Hedley Junction

[sailormatlac]

Yesterday, another district got a facelift. For a long time, we had serious doubt about the mountain height with its Rockies' look in Eastern Canada. Also, the trackage was kind of obsolete because we had used a very sharp wye at the junction, which prevented the use of some interesting rolling stock.



It was decided to gradually melt the mountain scenery with the adjacent space once used for a cement plant. That required removing about 8" of mountain and the tunnel portal. The mountain was also extended significantly toward the right side to blend the scene more naturally into the background. The junction track now disappear in a rock cut instead of a tunnel (which is highly unrealistic for the prototype). I think the overall scenery is now much more reminescent of CN trackage running on the north shore of St. Lawrence river.



Finally, a new factory has been set to hide the electrical panel. The building is L-shaped and can be easily removed if access is needed. That wouldn't have been possible with a classic backdrop. No idea about what will be produced their. The building it self, with the power house half-hidden on the hill, is loosely inspired by the old Donnacona Paper Mill near Quebec City. However, space is at premium and it would be hard to handle the traffic generated by a paper mill. We will probably do something like a particule board factory. Chemical, lumbers and finished good will be the key element. There will be also an access road with a control gate and office, and a semi-trailer loading dock.







The new trackage now have 48 inches radius in prevision of running some passenger trains and 89' flatcar.

I must admit the new scenery is largely inspired by Mal's Westbrook layout (how to make a small shelve looking like a real industry) and Mike Confalone's Allagash.

Trees are just mockup! Extremely fragile, they fell into powder when you handle them!

Matt