Model Railroad Construction

Progress Photos

(This page is always changing and is updated as layout construction develops.)

 

(Click on thumbnail for larger view)

Description

Layout room (12 by 20 feet)

Initial benchwork support

Initial benchwork support

 

Benchwork over bar sink
Start of HomaBed installation at staging yard
Application of drywall joint compound on HomaBed
HomaBed on drop leaf leaving staging yard
Start of spline construction at plywood yard
Continuing spline construction
End point of initial spline construction showing detailed cross section at siding
Turnout construction starts in staging yard.  I'm using Fast Tracks Twist Ties and other tools for the turnout construction.
FIRST RUN!

First DCC powered run in staging yard on February 7, 2008.  RGS 42 is in the foreground, and RGS 461 is in the background.

Off we go!

Installation of hardboard backdrop and fascia
This photo and the next one exemplify one of those rare occasions when the railroad room was somewhat organized and clean, as all good hobby rooms should be all the time.  It so happens I got a burst of energy between projects and decided to document this auspicious occasion.
First scenery construction, leaving Ridgway
First scenery along ledge above workbench
First scenery, headed toward Brown
First scenery, pulling in to Brown

 

Home Page and Index

Rio Grande Southern History

Colorado Photos

Layout Design