ATSF Line Started

Modeling today consisted mostly of cleaning up webs and mice droppings on the track. A spring cleaning.....lol

 

LOL!!! Dont remind me!!! LOL

 

No tunnels on this side of the rr...but alot of close cuts and clearences.

 

Heres an old penny postcard of the last cut I go through in the video when it was first completed....

 

That looks like a tight fit. Might need to grease the engines and cars, to slip through!

 

It is tight....one of many tight cuts on that line....lol

 

Got a few things started this afternoon on the layout. First, added rock to the front of the concrete barrier, and started adding the poles to the BLMA fence.

 

Ill weather the rocks some after they dry, and trim the poles after they dry too.

 

Also added more detail pieces around where the 'switch' will be going into the refinery. Frog, points, guard rails, ties all added. I will add workers later too.

 

A little closer look....

 

Looking the other way. Ever since I started putting the tanks and pipes in place on the layout Chevron has been complaining they need railcars, so thats why the switch is being put it.

 

And thats about it.....just getting this little area one step closer to finished.

 

Thanks Mike! Yea, I think its going to work out pretty good for a corner scene.

 

Once I get the 'Pinole' area completely finished, well, never finished, but complete except for super detailing, I can get back to the ATSF Line. Working in there this weekend I think I am going to get busy on Richmond Yard. I dont like the ATSF just being a track in the middle with nothing on the ends so to speak. And, If I get Richmond Yard in with the diesel area I can put my locomotives out and appreciate them more. Just my thoughts from this weekend.

 

Finished all the poles on the fence and added more ties into the plant. Will go back out in a little bit with the camera and get a picture.