IHRR Discontinued...

A big rebuilding of my (and my girlfriends) house have made it necessary to dismantle the IHRR, Sometime in the future there will be a new one :)

Arrival at (New) Scotland Yard...

... today the first train run from Crawford Valley to Scotland Yard. It's a small junction and freight yard in the so far not named city...

Arriving with the "High Line" in background.

Stopped where the future commuter platform will appear.

Moved in to the freight house (or where it will be as a background building...)

Below the temporary "High Line"-bridge

There is also an short Loco Track...

At the Team Tracks

Run around and ready for departure to Hidden Lake (Staging)

More Painting...

... to make the industrial district deeper...

A Warehouse and an Elevator

A hill and the Brewery

Small Works...

..., a bit of landscaping. Work on the far side making ready for the Feed Mill and Lumber Yard.

Some rolling stock at the team track, BRMX with renumbered brothers (120, 123, 128, 131 and 181). Black lettering made it easy, just a small, small pen.

Painting...

... and making the layout bigger ;)

Looking along the road eastwards (mixing RL, pencil, brush with acrylics and photos...)

Hiding behind Coop Storage on the plain

Further south on the hillside of the valley

The Sky is not the limit...

...( any longer)

My first attempt to paint the backdrop. A little hill with trees rises behind the elevator. Still alot to do but a good start.

The nonexistent Train...

... or a mad idea...

Working on the removeable bridge section, I got an idea to make some different.

A train that ain't no train.

Instead two drilled holes in the rear wall...

And that together with a flashlight from behind looks real impressive...

Circle closed...

...at least. After some work today I ran the first train around the room.

Extra 265 West ready at the staging(Fiddletown).

It takes left in the Y...

Passing over the new old bridge...

 

And arrive to the industrial district in "No Name (Yet) City" and the Brewery.

Other end of the small Yard.

And arrives at a well known place, Crawford Valley.

And at last arriving to the staging again through the Y

Power Off.

Be aware, the light in the tunnel...

...might be a train (but that's another story)

Shelf layout ;) ...

... together with the landscaping I've mounted a shelf beyond the layout.

Some landscape...

... or at least som basic terraforming to the right. White Styrofoam, some filler, grinding and then light brown paint(secret recipe)

Lägg till bildtext

Sssch! Secret recipe= Biltema Café wallpaint with some extra brown added...

Premier run...

..., first train  at south end.

Switching the lumber mill (just imagine ;) )

Boxcars at the Feed Mill.

Control Panel close up.

Test Equipment...

... when mounting "recycled" Conrad Switchmotors. They got an annoying habit to malfunction and instead of being mad when they are in their right place I soldered together a small box containing a switch, three LED:s. and a socket.

Toggled :)

On the workbench...

... is it a lot more easy to make connections and solder instead of working below a "static" layout.

Closer wiew of the rear side of the South End Control Panel

Operations...

A plan with the industries in Crawford Valley

Tracklaying...

... proceeding southways. A Feed Mill and a Lumber Yard will be located in this part together with the junction where the south branchline connects. To the right there are going to be a piece of abandoned track along the creek...

A wiew from the other direction.