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Railroad pictures
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:35 am
by aww
Just some pictures
Allan
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:27 am
by Big Jim
What are all of those blobs along the tracks?
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:04 am
by aww
Jim
Blobs? Those are the heads of roofing nails driven into the ply 3/4 plywood. The rail is steel, hand laid and soldered to the "blobs". I dislike spikes, and this way the rail stays put. I guess I should color them dark.
Allan
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:35 pm
by bob turner
Captures the spirit of old-time O Scale. Very nice.
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:53 pm
by PRR Man
is that steel girder resting on a 6x6 wood post?
when the wood shrinks over time, there'll be a sagging floor above it.
nice railroad.
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 5:03 pm
by aww
Chris
The steel I beams run the full length of the house and are held up by welded pipe set into concrete pads. The 6x6's were used to hold everything up while they welded it. They just left them in place.
Allan
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:12 pm
by sarge
Alan:
It's classic American O at its best, no pretenses. Well done!
Don't stop.
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:48 pm
by robert.
very much like my basement minus the railroad. how do you keep the steel rail from rusting?
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:35 pm
by Pacific Limited
It's cool
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:38 am
by E7
To me, it is reminiscent of the style of the late John Armstrong's pike. I like it a lot.
Rich
Re: Railroad pictures
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:32 pm
by R.K. Maroon
More and better pictures of Allan's switching layout. Like everything he did, it featured unusual and unique construction techniques. Allan was a true free spirit, for better or worse unencumbered by the usual ways of doing things.
Jim