New Railroad, sorta

[Ken Huck]

Whew !  Thought I was missing something...





I also have to reposition my refuge railing. They're too close to the track and a couple of cars get hung up .

[RAM]

good going.  You just saved the section crew a lot of work.

[Ken Huck]

More for your perusal this weekend.

Been working on refuges, one board at a time...



...one refuge at a time.



Also started on the 'back fill' for the track shed.  First, I put cardboard for a foundation.  Then I added one
rock formation and then stained it.



Next, I sprinkled on dry plaster of Paris and 'misted' it until it was saturated.  You get a lot less runoff this way.
Also, if you sprinkle it someplace it shouldn't be, you can just 'mist' it away.



Overnight I let the plaster dry.  Then I stained (I use watercolor) the ground with a dirt shade.
Then added all the ground foam and shrubbery.



Finally, I added ballast.



Here's a view from the back side looking Northeast.



Here's another view from the 'high' side of my layout looking East.



The other 'matchstick' trestle with a Bachmann "HERBIE" boxcar.  Bonus points if you know what "HERBIE" stands
for.

[Ken Huck]

Finally satisfied with the finish and adjustments that I could finally run my FAVORITE engine 'across the trestle'.

Here's the old trestle, sure wished I'd get that backdrop finished.



And over the new...



...from the front...



This is the final shot of this project, really, I mean it.



Until the next time, meanwhile get all those hook-horn couples and decoders fixed.  Then take
pictures and put them up here.  Better yet, pictures of your layouts.  We can never get enough of those.

Ken

[jonathan]

That is very, very cool! Congrats on your work...

Regards,

Jonathan

[rogertra]

Excellent work, well done.

BTW, with Photobucket no longer free, what are people using to upload photos?

Cheers.

[Ken Huck]

I've been using Facebook.  Works great.

Ken

[Len]

Once you figure out where to find the links to copy, Flickr works well too.

Len

[rogertra]

Thanks guys, now back to the photo.