Scenery is beginning to take shape on the Split River side of the layout. Once again I'm using scrap styrofoam as a base for the shop towels. The bed of the river (and the creek) is actually the top of the styrofoam slab the layout is built on. I didn't take any particular care to create "realistic" landforms. I just piled the styrofoam scraps into what seemed reasonable and fit around the roadbed...
The facade around the layout was notched at the watercourses. These notches currently provide a good place to rest the hand throttles. Eventually I intend to make "holsters" for the throttles, something that hangs from the back of the fascia.
I also put up the skirting that hides the legs and other junk under the layout. It's attached to the back of the facade with thumbtacks. Each side of the layout has a separate skirt so I can easily access the space underneath...
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| Shenaminy Creek Side |
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| Split River Side |
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| Quotidian Side |
I made a "movie". Nothing spectacular, just bits of video taken as the trains move about the layout. I tried to capture the sounds of the steam engines. The noise in the background comes from #4, a 2-6-0 and #5, a 4-4-0 idling on the siding in Quotidian,"waiting" for an assignment. . Number 3, a 2-6-0 camelback, is out on the mainline with a short train. The video follows Q Company ore trains as they travel up and down between Mine #12 and the outside world. Six or seven cars is about the total length of train the two "oil electrics" can handle together...
Quotidian: The Andyrobertsite Story
Regards,
Frank Musick
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