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Building a **** on Wheels scene

S SinnOGR Forum Member

I am just about to start combining two of my passions, On30 trains and tabletop wargaming, in this case bachmann spectrum with 28mm scale wild west wargames figures, setting is broadly 1850s-1880s.  I am looking at building a town scene similar to that seen in season 2 of **** on Wheels. What I would like to know is, at what point was ballasting of track as we are familiar with it today employed?  I noticed on the TV series that for the most part there is no ballasting of track, sleepers seem to be pretty much laid on cut ground or bare ground, but TV shows and historical accuracy are often strangers.  I figure the best source of accurate information is close to the roots of railroads like the D&RGW or C&S.

cheers

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CH colorado hirailerOGR Forum Member

Not familiar with that TV show, and have only seen one photo of a moving railroad

construction town.  It was, like a mining camp, say Creede, Colo, when first built,

a row of quickly thrown up skeleton buildings with a reputation for fights and cheap

life.  Early roads, especially some to mining camps, were  just rails on cross ties (sleepers) on leveled bare ground.  Ballast came at a more leisurely pace.

FM Former Member
I too am a 54mm war gamer and model railroader, so if I understand correctly, you would like to re-create (model) early western gold mining town?
 
ncng
 
 
Originally Posted by Sinn:

I am just about to start combining two of my passions, On30 trains and tabletop wargaming, in this case bachmann spectrum with 28mm scale wild west wargames figures, setting is broadly 1850s-1880s.  I am looking at building a town scene similar to that seen in season 2 of **** on Wheels. What I would like to know is, at what point was ballasting of track as we are familiar with it today employed?  I noticed on the TV series that for the most part there is no ballasting of track, sleepers seem to be pretty much laid on cut ground or bare ground, but TV shows and historical accuracy are often strangers.  I figure the best source of accurate information is close to the roots of railroads like the D&RGW or C&S.

cheers

 

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