Shoot, I thought you would have a video of Nancy throwing rocks at the trains!

Seriously, it is really shaping up!

Greg

A few videos, just for fun:

Drat...I would've loved to have seen your take on a rail-mounted buzz bomb launcher!  Merry Christmas!

Fixed the track. No more buzz bombs...

Late to the game, but I figured it was a launch rail for your his train mounted buzz bombs!

Jim Rowson said:

Lighter rocks would make my back happy!

HA!!!!!  I make the crew schlep the rocks!  

Lighter rocks would make my back happy!

I kinda figgered that's what happened.

You need lighter rocks so the hired help don't drop'em. ............

Oh, Nancy dropped it ...... that's right, blame it on the help 

Well, you guys have way more interesting ideas than what actually happened: Nancy Norris drooped a rock.

Sad.

I thought maybe it was a "derail" for the siding...............

Ken Brunt said:

Why is that piece of rail sticking up in the air?

That's for his loop de loop unloading area 

Why is that piece of rail sticking up in the air?

OK, more time was invested in the "rock fall" and it is starting to look more like a rock fall. More than a coincidence?

Here are some pictures from farther away so you can see it in some context:

Just to the "left" of the rock fall we used to have a 2 tier stepped area that was going to be used for flowers. We've reconfigured it to be more of a cliff similar to the other end of the previously existing tunnel (near the Jasper forest area).

And here's the rock fall itself:

Still some tweaking and planting to do but getting there...

Tunnel is looking great Jim.  The plantings are softening the rocks, nice contrast.

Looks great!

Keep up the progress Jim as the RR IS ... ALMOST THERE ...or IS it ?

Echoes about the tunnel.  We couldn't source anything locally like your corrugated pipe which made  it a real challenge to achieve the realistic lay and fall of the rocks you achieved.

Keep the updates coming!
Aloha,

Eric

Jim, as with all your builds your attention to detail is exquisite, great looking tunnel, Bill 

Jim, I really like your use of rock on the RR.  The tunnel will provide a break in the track and give the feeling that the train is going somewhere further down the line.

Managed to dodge the rain and get another day of work in on landscaping. Today was mostly about adding what we've been calling a "rock fall" with some different color granite, which to me adds some nice contrast. Also some ground cover spread around.

Here's an example of some ground cover:

There's a trestle that crosses the Durango yard and connects the "transition" area to the upper level of the city of Durango. We're adding a tunnel at the end of that trestle and covering it with some rust-ish rock. Only got half the rock on (had to go buy some more!).

Here's the start of the tunnel: some corrugated material being curved along the existing track. You will see a rope: that's just to temporarily hold it in place so it can be more permanently set in place using some stakes:

Some gravel was added internally. I'll be building some tunnel portals after we get a bit further along:

A little further long more rocks have been mortared into place:

I'm enjoying this different rock coloring.

Cheers!