Are you ready for a wee bit of deja vu? Having made some startling discoveries about the Oban Station (Period Miniatures station depot kit) that make it not fit for use, Moose commissioned Moose Model Works (TM) to develop a replacement. Okay, that's not quite right. It was a freight house kit that Moose was going to repurpose as a passenger & freight depot. Having recently started construction of a passenger-only station, Moose decided to also construct a freight-specific depot to be colocated near the passenger station... And now, the Mooseland (TM) construction crew has its hooves full with the start of work on Oban Freight House ... ... ... Again, sort of. Yeah! Here's most of the kit's parts: Note: Moose is using most of the windows and doors from the Period Miniatures freight house kit #202 on this build. Not clearly seen are all the fiddle roof braces and gablely thingies (technical term, sorry!). Also not appearing in this picture are the various supporty bits and roof panels...
No, they're for the Orca Brewing Company ... Moose'll get around to applying decals one of these days, then it will make more sense!
Moose still working on trestle installation. The ground is rather uneven at the base of the trestle, so a lot of digging and moving of dirt and rock involved. Had to add some air-dry clay to some areas. Just applied the first coat of sealer over the exposed areas this morning; a second coat and then paint will come later today... Note: If the weather turns wet this week, then da Mooses will be inside preparing trees to plant behind the trestle, then Moose'll attempt to install the trestle and track, oh my!
@Keith Thank you, good sir! There's gonna have to be a how-slow-can-you-go speed restriction on the trestle... And Moose is more than a little worried about how it'll take this wee beastie crossing it... A Johnston-Kerr Timber Company's 2-6-6-2:
Put a nylon (pantyhose) 'net' on the outside curve of the trestle to 'catch' locomotives...maybe both sides...just until you find the safest speed to run on it. JMO
The Mount Tahoma & Pacific Railway's historian just discovered two rare photos of one of the finest running locomotives the MT&P ever owned, the mighty Yellowstone No. 3500. These photos were taken shortly after delivery in ~ 1944. One was colorized by the MT&P art department to give a better impression of just how imposing this mighty beast was in her prime: And, wouldn't you know it, Uncle Joe just had to pull a prank whilst the camera person snapped the close-up shot: Background: This was originally a B&O EM-1 by Bachmann, Spectrum line. It took a wee tumble off the layout in late 2014, some 450 scale feet into the Bay outside of West Port. Several parts broke off, including the bell, a marker lamp, windows and wind-screens, of which only the bell, lamp and some of the window bits were recovered. The missing window & wind-screen bits were re-fabricated from an old Micro-Trains container and all parts attached with expert moose-hooved precision (i.e. don't look too closely!) She still runs flawlessly!!!
Considering what it went through, looks like Me Moose and shop did a fine job of rebuilding! Have a big boy that needs a new motor. Gotta find a way to somehow repower. Again, nicely done!