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[b]POC-More Bandon-FoleyFastFreight-14 photos[/b]

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#1

[b]A new industry for Bandon township…Foley Fast Freight Forwarders (4F Company)

An overview of the Bandon area showing progress thus far. The freight house can be seen in the distance as can the first fitting of the depot.

The dock built from PT 2x lumber with PVC expanded foam “cement” sections glued on top. The holes are for the dock roof supports. Color is Bondo primer grey.

Lower and upper walls. The lower wall section is already primed and textured while the upper section is as yet unpainted. Foley Freight is a “flat” and has only one main facade with short abreviated wall sections about 3" deep on either end.

Lower wall and dock section.

Lower wall fitted to dock section. The dock roof will sit on top of the lower wall edge and the upper wall section on top of that to secure the roof.

The upper wall here is being primed with Bondo grey primer.

Next the texture paint is applied. Color is chocolate although it looks more grey. The texture paint can be applied over the primer within minutes although the texture paint itself needs at least over night to dry.

Here is the area in which the warehouse will be installed. It will be screwed down onto the PT 2x4 which for this purpose is the “foundation”.

The main section installed outdoors. It is 61" long and has 3 freight doors. A small office section will be installed to the right of the main facade and be textured as the main section is.

There is an open area adjacent to the main freight house section that needs to be filled.

It was decided to use the area for a shop annex for Foley Fast Freight. It was set back for interest and to allow some space in front .

The shop annex all properly signed. The set back allows for a vehicle, or other detail, to be displayed without crowding.

Foley Fast Freight in an over all view. There is also an office annex at the other end not very visible unfortunately. It is a simple wall with three windows and textured to match the rest of the structure.

View from the depot end. There are three light fixtures, one over each door for night ops and photos. Much of the ballasting has been done around the freight house but further ballasting has to wait until the depot and adjacent area are properly planted in the soil. At least it’s operational for TAC’s (Terry Foley) visit. The honor of spotting the first car at Foley Fast Freight Forwarders will be reserved for him next week.[/b] :slight_smile:

#2

Again, and at the risk of repeating myself, great work, Richard…!!

#3

Heck, Ken, I repeat myself allthe time. Richard, you do great work. Mr. Foley should be proud. I’m overwhelmed. I had forgot that slight bend you put in the bench work. So from Bandon you don’t see what is going on at the turntable? Fantastic!

#4

Wow. That looks great. I wish I could figure out a way to get back out there and run on it.

#5
Bruce Chandler said:
Wow. That looks great. I wish I could figure out a way to get back out there and run on it.
Not so hard to figger out...........buy a plane ticket to Medford and drive on over...........;)

We had planned on going out there this x’mas, but my niece had other plans so we have to stick around here for the wedding…:wink:

#6

Richard,

Great layout and a wonderful warehouse…

#7

Like always, I bow to the Master!
Makes my stuff look like, well…
jb

#8

I have to admit, if I had the room outside, I would seriously consider this raised benchwork approach as well. Very nice stuff.

#9

Imaginative concept, elegantly implemented. Nice work, Richard!

I hope your next effort will be a photo story based on some ops related to the masterpiece. Something along the lines of what Bruce produced a short while back would be interesting.

As an aside, am I the only person on the forum that doesn’t dare put timber on the ground for fear of the termites? Heck, the little sods ate the bottom out of a cardboard box not so long ago, as I found out when I went to lift it!

#10

Thank you friends for the nice comments. I hope to get benchwork to the Port Orford terminal next season then assuming I can get (and afford) the switches perhaps some real operation can begin. It sure would be fun to have you “operators” :wink: here sometime to put some wear on the rails.

Dave,
I loved Bruce’s ops story too. I do plan sometime in the future to do a photo story on POC ops but that will probably be after I get the other end of the line completed. Any ops now must be a bit contrived, although still fun, and I haven’t finalized on an outdoor operating system yet. Until then I’ll do as Kevin and others have said they do on occasion and just “wing it”.

We have termites here too and carpenter ants but they have plenty of fodder in the way of fallen limbs & rotting trees, etc., to keep them busy not to mention a number of woodpeckers to keep them in check. And too maybe they aren’t as aggressive as what you have. I’ve had no problem at all with PT posts in ground contact here and cedar holds up fine also with no problem as long as it’s elevated.

#11

Looking great as always Richard. I really like the “flats”. More photos please.

#12
Ric Golding said:
Heck, Ken, I repeat myself allthe time. Richard, you do great work. Mr. Foley should be proud. I'm overwhelmed. I had forgot that slight bend you put in the bench work. So from Bandon you don't see what is going on at the turntable? Fantastic!
Rather than deliberately putting the bend in the benchwork to obscure the view farther down I merely took advantage of it to that end. The exact location of Bandon was for that reason. Davis Slough trestle and the adjacent rockwork are also intended as scenic breaks.

The next terminal, Port Orford, is a bit straighter down the track. I hope to use a short tunnel with its protruding surrounds to obscure it a bit from Bandon as well. The idea of course is to make each location separate as well as unique while maintaining enough uniformity to look as part of the same railroad. The benchwork aids significantly in this due to its elevation and the leaning rail which draws you into the scene at hand and makes the observer part of it while obscuring any others.

As for you and Ken repeating yourselves: what could be more appropriate for an ol’ fart like me? :wink: :smiley:

#13

Gary,
I have several more flats planned for Bandon yet. In fact their construction is holding up the final “planting” of the depot. I’ll post on those as I progress. Also I have to do the fish cannery that will be served by the other spur track. I’m thinking of a basically random stone structure with perhaps a small icehouse and platform.

#14

Is Terry there yet then Richard ?

#15
Rod Hayward said:
Is Terry there yet then Richard ?
Not yet Rod. He's due next Sunday.
#16

Richard,
Beautifully done as usual.
Love the flats idea along there. What is the purpose of the wall behind the flats?
That water spout in the last picture is terrific. What brand and from where?

Keep after it.
Rick Marty

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Rick Marty said:
Richard, Beautifully done as usual. Love the flats idea along there. What is the purpose of the wall behind the flats? That water spout in the last picture is terrific. What brand and from where?

Keep after it.
Rick Marty


The spout is all metal and from MTH. I raised it a bit with some brass tubing to make it taller. A liitle small for 1:20 as it is 1:32 about but it looks pretty good with its height increased I think. I believe Bruce has one too.

#18

Richard,

Really like your idea on using the building flats. They look awesome. Like the look of the texture paint.

Rodney

#19

Thanks Rodney. Appreciate the comments.

If you like the idea of building flats (certainly not my original idea) for largescale you should check out the ones Rick Marty did as well. I’m sure a query to him would get you a link to his post(s). They are well worth checking out if you haven’t already seen them.

#20

Richard,

Your post showing the “flats” is timely because I believe that is what I will have to do along my back fence. When you sent your last e-mail, I got to thinking that flats would be a great backdrop for the line because of my compression of space. I’ve done some changes to the design since the last time I e-mailed. I had to drop the idea of a loop-to-loop and go with two terminals, one at each end. It will give me more operational capability. I’ll send it to you in a few days. THX for all your ideas.