Do you have a long shot so I can see how it all fits together? I was wondering what the whole thing looks like. I guess I am trying to get an idea of where everything is on the layout in relation to everything else.
The best way is to go back a page and watch the layout overview video. It shows the track plan also goes from one end of the layout to the other, speed through to the sawmill which is about the middle of the layout to the logging area which is next to Grizzly Flats, which is near the end of the video. The entire layout is 16 x 14 so in a wide shot you can't really tell where anything is, also there is a post in the middle of the room
Someone wanted to see a better view of the sawmill, here is the infeed side and some of the interior details, as well as a wider view of the North end of the mill: The main thing I am lacking is a pile of slab, also thinking about a conveyor for the sawdust and/or a really old style front end loader. Here is a close up of the inside: You probably noticed there is no edger. With this design, the side lumber can be piled on the outfeed rollers and re run through the mill. Fewer men are needed to run the mill this way. Some other details can be hanging on the wall, spare (sharpened) blades, cant hooks, tools, also a workbench would be nice. These are pretty much invisible, however, because there is only natural lighting in the mill to reduce the risk of fire.
For sure! It brings me back to the 1860s style sawmill at Upper Canada Village. The smells, the sounds... Good work!
