1:1 Scale
Finally the new building for Fast Tracks has started! Today the heavy equipment showed up and started clearing out the site. I will be posting a daily Raising a Barn picture on the site, be sure to check it out and follow the progress!
-Tim
A Momentary Interruption with a Non-Bronx Post.
People who have been following the old Port Kelsey blog will know we have been waiting to get started on a new building for Fast Tracks. Well, today it finally got started!
At the crack of dawn, which is a crack too early for me, equipment showed up and started clearing out the location where the building will be built. There was a few decades of crud there that all needed to be cleared away. Watching them do this job with heavy equipment makes me want to sell my shovel. What would have taken me all summer took a couple of hours.
I took a shot of the action from the opposite corner of the yard, and will try to do so everyday until the build is complete. Should be interesting to watch the progress.
Here is day 1.
To follow the progress click on the Raising a Barn category.
Now, back to the Bronx.
btw, Getting this building up will free up the space for the Bronx Terminal layout, so the timing is perfect.
-Tim
In HO Scale
Click on image for uber-large view….
I had the track plan plotted out full size for HO scale to get a feel for the size of the completed layout. Here is a shot with some HO cars and the completed sections of track placed on it.
Its actually larger than I thought, especially the curved freight house in the centre, which scales out to 25″x22″.
I have almost completed the design of the 4th and 5th sections and hope to build these this week sometime. I will post some pictures of the design work as soon as they are complete.
-Tim
