| Skip’s layout
is shown in two sections. There is a 2’ X 32’
Switching area with 4 levels and the main layout which is 22’ X
39’. Besides the TRAVELING BOXCAR, the highlight of Skip's
railroad is his Scratchbuilt
Roundhouse and his High Iron
Bridge. |
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A pair of
Beeps doing switching duty. Bringing the
Traveling Boxcar down grade.
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| After handling off to a Williams SW-1 the Traveling Boxcar is brought further down grade to be handed off to… |
| A
Williams C-630 |
| Here the Travelin Boxcar is caught on the high iron waiting to be picked up by… |
| A Reading GP-35. Unloading paper products at the local City Litho Company |
| Now The Traveling Boxcar is being loaded with grain products. |
| This is a scratch built roundhouse that has 17 stalls and covers an area of about 4’ by 8’. The roundhouse was built in place, one stick at a time. The frame is ¼ inch square and is skinned with 1/32 aircraft plywood. The structure will eventually have a grant line windows and simulated roll up doors. The turntable is a Bowser and is 32 inches long. The yellow railing is brass wire soldered together and then painted. Starting on the right side of the picture, the roundhouse stalls grow from 10” to 30”. The track in the lower right of the picture goes around the building and makes it way toward the high iron in the last picture. The turntable and all the radii track in the roundhouse have a single dedicated power source. The main layout is TMCC, while the switching layout is transformer controlled. |
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Now looking towards the high iron
bridge. This is a Miami Valley bridge kit. |