Roadbed, again

Using cork flooring underlayment presents lots of great opportunity to make the roadbed very flowing and it is also a great value versus buying the normal stuff from Midwest.

Problem is, it is a bit more textured than I like, so I hit it with a belt sander with a 120 grit belt loaded.

It makes dust and can be a bit loud.

You can just see the orange body of the sander...

Doswell continues to take shape

Roadbed has been extended into the station and crossing area at Doswell. A couple of additional pieces are needed before the belt sander is applied and track begins.

This means that I need to figure out the lift bridge necessary to cross the aisle sooner than later.

Track layout is very prototypical here so it should be very engaging to operate.

November Work Session Recap

Lots of progress was made by the crew that arrived east of Richmond on Saturday the 3rd of November.

I'd like to thank Don, Dick, Keith, Bob, Mike and John for attending and pushing the railroad along.

Roadbed was laid, track was placed and backdrops were hung.

Don working to glue down cork for roadbed north of the Hamilton CP

Bob and Dick serving on the track crew.

Curved backdrops really let you focus on the railroad.

As always, you can see more pictures on the main site - http://richmond-terminal.org

[taps mic] Testing, 1...2...3..

Some progress made in real life, but nothing really on the electronic front for the layout.

Did get an article published in the LDSig's Journal this quarter.

Let me grab the memory cards and start putting content together again.