Stein's Minneapolis Warehouse district 1957 (HO)

[steinjr]

Finally done removing a ton of snow. At least my back thinks it was about a ton - it is not quite as young as it once was. Oh well, the thing to remember is Winston Churchill's answer when asked how it felt to turn 90: "pretty good, considering the alternative". I am only half way to 90 yet ... :-)

The kids were having a blast with the snow, though - the lower layers of snow was getting compacted enough to make good building "stones" for a veritable snow fortress out in our front yard :-)

Tonight after me and my oldest boy was done cleaning up the kitchen from the dad and boy's dinner Pizza baking (while my wife got to relax and read the paper while us three boys made dinner), me and my oldest kid (age 11) ran trains for a while. He did one lap at moderate speed, and then asked if we could do some switching instead of just running

So we switched for about 45 minutes - he really enjoyed running the throttle while I did the turnouts, uncoupled cars and signaled him to pull forward or shove back. We both had a blast. I must say I enjoy being a conductor a lot more than I had expected.

Got the new track configuration laid out for the warehouse district today. Turned out I had an error in my drawing - the module boundary was further to the right than I had on my drawing. Must have done a calculation error when going from centimeters to inches hock:

Lucky mistake, though - turns out I have more room on along the rearmost track than I had though. So I dropped the slip and replaced it with a normal right turnout.

So now the track plan looks like this:


Some pictures showing the track configuration in the warehouse district:

Left end:


Further right:


Seen from the extreme right end of the warehouse district (from the River Road overpass):


Smile,
Stein