Vigdis' train room

[Svein]

Very good work - the shed!
But I must give an important addition and correction. An old and used steam engine shed has had not one place on bottom in an other color than black! With a few differences. The black and oily dirt was laying more or less thick on the bottom. And this was extremely thick in lines parallel to the rails. And also after a "cleaning" of bottom it was black - only thinner.
I was a engine shed worker while six years (steam engines) and I never have seen a "light colored" bottom in our engine sheds.
If you will like to set a few nuances you or Vigdis should set very dark and glossy spots for fresh oil or water to a dark gray and dull black bottom.
My suggestion for more realism. And I know that this does not look very attractively. Sorry for my view to reality.

No problem, Bernhard, this is exactly the kind of constructive critisism we want! We did have a little discussion on just how "dirty" the floor should be, especially towards the end of the steam era when engine and structure maintenance were more neglected. However, when I did a pic search online, most of the results show a rather light colored concrete floor, with a few exceptions. I'm aware that many of the pics are newer and may not be representative, and the older black-and-white photos are more difficult to pick the correct colors from. Here are some links:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ygCxVeu2Ye0/T8...op_pit.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uRPzSpmpYoI/T8...e_shop.jpg
http://railtown1897.files.wordpress.com/...10-041.jpg
http://images.nikonians.org/galleries/da..._0300n.jpg
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/...0249c1.jpg
http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=11839
http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=72022
http://images.nikonians.org/galleries/da..._0295n.jpg

This one looks a little darker, is this more what you had in mind?:
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/...0261cr.jpg

If you have more pics, please share them with us, so we can have a look.

Svein