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LAYOUT PHOTOS - 1970's and '80s - PART III |
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These photos were shot during construction of my next layout in 1986. The plan was based on a John Armstrong track plan. It was to be a large multi-level HO layout which was to occupy one-half of my basement in Frankfort, Illinois. As luck would have it, the layout reached the stage these photos depict when my employer, Allis-Chalmers, announced they would be closing our plant at the end of 1986. My attention turned to job hunting and when in late 1986 I was offered a position with the new firm in Columbus, Ohio work halted on layout construction. |
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As shown at left, background sky is painted and some upper level roadbed in in place. This layout was also open grid, "L" girder construction using 5/8" plywood and homasote board. |
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As shown at right, this was the engine facility and yard at Cedar Creek. Note the mirror in the far left of the photo gives the illusion of more distance. A hidden staging yard was located below this view. |
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Left, this view shows the lower and upper level roadbed and sub-roadbed and the line leading to lower staging. Most of the track on this layout was Atlas NS code 100 flex. |
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Right, this view shows the engine facility from the opposite view as shown in the second photo at right. The upper level trackwork in the background included a wye. |
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Prior to the sale of my home and relocation to Ohio, this layout too had to come down. It was with a saddened eye that I took the crow-bar and saw to my work and piled the remnants of this version of the Cedar Creek & Western in my driveway to be hauled away to the landfill. I did, however, donate usable pieces to some friends in the area who were in the process of building their layouts. |
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