What's New on the PRR Panhandle Division?

[gregj410]

Looking good George. That aught a really pop when you get some scenery and some trains running in the foreground.

[G3750]

Looking good George. That aught a really pop when you get some scenery and some trains running in the foreground.

Thanks, I think it turned out much better than my expectations.

I can't wait to get it all together.

George

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I can't wait to get it all together.

Neither can we!!!!!!!!

Get on with it now!

[G3750]

I can't wait to get it all together.

Neither can we!!!!!!!!

Get on with it now!

Hey, I'm paddling as fast as I can.

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George

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I can't wait to get it all together.

Neither can we!!!!!!!!

Get on with it now!

Hey, I'm paddling as fast as I can.

And, I have my trusty lab assistant keeping an eye (or 2) on your progress!

[G3750]

With help like that, what could go wrong?

George

[Rufus T. Firefly]

With help like that, what could go wrong?

George

Someone one has to look over your shoulder to keep you on the straight & narrow,

[G3750]

Despite the help provided by the Rufus' assistant , here's an update for 7/4/2016:

With the help of my friend Price, the western mainline and Coal Mine Spur were re-assembled. The geometry is a bit different, but the tracks now line up correctly as they approach the bridge.

Here's the area before the work.

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And here is the area after re-assembly.

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The track has not been fastened down yet, nor have I added the super-elevation yet (you can see the blue wire for it). This will be done after the bridge is fixed in place.

George

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Despite the help provided by the Rufus' assistant

Had to let him go.... Kept doing "The Humpty Dance" in the lab...

Got a replacement for you though...young lad that will really keep an eye on things for you:

[rogruth]

Rufus, Looks as if he learned from you.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus, Looks as if he learned from you.

Another well trained alumni from my labs..........

[G3750]

Forgot to mention that the Hidden Passing Siding ultimately became a casualty of expediency. The rightmost (Weirton) end of the siding where it joined the turnout was too difficult a fit with the backdrop, so I cut the siding. It is now a trailing point spur accessed from the Steubenville side. I've justified this in view of the need to immediately get trains going and that the arrangement will be (relatively) short-lived.

That's the way the cookie crumbles.

It's not a big loss and furthers the greater goal - installing the bridge and running trains!

George

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That's the way the cookie crumbles.

I also like cookies.......

It's not a big loss....

Crumbling cookies is a tragedy

and furthers the greater goal - installing the bridge and running trains!

Open in August perchance? Maybe around the 13th,

[G3750]

That's the way the cookie crumbles.

I also like cookies.......

It's not a big loss....

Crumbling cookies is a tragedy

and furthers the greater goal - installing the bridge and running trains!

Open in August perchance? Maybe around the 13th,

You mean to coincide with the 2-rail Scale Show in Strasburg?

That is a distinct possibility. Not out of the running at all. The artist will be back at work next Sunday or Monday. That weekend (7/15-7/16) could see bridge work taking place. Figure on at 1-2 week wrap-up of installation (piers, river surface, abutments) and a shake-out period and we're there.

Barring the unexpected, consider yourself invited.

George

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Barring the unexpected, consider yourself invited.

Cool! Now if SWMBO is willing......and let's hope there isn't an earthquake or a plague of locusts, or another sharknado with sharks with laser beams......