friscobob
November 11th, 2002, 09:44 AM
When I moved into the new house in Sherman, I became the temporary steward of a two-track HO scale layout (it was originally built as a one-track O scale pike). Once the de facto club layout of the Red River Model RR Club, it is now the home of the SLSF Spring River Subdivision, loosely modeling southwestern Missouri & northwestern Arkansas. The two-track main is a puzzler- one track is more-or-less isolated from the yard, while the second track has access to the yard, sidings, and industrial spurs. As a plus, a separate (for now) line works a lower level- as originally planned, it was to come out of one staging yard, work several towns, and disappear into another staging yard.
That will happen, as I have removed all the code 100 track laid on the branch, and am in the process of replacing it with code 83 and 70 track.I tore out a lot of the scenery laid over the branch (yes, the track was still on the roadbed- don't ask), and am in the process of relaying track. The last guy to have this house before me was a modeler as well, and used, er, unconventional scenery methods and materials (how about sawdust & expandable foam as filler?).
The only thing my wife wants me to do is leave a space for the boys' Harry Potter Hogwarts set, including the infamous Platform 9 3/4. THAT space is saved, but the rest is mine.
As the name implies, Frisco will rule, with some UP diesels in runthroughs. I need to get some SCL and ATSF power for runthroughs as well (trains QLA, CTB and BTX come to mind). On the branch, it'll see a variety of diesel power, but due to the rural Southern nature, I may go toward Missouri Pacific, as I plan to have poultry feed elevators, woodchip plants, and a pulpwood facility. I may even try to do a paper mill in the area as well- this will place the line in the Arkansas/Louisiana/southeastern Oklahoma region.
Until I get a bit more organized, I'm having fun running unit coal (all-Frisco hoppers) and grain trains, as well as general merchandise and mini-piggyback trains (need to get some autoracks and auto parts cars to emulate trains 32 and 33, as well as QLA). Time frame is 1975-1980, with the only aberrations being an F9B and an RS2M "morphodite". And this will all be before the Frisco mildewed (turned green graemlins/wink.gif :D )
More as I go along.
Oh yes, what about the N scale? I want to get another hollow-core door & rebuild a new N scale pike, something that is portable & can be used to introduce folks to model railroading in general, and N scale in particular.
That will happen, as I have removed all the code 100 track laid on the branch, and am in the process of replacing it with code 83 and 70 track.I tore out a lot of the scenery laid over the branch (yes, the track was still on the roadbed- don't ask), and am in the process of relaying track. The last guy to have this house before me was a modeler as well, and used, er, unconventional scenery methods and materials (how about sawdust & expandable foam as filler?).
The only thing my wife wants me to do is leave a space for the boys' Harry Potter Hogwarts set, including the infamous Platform 9 3/4. THAT space is saved, but the rest is mine.
As the name implies, Frisco will rule, with some UP diesels in runthroughs. I need to get some SCL and ATSF power for runthroughs as well (trains QLA, CTB and BTX come to mind). On the branch, it'll see a variety of diesel power, but due to the rural Southern nature, I may go toward Missouri Pacific, as I plan to have poultry feed elevators, woodchip plants, and a pulpwood facility. I may even try to do a paper mill in the area as well- this will place the line in the Arkansas/Louisiana/southeastern Oklahoma region.
Until I get a bit more organized, I'm having fun running unit coal (all-Frisco hoppers) and grain trains, as well as general merchandise and mini-piggyback trains (need to get some autoracks and auto parts cars to emulate trains 32 and 33, as well as QLA). Time frame is 1975-1980, with the only aberrations being an F9B and an RS2M "morphodite". And this will all be before the Frisco mildewed (turned green graemlins/wink.gif :D )
More as I go along.
Oh yes, what about the N scale? I want to get another hollow-core door & rebuild a new N scale pike, something that is portable & can be used to introduce folks to model railroading in general, and N scale in particular.