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Model Railroading > Progress is...ProgressDate: 08/28/15 05:16 Progress is...Progress Author: RGDave Summertime is never a high-volume production time for my Onondaga Cutoff. With a young family, work, and all the outdoor activities that summer brings, there is just less time to make things happen on the layout.
A few more trees have grown in on the hillside, and I am wrapping up the first layer of ballast for the east end of the major yard on the railroad, including leads into CP-280. Ballasting interlockings is a painstaking process, and quite a detailed operation, when trying to get the colors and profiles correct all while avoiding stones and glue on moving parts of interlocked turnouts. This is the first layer of ballast in the yard, with smaller crushed 'walking' stones yet to come as a finishing touch near the ladders and North Runner (the track running on the right side of the ladder tracks into the distance). 1. Here's a shot in the late afternoon on a humid August 1, 1994, looking west into Onondaga Yard. Thanks for looking! ~RGDave www.onondagacutoff.blogspot.com Date: 08/28/15 05:36 Re: Progress is...Progress Author: SPDRGWfan Looks great. You sure get a lot more done with a family than I do with much less to manage - though having a completely dry basement would help a lot!
Cheers, Jim Date: 08/28/15 06:54 Re: Progress is...Progress Author: santafedan A-OK
Date: 08/28/15 08:18 Re: Progress is...Progress Author: elu34ch Nicely done. Don't forget some sand, cement, flour, corn, spills between the rails. The telephone pole with antennae is a nice touch.
Date: 08/28/15 11:55 Re: Progress is...Progress Author: retcsxcfm VERY NICE
Uncle Joe Date: 08/28/15 13:32 Re: Progress is...Progress Author: atsf121 Nicely done, my 1995 layout is still stuck in unscenic mode.
Nathan Date: 08/28/15 22:45 Re: Progress is...Progress Author: iaisfan That looks awesome Dave! I love your track and ballast!
Joe Atkinson Council Bluffs, IA www.iaisrailfans.org/../Sub4WestEnd Date: 08/29/15 14:11 Re: Progress is...Progress Author: wabash2800 It looks very railroady.
Date: 08/29/15 22:28 Re: Progress is...Progress Author: SantaFeRuss Very nice layout.
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