Duckunder Terminal Railway's Prosperity, WV scene is complete

It looks absolutely tremendous great photos.

Thank you very much!

Beautiful work!  Thanks for sharing.

-Greg

Will

really nice . How much of your old layout were you able to salvage?

Thank you both!

 

I salvaged almost nothing from the original layout.  The big signal bridge in the Norfolk throat tracks is one item (see attached photos).  I did keep the beautiful Chicago Dearborn Station for a few years, but it is now gone, too.

 

 

will, what is your anticipated "completion" date (knowing that layouts are never really finished)?

 

Looks like home to me!!!

Will....your new layout has one thing in common with the original......they are both absolutely beautiful!!  I hope you consider submitting it to OGR for publication

 

Alan

Oh wow...fantastic scenes!

Will - You have done a great job recreating this town on your layout.  I too was a fan of your previous layout and it is great to see you back with a new beautiful layout.

 

Art

Very nice!  I love it. 

That is one beautiful layout Will.

 

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks again to everyone for your kind remarks.

 

Forrest asked when the entire layout will be completed.  I don't know for sure, but am guessing sometime late this year.

 

the problem with finishing a layout is, then what?

 

As for OGR doing an article, they are always welcome back.  Regardless, I will keep posting photos here from time to time.

 

Here below are two overhead photos that give some idea of how the scenes are completely isolated and separated from one another so that only one scene is visible at a time.  Even so, these photos leave out at least 6 major scenes that are out of frame.

 

 

  For those who are interested, the passenger shelter is modeled after one at Waverly, Va.  I found it in a photo in the Barringer Archives.  It is all styrene sheet and strip.

  Yes, the Slocombe and Grainger store is a tribute to Are You Being Served, a favorite of mine. 

   Clyde Klinker is individual boards for the base and body with JTT roofing sheet.  The chutes are built up from styrene.

  I had fun with the fall colors, they make a nice change from green and gives a new challenge in painting the backdrop. 

   Most of the passenger trains will have to make a swithback move to get to the platform.  Just makes the life of the crew more interesting. 

   The poles are Weaver with transformers from Keil Line and Selly.

 

The next scene will also be fall colors with two mines.  Stay tuned.

 

George Lasley

Will's reply just posted as I hit the send key.  When you are inside the layout you cannot see any other scene.  From the outside most of the scenes are isolated.

 

We built the layout higher so that most of it is close to eye level.  The main reason though was to save the knees when ducking under.  The goal was to keep the knees off the floor.  You have to bend over but not crawl.

 

Since the scenes are isolated and control is walkaround most of the turnouts are hand throws.  Machines are only used where you can't get to the turnout.

 

The Prosperity scene is on the left in the pictures.  Old King Coal I and II and Duckunder number II (number one was on the old layout)  are in the right hand part of the picture.  Roanoke is further to the left and backs up to Prosperity.

 

George

Simply gorgeous!

Peter

 Will, we (the oldest grandson and I) used to watch your videos of the old layout and we were sad when you took it down. It is great to see you running again and it looks even better!!

 Do you still have those 100 PH bricks for power???

Looks wonderful Will, the photographs and the layout!  Simply wonderful!  Bo

 

Great work, you and Lee are inspiring [and the grand-daughter] to get to work on my own lay-out. Not that it will  come half close to you gays level, of craft man ship.

Thanks to everyone again for the compliments. Come visit!