01-16-2010, 10:38 AM
Not much to post in the way of progress. Every time I go down there, I end up working a train. 
I am also waiting on a few last little bits to pretty much keep me occupied on the pier over the next few weeks of winter to come.
Not to mention, the simple fact that plunking down almost $1000.00 on vehicle maintenance has a way of sucking the life out of just about anyone...
I've also been toying with the idea re-doing / re-routing a section of the track work on the West leg of the layout. Figure I better do this now before I commit to painting and ballasting. The re-do would involve the moving three of the tracks. I've "moved" a small section in another area and was surprised how easy to was to take up the road bed with a putty knife after it had been tacked down with PL Construction Adhesive. So I'm encouraged by that. I'll also get to try out my method of turnout out preservation and try using the cookie cutter method of removing a turnout, roadbed, and plywood deck and then relocating it to accommodate the shift in the track work. Should be fun, its gonna take some work though. I also hope it will give me an opportunity to experiment with a curved building and box car loading/unloading dock. Something which I hope will be visualizing interesting as well.
Once I make some progress, I'll take some pics and post up.
I am also waiting on a few last little bits to pretty much keep me occupied on the pier over the next few weeks of winter to come. Not to mention, the simple fact that plunking down almost $1000.00 on vehicle maintenance has a way of sucking the life out of just about anyone...
I've also been toying with the idea re-doing / re-routing a section of the track work on the West leg of the layout. Figure I better do this now before I commit to painting and ballasting. The re-do would involve the moving three of the tracks. I've "moved" a small section in another area and was surprised how easy to was to take up the road bed with a putty knife after it had been tacked down with PL Construction Adhesive. So I'm encouraged by that. I'll also get to try out my method of turnout out preservation and try using the cookie cutter method of removing a turnout, roadbed, and plywood deck and then relocating it to accommodate the shift in the track work. Should be fun, its gonna take some work though. I also hope it will give me an opportunity to experiment with a curved building and box car loading/unloading dock. Something which I hope will be visualizing interesting as well.
Once I make some progress, I'll take some pics and post up.