<*>[Attachment(s) from Bob Werre included below] I lied, and on a Sunday too! I said on Friday that I might try another panoramic view of my layout in the--future. Well the future happened. In this case I tried the opposite side of the room and covered somewhat over 180 degrees. I think there are six exposures. I did exceed that Photo-shop is capable of putting together without weird results. If you can't see them great! This happens when one gets too close and the overlap of the various angles doesn't make sense to photo shop, so it punts the best it can.
Anyway on the left side in the dark is the branch-line to Tacoma that's still somewhat under development. It consists of a line on a hinged lift-out that expands from a single track to six via a curved turnout and then into two 3 way switches. One was scratchbuilt, while the other was from Tomalco. Both still need a bit of tweaking--derailments are seldom but that's just not good enough. As we pan to the right we see my mountain area with three mines and the town of Deer Lodge (Montana on the MILW), with even smaller towns of Mystic, Deadwood & Lead (South Dakota in the Black Hills mining region, originally served by the CNW & CB&Q) just below. Then just about center is my main yard of Council Bluffs/Omaha from opposite side from Friday's view. There you can see the view block sticking out toward camera that separates a moderate sized city from a smaller rural town of Madra. Both are about the same physical length so I had to find a way of separating them visually. To the extreme right is the engine terminal at Madra with a CNW local freight making it's way into town. There you might also notice a glimpse of my lower level staging and mainline. At one time, there was just a single track mainline running through about 8 1 x 10's with just a tunnel portal opening to allow the train through. The 1 x 10's were on end and supported Madra. After awhile and after buying more passenger equipment (Southwind, more Southwind, AM's heavyweights, Kinsman and AM's smoothsiders) plus acquiring a couple of large engines, it was apparent that area was wasted space. So I started tunneling and opening up that space. I built two passing sidings and 4 spurs on plywood sections in the backyard and installed them by sliding them in the slot and then splicing them together. Connections to the old main were made and trains have been running there ever since. I installed thin florescent lights and color coded pilot lights to help in switching and the occasional derailment. I also did some dumpster diving for some carpet that was in really good condition 'cause seeing into that area puts you on your knees. It's not a big deal for me since I'm built near to the ground in the first place. Once operations progress the tall guys might have issues with that--we'll see. Anyway that's the rest of the story! Bob Werre PhotoTraxx <*>Attachment(s) from Bob Werre: <*> 1 of 1 Photo(s) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/attachments/folder/714374266/item/list <*> pano 2.jpg ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
