PAGE 1 - JANUARY 19 TO 27, 2008
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BUILDING THE NEW RAILROAD PAGE 1 - JANUARY 19 TO 27, 2008 |
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| The wall is now gone. The railroad room is now ready for construction. The wall on the left is 45 feet long. The room is 12.5 feet wide plus an extra area under the stairs. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BEFORE - On the west side of the basement where the indoor railroad will go, there was a separate room divider with double doors. This wall has got to go! | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| The first part of the benchwork is now installed, 27 inches deep, 43 inches high. There will be a five-track yard at this location. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Here it is after some paint and the installation of three tracks. A track from outside will wind around the room from an elevation of 85 inches off the floor down to 43. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| It's the afternoon of Saturday the 26th. Two more 8-foot sections of benchwork have been installed. The section closest to the lamp will contain all the turnouts for the train yard. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| It's Sunday morning. Two three-way switches have been installed. These were scratchbuilt several years ago and have never been exposed to the weather. | On Sunday evening the turnouts have been connected to four of the yard tracks. All the new trackage is handlaid, using rails and ties recycled from the old railroad. | ||||||||||||||||||||