01-23-2014, 03:33 PM
I discovered this little gem the other day on Youtube, amongst several short videos in the series about the (Class III ?) Athens Line, itself among a couple of independent short lines in the Georgia area run by the Great Walton RR who I'd never heard of <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZAzewwh-eM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZAzewwh-eM</a><!-- m -->
And what a discovery, with its bargain basement rolling stock and cartoon style, dog-eared track. Wouldn't it be a joy to model that, folks?
With my current project in mind, I think it would also work well as a table top layout with a similar uncomplicated track plan. Just imagine a short train appearing from amongst the woods on one side (of the traverser); even the curves could be included in this design, the thick adjacent vegetation helping to disguise their severity. I had in mind a truncated branch for the front scenic part, with the old line continuing on into the woods to some hidden industry which could just be the opposite end of the traverser in reality. And whereas the 90* crossings are so typical of 'The Patch' in my current project, it has to be those old wooden trestle type bridges that epitomise these Georgian railways, so a short, quite low in height version situated on the curve say to the hidden industry would serve to put an identity to it.
Almost makes me want to start making trees: hundreds of them!!!! And I've still a couple more old doors in stock..........
Jonte
And what a discovery, with its bargain basement rolling stock and cartoon style, dog-eared track. Wouldn't it be a joy to model that, folks?
With my current project in mind, I think it would also work well as a table top layout with a similar uncomplicated track plan. Just imagine a short train appearing from amongst the woods on one side (of the traverser); even the curves could be included in this design, the thick adjacent vegetation helping to disguise their severity. I had in mind a truncated branch for the front scenic part, with the old line continuing on into the woods to some hidden industry which could just be the opposite end of the traverser in reality. And whereas the 90* crossings are so typical of 'The Patch' in my current project, it has to be those old wooden trestle type bridges that epitomise these Georgian railways, so a short, quite low in height version situated on the curve say to the hidden industry would serve to put an identity to it.
Almost makes me want to start making trees: hundreds of them!!!! And I've still a couple more old doors in stock..........
Jonte