We’ve got rain moving in so I shot a few quick photos at lunchtime to show you the progress. Here is the view looking west standing on the walkway. The track on the left is the log dump, the one in the center is a general purpose/team track/log car storage after dumping, etc. They come together at a #4 wye turnout. (This has the same curvature as a #8L and a #8R superimposed on each other.) The track on the right is the main. Immediately after crossing the walkway a passing siding diverges with a #10R turnout. A bit further down, the switching lead diverges on a curved #10L turnout.
Here is a view of the same area, looking south toward the pond. It gives you a better look at the wye turnout for the log dump and the curved #10 turnout to the switching lead.
Here is a view of the tracks in the saw mill area. From bottom to top: main, passing siding, switching lead, mill track #1, and mill track #2. The saw mill will go in the space between mill track #2 and the rocks.
Here is the view from the west end of Sawpit looking east. The track at the bottom is the main coming down from Windy Point, diverging onto a passing track with a #10R turnout. All other turnouts in this view are #8’s. On the right is the spur to the coal mine. This spur also serves as a switching lead for the two mill tracks.
Here is a shot of the track being placed on the ladder roadbed around Windy Point.
And here is where I ran out of decomposed granite. 6400 pounds doesn’t really go very far! This is also where I ran out of brown spray paint for the ladder roadbed.
Here is the unpainted roadbed at the future town of Kalin Junction at the top of the climb around Windy Point. This will be a major interchange point for the inner and outer loops. For now, I’m just passing through in order to get the outer loop completed. The fake rock in the foreground covers the well head for my water well. That’s why the roadbed curves around it rather than following the blocks.
Here is the view of the south side of the layout just past Kalin Junction. Nothing much planned for this area but a single track main. The pieces of PVC on the cardboard are the stakes I drive into the ground through the ladder about every two feet or so.
Here is the future town site of Aurora. A single passing track with a couple of industrial sidings. Current plans are for a barrel factory (a place to send finished lumber from the mill) and something else (TBD).
Here is the view from the end of the ladder roadbed looking northwest.
And finally, an overview of Sawpit taken from the foot bridge over Jocelyn Creek above the pond.
I still have lots to do, but I’m making progress. Still shooting for a mid-June golden spike for the outer loop!
More to come,
Bob
