Any of you that have followed much of the KVRwy, know that there is a history of just a bunch of guys wanting to mess with trains. http://largescalecentral.com/articles/view.php?id=53 Page 1 has “The History of the KVRwy” Scale and size are not really that important. So when I built the inside test track for the KVRwy, I built it on top of the old HO KVRwy. Until this last summer that HO railroad has basically sat idle. With the help of Mark Godwin, we have got it running again and making progress on continuing on. Mark is an HO modeler of the Illinois Terminal Railroad and heavily involved in the Illinois Traction Society. So as stated in the “General Discussion” Forum, the HO tracks are in use again. http://www.largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=8256 I had an epiphany, that I could haul coal to the “Chance Coal Processing Plant” from the “Always Faithful Mines” in Owl’s Bend by using On30 engines and ore cars being driven by large scale people. I felt that I could also provide run of the mine coal for the KVRwy engines and empty out the cinder dump at the engine house. That is what we are working on this winter. Here you can see the dump trackage under construction under the “Southern Engine house and Service Facility”
I think that is Warren at the controls of his “Apple Pie Cart” or he calls it something like that.
Here is the cinder dump pit and loading chute.
Just past the cinder loading area is the coal dump for the engine facility. You can also see the old HO helix that brings the track up this high and also provides the platform for part of the KVRwy’s “Helix from Hell” that gets large scale trackage from the Owl’s Bend Mine to the basement window headed for the great outdoors.
Don’t think this area is without danger or at least a good laugh.
Here is an overall picture of the terminal area and the industrial trackage that is now serving it.