A long overdue layout update for August 2010.

Most of the last few months have been spent working on extending the lower deck benchwork and kitbashing some freight cars.  A few revisions were made to the track plan and a work continues on developing an operating plan.

The following are some images from the last few months of work.  

First off... Two kitbashed 60ft double door box cars that are close reproductions of BC Rail prototypes.

 Next.. a couple more 60 foot boxcars, again kitbashed to reproduce unique BC Rail prototypes

In the Spring I Installed a lighting rig over the lower deck bridge scene and touched up some details on the backdrop

Finally.. revised the trackplan to a simpler double deck point to point design...  The new layout summary and track plan are below:

Prototype: BC Rail Fort St. John Subdivision – North Eastern British Columbia

Period Modelled: Spring 2004

N Scale

Room Size: 13ft by 12ft

Layout Style: Double deck shelf-style layout for switching and point-to-point operations.  Taylor and the Peace River bridge are the main layout elements.

Track: Micro Engineering code 55 in visible areas,  Atlas code 55 in  staging areas.

Minimum Radius: 18″ in visible areas.

Deck Heights: 36″, and 48"

Benchwork: L girder

Control System: DCC

Area Modelled: Peace River to Taylor

Layout Design Elements: Taylor Yard, Peace River Bridge

Hidden Staging: Lower Deck Represents Chetwynd (south), Upper Deck Represents Fort St. John

Landscape Character: Rolling farmland, mixed forests and wide river valleys.

Typical Industries: Forest Products, Petrochemicals, Sulphur, Grain.

Motive Power: EMD SD 40-2, GE B36-7, GE Dash 8-40B

Rolling Stock: Grain Hoppers, Centrebeam Lumber Cars, Tank Cars, Sulphur Gondolas, Box Cars, Woodchip Gondolas.