Originally Posted by David Minarik:
Matt,
Looks cool man! Do you have more photos of the roundhouse?
Dave
Here you go.
Here's a "night shot" showing the interior LED lighting.
Here's the welder working on a trailing truck. Must be a government employee like myself since he's been working on that thing for months and a supervisor is watching constantly.
Here's a full shot. The area has since been completely finished off with ground cover.
Interior shot. Each bay can support a UP Big Boy. Because of space restrictions, the track indexing on the turntable was altered to move 10 degrees instead of 7.5 by changing the pulley and instructing the users on how to properly position the turntable.
Side view. The windows came from Rusty Stumps and are resin-over-cardstock fabrications. The detailing is find without the window falling apart when you even look at it.
The smoke vents actually work, plus there's an exhaust fan to suck the smoke out of the building. We have a basic rule that smoke units are turned off when the locomotives are in the stalls to prevent fouling the windows.
Rear View.
Close-up. There are work benches and equipment inside.
Another interior close-up.
The Rusty Stumps windows can be set to the open position with some judicious cutting. Just don't touch them afterward.
Cab forward in one of the bays.
The access hatch cover is the base for the machine shop.