In April, 2011, George Lasley and I began construction on the new Duckunder Terminal Railway. Today, almost seven years later, we put the finishing touches on the final scenes within the final addition. It seems like only yesterday that we began the new project.
Earlier tonight I posted photos of the Dithers & Bumstead Corporation loading dock where a new trailer has been added for transporting freshly-made Dagwood sandwiches to local markets (https://ogrforum.com/...bumstead-corporation).
Now here are pictures of the last building, the venerable So. Omaha Terminal Warehouse, which models the real thing that was only recently razed in Omaha. The beat-up, ugly old building specialized in receiving dog food in bulk for the Omaha area.
A crane is hoisting a new HVAC unit for placement atop the So. Omaha Terminal Warehouse. The crane is a veteran of the original Duckunder Terminal Railway. It seems fitting that the crane would be the final element added to the new Duckunder since it was among the first to be removed from the old layout.
The scene surrounding the ugly warehouse is the Columbus, Ohio terminus of the N&W, which I model. Above it sits the big yard at Portsmouth, Ohio. Also modeled are Norfolk Terminal (coal pier, merchandise yard, and passenger terminal); Suffolk (with Planters Peanuts and the iconic Lipton Tea plant, as well as five other industries); Roanoke; Properity, WV (two coal tipples); William, WV (two more large coal tipples); and the York Fork branch (three more coal tipples). In all there are nine interesting coal mines with tipples scattered around the new Duckunder. Lastly, on its own "Duck Island" is a large engine terminal with turntable and roundhouse. The Duck Island terminal boasts its own power plant and water treatment plant.
George Lasley scratch-built the So. Omaha Terminal Warehouse building (the second time he built one--the first is on a friend's layout in Omaha) as well as all the other buildings in the photos. As usual, he brought the scene to life!
All are welcome to visit if you get to Raleigh.
