December will mark the Longmont Sugar Mill as good enough. I still have some detail work that I would like to do, but with a whole layout in front of me this will have to do. A look at AK interactive concrete product, and I do like it a lot. With the start of the new year we turn to Denver. Thanks to all that helped on this project.

Happy Modeling

Mike

I'm getting ready to start a  real layout and use homosote spline. My question is how tight of a radius will it bend? I will be having a few 20" curves

My last post was meant to introduce the topic and provide a brief history of the project so far. Today I want to start with the real meat of the project, the work being done at the new location. This post will be an overview of the plan for refitting the layout into the new room. 

The New Location

The original location was in one side of a two car garage. The room we are moving to is located above one stall in a three car garage so the space is roughly the same size and shape, but is slightly bigger. 

The towns on the Kanunda & Emu Flat railway are imagined to be somewhere in South Australia on the line between Adelaide and Melbourne in the early 1980s when Australian National and V / Line trains ran through between both cities.

Location: West Mifflin Pa. outside of Pittsburgh

Era: 1964

The three mile Mifflin Branch of the P&WV starts at Longview, The Montour had trackage right on the from Longview on the P&WV to Mifflin. 

The Montour was a coal hauler that brought many train into Mifflin.

The Union Railroad is the railroad of United States Steel serving the mill of the Mon Valley. Mon Southern branch starts at URR Duquesne Yard and goes up hill to ( Bull Run)BR Tower.  The Mifflin Branch starts there and goes to Mifflin Jct.

I am finally embarking on my layout project. I am going to use this blog to track the build. I am new to MRH and to blogging so we'll see how this goes. Hope you enjoy it!

Introduction to the Mud Bay & Western

The MB&W is a fictional branch line set in the Puget Sound region in the late 60’s. The design goal is to maximize operation potential in the space available. It is a two-level, operation centric, N scale railroad that uses some less common (I think) techniques in its construction.

I just completed work on this 70’s era Rde Ball kit purchased on eBay. This car was used in the early steam era to cut firewood for fuel. I have weathered it with Pan Pastels to it’s appropriate appearance when in active use. It will ultimately be rusted-up and placed in the dead line since my modeling is focused on the 1930’s.