The Mogollon Railroad
#46
Here is more of a "golden spike moment". The narrow gauge "mainline" is completely in place. I estimate I can run a train about 45 real feet without running over the same track twice - on a 4x8! I am really pushing to finish the tracklaying by summer's end, when I am cooped up inside with this hot weather. It won't be long before I have a functional layout that i can pretend to operate in some kind of realistic fashion.


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#47
Lookin' good. Lookin' reaaaaaalllll gooood. Gotta love this weather eh? 'Sposed to get nice n' toasty this weekend! Why do we live here again? ... oh yeh, September through May and humidity levels in the single digits. 357
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TrainNut Wrote:Lookin' good. Lookin' reaaaaaalllll gooood. Gotta love this weather eh? 'Sposed to get nice n' toasty this weekend! Why do we live here again? ... oh yeh, September through May and humidity levels in the single digits. 357

Interested in some sort of timeshare? Wink I'm so sick of cool and damp, with clouds almost every day - quit hoggin' the Summer! Curse Misngth Misngth That's about the only thing that I miss about work - the 130 degree environment. Goldth

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#49
Cheers Cheers Cheers Thumbsup
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#50
I now have a decent size hill on one end of my layout. Unlike most areas, the town will be built on the side of the hill (note the cut and fill contouring) I still have a bunch of work to do on the town side of the hill, but that will happen as I get buildings finished and the footprints of the buildings are known. To build the hill, i simply stacked up layers of 1" foam and carved it with a knife. Once I get the basic shape the way I like, I will cover the whole thing with sculptamold.

It looks like it will be a steep town, but the reality is it won't be as steep as the prototype. Eek Much of Morenci Arizona was built before automobiles, but even after autos came to town, many houses were only accessible by mule or staircase!


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#51
I love it that the town looks too steep, yet isn't as steep as the real thing!

Do you have any plans to continue your 2-6-0 project?
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nkp_174 Wrote:Do you have any plans to continue your 2-6-0 project?

I have an old IHC4-4-0 boiler that I am going to shove onto a MDC 2-6-0 chassis. That project is still on the workbench until I get some others done. I am also building a brass HOn3 2-4-2, and that project is perhaps even further down on the workbench.
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#53
Oh, I was clearly confused 35 Yes, the 2-4-2 is what I was wondering about (you are waiting for drivers?). Sounds cool that you are planning a wagon top locomotive bash. Any particular prototype in mind? If not, all the better!
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#54
here are a couple more quick snapshots showing more scenery cosntruction.


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#55
Those rock faces are going to look really dynamic once you get them all done up. Should make for some cool photos. Congrats on the Golden Spike moment too! Thumbsup
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#56
I am still deciding how I want to do the rock faces. In one location, the rock face will likely be the edge of a slag pile.

I have also been considering using different methods for the rocks on each side of the layout. On the "junction" side of the layout (where the NG and standard gauge join), I want that area to look like an area further out into a valley. The idea is that the narrow gauge diverges from the standard gauge in a valley, then the NG proceeds to climb uphill toward the mining town of Joy's Camp. Having different rock types exposed along the line may help with the illusion of distance. Transitions between mountains and valleys have a predictable geologic sequence in southern Arizona, most of Nevada, and western Utah. The mountain ranges are a combination of tilted and faulted sedimentary rocks, and crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks. As one travels towards the center of the valleys, thick sequences of semi-consolidated conglomerate rocks are encountered that get finer-grained towards the center of the valley.

I want the "junction" side of my layout to represent these conglomerate rocks. I have been considering different ways of modeling this type of terrain, but will probably try carving the foam into a basic shape, and then coating the foam with some kind of a slurry that contains a varied assortment of sand. It needs to have a particular layered appearance, and that may take some very careful attention to detail.

The other side of the layout will be hard rock. I want this side to represent where the railroad has made its way uphill towards the ore-bearing bodies. I will probably model the crystalline rocks using standard rock mold casting techniques, and may include some tilted sedimentary rocks at one corner of the layout.

No matter how I eventually model the rocks, I want the entire landscape to be constructed of foam before before I start adding rock faces.
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#57
Wow!

I hadn't checked here in a while, and gosh those cliffs are steep! It will indeed be an exciting scene when completed. Do you feel like the layout is 'bigger' now that scenic contours are being roughed in? (Now that you can't see through it?)

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ocalicreek Wrote:Wow!

I hadn't checked here in a while, and gosh those cliffs are steep! It will indeed be an exciting scene when completed. Do you feel like the layout is 'bigger' now that scenic contours are being roughed in? (Now that you can't see through it?)

Galen

It is definitely getting to that point. What will really help is closing in the "sides" so that I can no longer see trains inside the tunnels.
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#59
I've slowly been making progress on my layout.    
The first photo shows the progress of my town, all of the buildings need details such as window glass and signage, and I think that will wait until I decide exactly where they go and what they will be before I add those details.
   

The second photo shows the progress of my trackwork. I have the siding to the company store and the team track/station completes, as well as one run-around track. I still have one more yard track to complete, as well as the enginehouse, turntable, and smelter tracks. Unfortunately, I have to buy more rail before that happens. The good thing is I have enough trackwork done that I can play around with switching cars around and testing out the turnouts. So far, things have been working well. One turnout (the first one I made) needed an adjustment to the points, but it was no big deal.

Layout construction will likely slow, as Arizona is facing a significant budget shortfall (20% of the entire state budget) Eek . I work for the state Department of Water Resources, and that means a significant budget cut and as much as a 40% reduction in force, and cancellation of many state services and obligations. There is a serious chance I will lose my job on January 1st, and that has forced me to reduce my hobby budget to zero, and reduces my hobby time as I have to spend time looking for secondary income, part time jobs, or new long-term employment. Luckily, I have enough unfinished projects to keep me from going completely insane! Big Grin
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#60
Your track work looks amazing! Well done man! Cheers

oh...and chin up. Wink
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