07-12-2010, 01:16 PM
Hey guys. So I have finally named the layout, and construction will begin soon.
Here's a basic rundown on the layout. It is called the Seven Mountains Railroad & Logging Co. and is set in the Seven Mountains area of PA and interchanges with the Penn Central. The line get most of its traffic from hauling machinery and portable sawmills up and down the mountains and shipping finished lumber. There is a four track yard in Boalsburg, PA, where it bases operations out of. The time that I'm modeling is roughly two weeks after the merger forming Penn Central from the PRR and NYC.
The motive power consists of models of East Broad Top's M-4(a Plymouth JCD), M-6(a Plymouth JDT), and the M-5 cow/calf set(a Plymouth TMDT), as well as a couple of EMD GP30s and an EMD GP7. The only other engine on the line to be used in revenue freight service will be an ALCo. RS-11. Just for fun, a two-truck Shay will be thrown in there to be used to run scenic trains on inactive pieces of line so as not to interupt the logging operations.
The entire commuter fleet will be scratchbuilt. The majority of the skeleton log cars will be purchased either as RTR(which doesn't exist to me) equipment, or as kits that I'll need to build. The milled lumber will be transported down the mountain on centerbeam flatcars, where two boxcars of lumber wrapping paper will be added to the consist and taken to our wrapping enclosure. It'll be wrapped there and then shipped. Another few lines will depart the main bound for State College or Boalsburg for light industrial shipping.
Ballast will be a mixture of culm from the old EBT culm pile in Mt. Union, kitty litter, tea leaves from used tea bags, and some soil. The item in the highest quantity will definately be the kitty litter, with a little bit of culm, tea leaves, and soil laced in there with it.
The Plymouth diesels will be the backbone of our logging fleet, while the TMDT diesels will be used as yard switchers. An ALCo. RS-11, a couple of EMD GP30s and an EMD GP7 will make up our industrial switching fleet.
I can't wait to start building the layout, but the first thing I'm going to be doing is getting the actual operating equipment in good, working order and getting the first batch of materials together. This should be lots of fun.
Here's a basic rundown on the layout. It is called the Seven Mountains Railroad & Logging Co. and is set in the Seven Mountains area of PA and interchanges with the Penn Central. The line get most of its traffic from hauling machinery and portable sawmills up and down the mountains and shipping finished lumber. There is a four track yard in Boalsburg, PA, where it bases operations out of. The time that I'm modeling is roughly two weeks after the merger forming Penn Central from the PRR and NYC.
The motive power consists of models of East Broad Top's M-4(a Plymouth JCD), M-6(a Plymouth JDT), and the M-5 cow/calf set(a Plymouth TMDT), as well as a couple of EMD GP30s and an EMD GP7. The only other engine on the line to be used in revenue freight service will be an ALCo. RS-11. Just for fun, a two-truck Shay will be thrown in there to be used to run scenic trains on inactive pieces of line so as not to interupt the logging operations.
The entire commuter fleet will be scratchbuilt. The majority of the skeleton log cars will be purchased either as RTR(which doesn't exist to me) equipment, or as kits that I'll need to build. The milled lumber will be transported down the mountain on centerbeam flatcars, where two boxcars of lumber wrapping paper will be added to the consist and taken to our wrapping enclosure. It'll be wrapped there and then shipped. Another few lines will depart the main bound for State College or Boalsburg for light industrial shipping.
Ballast will be a mixture of culm from the old EBT culm pile in Mt. Union, kitty litter, tea leaves from used tea bags, and some soil. The item in the highest quantity will definately be the kitty litter, with a little bit of culm, tea leaves, and soil laced in there with it.
The Plymouth diesels will be the backbone of our logging fleet, while the TMDT diesels will be used as yard switchers. An ALCo. RS-11, a couple of EMD GP30s and an EMD GP7 will make up our industrial switching fleet.
I can't wait to start building the layout, but the first thing I'm going to be doing is getting the actual operating equipment in good, working order and getting the first batch of materials together. This should be lots of fun.