Day 31
Looking real barn’ish!
With the addition of the roof trusses the building is suddenly becoming a barn! We had no idea how big this building was going to be until we saw the first truss go up. It towers over the existing building. Its going to be quite impressive!
Lots of pictures today….
The lower level is completely closed in now and changes the feel of the space quite a bit. Long way to go yet, but is does seem like a milestone.
Today we awoke to a brilliant blue sky day! After what seems like a month of cloudy cold weather this is very welcome! Also makes for great pictures. We had spring in the winter, summer in the spring and winter in the spring, now it looks like we will actually get spring in the spring! Hopefully this will extend into the weekend too.
Its going to be like a cathedral up here.
No, I didn’t over-saturate these images with colour, its just what it looks like out there today. Maybe I am noticing it more as its been cloudy for a month or so.
Another one going up. These should be done this morning at the pace these guys work. As they build them in place then raise them up, I wonder how they will get the last few done?
-Tim
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I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!
Posted by: Tim | 04-19-2007 | 09:04 AM
Posted in: Barn Raisin'!
Looking great Tim. I built my own 2200 s.f. log home by myself and has a gambrel trussed roof as well. Without an experienced crew and few willing family to help – mine took a wee bit longer. Also built my own purpose built RR building, but did have a club full of guys (12-15) that assisted for 8 straight weekends. That one is 1680 s.f. and went up a whole lot faster.
I know the feeling of the construction making and taking shape. Will expand – then contract and finally become. Congratulations.
-ed mccamey-
Now I will be able to see what the heck is going on over there. It won’t be such a surprise when we come down in July to see it for ourselves. Looks great.