Several people have mentioned that working even an hour each evening results in a lot of progress & I certainly agree. During the past week following that plan, I installed the roadbed through to west of DeKays and the mainline & siding track up to the west end of Warwick. Sunday I laid track west of Warwick. Marcus came down to help out & he installed roadbed most of the way to Franklin. He also helped install salvaged Atlas code 55 switch machines in the New Haven staging yard. This project was a big PITA and definitely a two person job. Thanx Marcus, I couldn't have gotten them installed without your help! I remembered that installing them on the Peconic, my former RR, was a PITA, but I had forgotten how much of one. So, the NH staging yard is nearing completion, too. I also decided to lay out the east Maybrook yard throat & the Warwick yard throats & made an unpleasant discovery that I don't have enough salvaged turnouts to complete those yards. I'm 10 #5L short, mostly because the throwbars on the remaining salvaged turnouts are cut off on the wrong side--they were right on the Peconic but not on the L&HR. Bummer. I put in another hour or so tonight & got track laid through the east DeKays turnout. I think I need to follow up all this track work with some wiring & start running a train or two!
Here's some pix of the most recent progress:
East end of Greycourt
West end of Greycourt looking east
Looking west between Greycourt and Warwick. Limestone quarry spur to right.
East end of Warwick. Yard lead to left.
West end Warwick.
Spur off mainline between Warwick & DeKays.
Mainline between Warwick & DeKays. Looking east.
Current end of track. East turnout at DeKays.
Roadbed installed between DeKays & Franklin. Looking west.
Current end of roadbed between DeKays & Franklin.
Looking great Larry! I can't agree more on investing a little time each day on the layout. Progress on the CRI&P has been swift with that old adage.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing the progress in person.