Duckunder pictures - bird's eye view, roundhouse & powerplant, and Norfolk coal pier

Does the rotary tipple work?

 

great stuff, will!

Very impressive, indeed.

 

Thanks for posting, Will.

Forrest, the tipple works only if you have a great imagination, are far away, and are very near-sighted!  (George could have made it work, but it was just too much cost to make it function.)  

 

Best,

Many thanks, Jon.  Come visit if you get to Raleigh.

Great scenes, Will!  I love the looks of the coal dump ramp.  What was the source of the tall building to the right of the ramp?  Beautiful work!

 

Art

Thanks for the invite, Will. I would greatly enjoy seeing your layout. I love North Carolina and has been on my short list of a possible move-to state. My escalating arthritis and I have both grown tired of Minnesota winters.

Will; more great photos.

Will,

 

That's all I can say is WOW WOW WOW. Truly amazing scene's !!!!!!!!

 

Will, can you take a couple of photos of the ship over in the corner.

I would like to see some more of that area

 

Alex

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all i can say is amazing craftsmanship. could you take a couple of closeup pics of the coal tipple and  what is the approx size of it. only one thing wrong with what i see this stuff is on your layout not mine.

Outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wil,

 

Top shelf work.  Great pictures.  Thank you for sharing.

As Jimmy Fallon says: "That's what I'm talkin about".

Great photos and an outstanding job all around. Just super!

Great job!

Thanks for all your wonderful comments. Let me see if I can answer a few questions.

 

The large building to the right of the coal pier is Norfolk Union Station.  The prototype was twice as wide ( 20 windows)  but the same height and depth.  It was an odd looking structure.  It was torn down some years ago.  It is scratchbuilt from styrene and brick sheet.  There are 116 Tichy window castings plus a lot of other Tichy parts.  The top moldings are from the lumber yard moldings rack.

 

The coal pier was inspired by N&W pier 4 at Lamberts Point.  It was designed to be viewed from the end so is not quite long enough to take a 34' hopper.  The dumper will move but is not powered.  Central Valley girder sets form most of the structure along with a number of Atlas HO girder bridges.  Lots of Evergreen shapes and sheets thrown in for good measure.  The flag on top is 48 stars.  Overall height is 24" or so.  The Barney pusher behind the hopper is holding the car in place and can be moved up or down the slope.

 

The ship is a composite of several show in Prince's N&W book.  It is mostly Evergreen sheets and shapes.  I wish there was room for the stern half.

 

Hope this answers your questions.  Feel free to ask more.

 

George Lasley

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments. Thanks to George for providing the detailed info in answer to your questions. 


Will

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George and Will, you captured the look of the coal pier nicely   Every time I go by Lambert's Point I say to myself "There goes another chunk of West Virginia, must be nothing left but a big hole there after 100+ years of mining"

Will:

 

Great scenes!

 

What kit did you build your power station from?

 

Zac

Zac,

That's not a kit! George scratch built it to fit the odd triangular space we had theee.


Will

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Alex,

Thanks for your interest. I will post some photos of the ship later today.

Will

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Very nice work on that layout, Guys.  i guess that you could say that your economy is certainly based on coal!  Seems that your layout is about ready for prime time (an article in OGR, real soon!)

 

Paul Fischer

Will

thanks for sharing. Amazing how fast you were able to recreate a quality RR

will, given the eye-level height of the layout and the "compartmentalized scenes," (my description) how will you operate the layout?  seems like it would have to be a walk around process following a given train.

Forrest,

Yes, exactly!  It's a lot of fun.


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Thank you, Art.  I think George posted about the building last night.  He built it from scratch, as he does so many things.  OGR should do a feature article just on his work!

Thanks, Spence.

OK, Alex, as promised, here are a few more photos of that area and the ship (or half of it, anyway).

 

 

I'll try to take some close-ups of the rotary tipple tomorrow and post them.  Many thanks for your comments.

Many thanks, Don.

Appreciate that, Marty. I know I'm welcome any time at your place, and the same is true for you here.  You and all OGR Forum members are always welcome if you find yourself coming to Raleigh.   can also arrange for tours of at least two other great O-gauge layouts nearby, one 2-rail an one 3-rail. 

Thanks, Bill.  Much appreciated.

Thank you.  You are always welcome, as all OGR Forum members are, to visit when in Raleigh.

Thank you.  Come visit!

That's funny, Bob!  I think a lot of folks would agree with you.

 

I love the Seaboard, too, especially since I used to work for the road.

Paul, many thanks for your kind remarks.  Yep, the N&W existed primarily on moving coal!

Steve, that's a story in itself.  I learned so many valuable lessons from building y first gigantic layout that I was able to build this one very quickly indeed.  It's about half the size of the other one, and much more fun for me to operate and admire.

Hi Will,

 

Thanks for the close up shots of the ship, it's outstanding as the rest of your scenery !!!!!!

 

 

Thanks again,

Alex

WIll,  you and George certainly have done a terrific job on this!

There is such an 'aura or reality' that shows forth from most of the photos...

 

Will,

 

some very nice work!

 

Thanks for sharing.