Mill Street Expansion 2

The new track is in place and the first train runs over the future crossing.

In Place...

The first train have passed the new section :) and the GP turns around on the turntable.

The MOW-departments ballast hopper on the new track

Who stole the track? Still som work to be done.

Test...

Engine Depot section is ready for some testing. The last connections are made down under. Rods for switch control still missing. Now a short coffee brake :)

Results :)

... from Todays work. Team Track and loading area:

Along the tracks (with a Telephone Pole):

But a lot more to do... Clean and adjustments...

Overwiew...

... of Crawford Valley and the feed mill spur.

Testrun...

..., some real work a day without the usual work...

A Life-Like GP20 running light

Operations...

19:06 swedish summer time... ready for some operations? The tools are ready...


Loconumber put into the Intellibox and dispatch to "FredI"


The local freight is ready


A closer wiew, "Q" GP7 265 at the front.


C&EI Boxcar with fabrics to...


... Mars Textile.


A CB&Q boxcar in LCL service to


... the freight shed.


To empty hoppers ready for some grain at...


... the elevator


Modernization goes on, two old bridges sold as scrap...


... to the scrapyard. He has to watch his old "Bucyrus"


A tankcar with diesel to the fuel dealer...


... to refill to truck on the teamtrack.


Incoming...


Stop!


The caboose clears the roadcrossing.


The the front and rear end crew take a break...


The big question, how to make switching as fast as possible?


Halfways


The last car in place


The engine at front again, the whistle blows and the "Doodlebug" arrives with the evening express...


Homewards


The "Doodlebug" on the trestle on it´s way to...


19:30 finished already, not as many picture as I had hoped but the photographer got a little to excited in running trains...

A brief description of a short test, no freightcards, but some ideas...

Test run!

Warning, a real bad videoclip from this evenings test run

Some tests

Decision making? PS Dirt + D&H Grey or just D&H Grey, which track suits the freightshed and elevator best...

Just for fun...

The Depot section are now enough ready to make some switching (and testing). The module set have been mounted in the right place but still there are some stuffs that hasn´t been moved.

The shelf are going to be replaced by a background and som lights.


Just for fun a number of buildings and cars were placed on their right location to test the appearence


Tomorrow it's time for the missing four switch controls to get in place...

First look...

... towards the north entry of "Crawford Valley". It´s a recycling of a former N-RE doubletrack junction. There will be the possibility of two incoming tracks and also a short industrial connection (a quarry?) to the right. Tomorrow we will take the dynamite and remove some of the old landcape


The Depot area are also showing progress with roads and the place for the freighthouse

Prewiew

The houses and other things on their right locations just to test the feeling.

Test and trials

Puh!

After some work without pictures are Crawford Junction ready for tests and trials in the garage. The first trial was a short work for the switcher to change the loaded hoppers by the elevator to empty ones.

The NW-2 at the junction with the empty hoppers.

Ready, testing the brakes.

Out again. Here in the almost ready landscape on the south section.

Back in the Valley, pushing the cars.

And coupled to the loaded ones.

*¤#*, sorry end of battery in the camera.

Hopefully it will be more pictures from further testruns in the future.

Tracklaying finished

I made a fast decision and used a Peco c55 flextrack instead of the missing Atlas to the elevator track.

I also tested the location and height of the depot but nothing is decided yet.

Not to bad

Todays there was just some time to test the ideas and place the structures as planned.
One special is the track on the "outside" of the buildings, please notice the safety arrangement that will keep the trains on the right place despite the short distance to the edge.

Here´s also the hardboard that outlines some of the roads visible.

More testing

This sunday there was a big test driving session. Most things worked out fine except the left switch on the interchange tracks. This is the only Atlas No 5 on the module, all other switches are No 7. I´ve to take a closer look to see whats wrong.

Testing

Today it was time for some test driving. Two DC-Locos drove back and forward and tested all tracks on the module set. The picture is false because it was one loco at the time (someone, guess who, had made a bad connection). It was meant to have the possibility to disconnect the crossing line with a switch if there is a need for several DCC-boosters on a bigger module layout but that didn´t work out today.