01-14-2013, 02:26 PM
Oh yes, it was a great show.
We use this convention to play on our Bear Creek Railroad with real operations. There's no other place for me to set up such a layout.
Most stuff that I do is made just for these events once a year, especially all the buildings.
Meanwhile I made a track/layout plan from the 2013 set up. This layout is set up with our own tracks and scenery parts.
It's clustered to three major sections. 1st Bear Creek with some industry to serve and the engine facilities. Next to it is camp #2, a small logging camp with log landing and typical bunk houses. The track ends in a ballon track with stagging yard, representing Creek Jct. From this point deep in the woods, several spurs would lead into the cutting areas.
The Shay is used between the cutting areas and Creek Jct, bringing down the logs, while the Forney will bring them out of the valley to Bear Creek. The Boxcab and Forney are also running supply and passenger trains on the low line. The Shay brings supply vars up to the camp. And we operated the layout this way and had a lot of fun. It keeps 4 people very busy.
Next year, I hope to have more cars in service and I'll use a car card and way bill system for more fun. I like to build a new turntable for the longer steam engines as well as some kind of wooden bridge to get some more scenery into it.
Cheers, Gerd
We use this convention to play on our Bear Creek Railroad with real operations. There's no other place for me to set up such a layout.
Most stuff that I do is made just for these events once a year, especially all the buildings.
Meanwhile I made a track/layout plan from the 2013 set up. This layout is set up with our own tracks and scenery parts.
It's clustered to three major sections. 1st Bear Creek with some industry to serve and the engine facilities. Next to it is camp #2, a small logging camp with log landing and typical bunk houses. The track ends in a ballon track with stagging yard, representing Creek Jct. From this point deep in the woods, several spurs would lead into the cutting areas.
The Shay is used between the cutting areas and Creek Jct, bringing down the logs, while the Forney will bring them out of the valley to Bear Creek. The Boxcab and Forney are also running supply and passenger trains on the low line. The Shay brings supply vars up to the camp. And we operated the layout this way and had a lot of fun. It keeps 4 people very busy.
Next year, I hope to have more cars in service and I'll use a car card and way bill system for more fun. I like to build a new turntable for the longer steam engines as well as some kind of wooden bridge to get some more scenery into it.
Cheers, Gerd