Pictures only today. I’ve got 3 feet to finish, but too hot to anything else. I broke a sweat just carrying the camera :o Disclaimer In case anyone should remember my comment on Rooster’s picture: These are progress pictures. I didn’t move any of the trailers, or random bricks, Homer buckets or tools out of the backgrounds. Just shot what was there. I knew that some of the clearances might be tight, so I brought out the mobile clearance gauge…
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Just makes it The nice part about this grade, I can open the throttle enough to light the lights without having the loco move. In case your worried I might overheat motors I only left it this way long enough to snap 1 picture…
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The road bed from the transition point well into the curve is finished…
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Some shots from inside the curve…
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Marilyn is a geology purist. She pointed out that grain on the rocks inside the curve is oriented wrong. I told her this area suffered a massive upheaval millions of yeas ago sending the rocks nearly vertical And finally, a comparison shot. Coal Dump Curve Ver. 2 and Coal Dump Curve Ver 3…
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Some difference, huh ? And thanks for the glue suggestions. I’ve used that mortar caulk as a crack filler, not sure how well it would work as an adhesive. I have some places I could try and pull it out of.