The Gorge
The Gorge has been an area on our layout left unfinished for
several years. The why is unimportant, but we are finally ready to start.
If you look closely at the area you can count a total of six
bridges that need to be placed and worked in over the yet to be river. Two of
the front facing bridges are of a wooden trestle design and one of the crossings
in the rear is a small wooden bridge which has been super detailed. Hopefully it
will fit in perfectly with the soon to be scenery. Two of our main lines cross
this gorge and the bridges for these lines will reflect this usage. These have
not yet been completed but are being worked on.
Stayed tuned for further updates as we move along on our
construction.
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An overall view of the area to be worked on. Some of the rough
scenery has been completed and the basic outlines of the gorge has been
set. The gorge is located next to our logging area and should fit in
nicely with the theme. |
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A view from the front showing two of our wooden trestle bridges. |
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Another front view. |
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The view from the rear showing one of the main lines where a new
bridge will be installed to replace the plywood board we now have
crossing the gorge. This view also shows the narrow gauge line and the
soon to be placed 'Dinky Creek' bridge. |
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It's February 20 and Chugger is getting ready to start the scenery
on the 'Gorge'. Here he's rounding up and preparing the molds to cast
several different wall sections for the area. |
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It's mid March and we can see Hugh has started to work in one of the
tunnel protals. Also to the left in the picture we can see one of the
stone retainer walls he has added. The bridge above is temporary and
will soon be replaced, |
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Hugh has added another portal below the steel bridge in this
picture. |
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