Hedley Junction

[sailormatlac]

I'm sure that a few GP30s made it east during power shortages. Go easy on Matt. He's building an awesome layout. Remember what Model Railroader always used to say... There's a prototype for everything.

Matt, I love the overpass. Where did you get it? I've been following your progress in this thread and I really love what you're doing.

Sorry Mike, I've wrote a nice reply and the browser crashed! Yeah. Forget those thoughts about "less key scenes" on the layout but more space to creat a handful photogenic ones... Tha's all about that highway overpass.

JWB's comment was a reply to an inside joke started yesterday in GEC's layout thread when I discussed about "prototypical modelling". Nothing serious at all and no harm intended!

BTW, thanks for your comment. If you read the entire thread, you must see I'm destroying everything as fast as I'm building it. I feel sometimes quite confused! But I think you you what it is with your numerous switching layout iterations.

The overpass is a full scratchbuilt structure made out of 1/4" MDF and styrene sheets. In fact, it is very straightforward to build and I'm planning to duplicate it on the other side of the wall to have the complete real thing. I always felt bridges, overpass and underpass are iconic and thus should be approach with great care. In fact, they are the things most people will remember the best. They won't car for many other details, but if they recognize a bridge, they will say: "hey, is that [input a random place name]!!!".

I have a small blog entry about the overpass, you can take a peep there:

http://hedley-junction.blogspot.ca/2010/...ehold.html

While on the blog, you'll see a picture showing a sunset over Limoilou Yard. The overpass is located right to the power line. Another key feature of this CN Yard is the twin-spired St-Charles-de-Limoilou church and it's park towering over the scenery. I really want to include that on the new layout brackdrop.

Matt