Bill-
Received the latest
Roundtable today. Good job!
As a charter member of the DVSG, I feel that I have an affinity for the LVSG -- even though Frank Titman is the only original member still active in the club. (Others were Elwood Whitworth [Bortz brother-in-law] and John & Harold Bortz. Bob Christ joined us shortly thereafter.)
FYI, I have attached a shot taken today in what used to be the kids' ping-pong room. After that, it was the office of "3/16 'S'cale Railroading," and now it provides a 17'x12' extension to my train room.
I have just finished debugging the track and wiring. The two trains now run the entire length of the double-track main line.
The upper loco is a NYC Class H-6 (Overland USRA 2-8-2); the other is a NYC H-10b (River Raisin). The four-track area at the left is an 18'-long staging yard that serves both New Haven CT (southeast end) and Springfield MA (east end).
Yet to be connected is the main terminal at Troy NY (north/west end). Troy is beyond
the wall in the center of the picture. The two passenger trains in the upper right
are in another staging yard that serves New York City (south end) and Springfield/New
York Central. The muddy portion of the photo beyond the doorway at the upper right
contains the passenger complex at Cornwall Bridge CT.
There is a through passenger station as well as a stub-ended MU terminal there. Eventually there will be an electric loco shop in the far corner beyond Cornwall Bridge.
Behind the reefer block in the foreground are two portions of a Scherzer rolling lift bridge. It will be detailed and installed immediately above the red/white/yellow beach ball.
Soon a lot of the trackage occupied by the reefer block will be covered with a small yard that serves a barge operation, much like Frank Titman's Spiral Hill. (This yard already exists, salvaged from the previous layout.) The track servicing this yard will cross a drawbridge (not yet in hand) and tie into the upper level where it penetrates the wall adjacent to the doorway.
Immediately below the foreground track (seen in the lower right) is wife Ilze's pantry. Behind me is a two-door 4'x12' walk-in storage closet. Cabinets left over from a kitchen remodel provide railroad-oriented storage beneath the trackage. The covered corner is 1/8" masonite.
Dick Karnes
