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In-ko-pah Railroad -- new pics!

General Discussion
#1

I’ve posted a few new photos of our In-ko-pah Railroad. Unfortunately, I was so busy during the open house that I forgot to take any photos of the event!

The first photo shows the engineer I made by modifying a Railroad Avenue “Wayne” figure:

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009006&a=32116967&p=75644691

Or go here to see the entire album:
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=3009006&a=32116967

The second photo was taken from the roof of our house. The last time I took a photo from up there, I still had not completed the cliffs at the rear of the layout, nor installed the concrete viaduct, canyon, etc. So there’s a lot of progress in this new photo.

Next are a couple pics of a train on the layout, crossing bridges, going through tunnels. Last is a rather blurry shot of my scratchbuilt ore bin. I’ll replace that later with a sharper pic, but this one will have to do for now.

#2

Ray, that’s looking just great. The vertical rock work is just fabulous…though it makes my back hurt to think of moving all that rock. :smiley: Your vertical rock work reminds me of John Allen’s Gore & Dephetid RR…which is probably one of the most famous HO layouts ever.

#3

Hi Ray,

Very nice!

Now comes the HJ question: How many tons of rock did you move?

I looked at rock the other day on my “Search for ballast” travels, it will all need to be small enough to fit on a dolly. Too old for anything bigger than that.

BTW I like that tunnel access, too. Sure beats the fishing rod method!

#4
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
BTW I like that tunnel access, too. Sure beats the fishing rod method!
A vision comes to mind of a devotee of Isaak Walton sitting over a tunnel ventilation shaft, rod in hand ...
#5
Warren Mumpower said:
Ray, that's looking just great. The vertical rock work is just fabulous...though it makes my back hurt to think of moving all that rock. :D Your vertical rock work reminds me of John Allen's Gore & Dephetid RR...which is probably one of the most famous HO layouts ever.
Thanks! As a matter of fact, John Allen's work has been a source of inspiration for me as a modeler, ever since I was a teen.
#6
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
Now comes the HJ question: How many tons of rock did you move?
I'm "guestimating" about 20 tons.
#7

So you slimmed Wayne’s body, eh? Let me know if you ever come to Perth - I need all the help I can get!

#8

Ray

What a Beautiful Sight (and site!).

It looks better every time you post!

I will again say…I think you should be prepping for an article in GR!

Keep up the great work!

cale