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Bradley Saunders
September 24, 2006

Improvements on the turnout controls

Bradley Saunders
September 24, 2006

The primary reason for this update is to talk about the turnout control design improvements that I've made.

Tagged: turnouts, turnout controls, construction ideas

Bradley Saunders
August 20, 2006

Turnout controls to be manual cable controlled

Bradley Saunders
August 20, 2006

Turnout controls for the passenger side of the module will be hidden under the layout although in easy reach of the operator.  The turnout controls use Hump Yard Purveyance mechanical track turnout levers, six of which are needed for the passenger side of the module.

Tagged: turnouts, turnout controls, construction ideas

Bradley Saunders
August 13, 2006

The new turnouts have arrived

Bradley Saunders
August 13, 2006

Well, the Wright turnouts are here and they look just great!  Its been a few weeks since my last posting and the second set of turnouts are here as well so all 24 turnouts in the module design are accounted for.

Tagged: construction ideas

Bradley Saunders
August 6, 2006

Two weeks more progress

Bradley Saunders
August 6, 2006

Here we are a couple of weekends later and most of the roadbed surfaces are now in place.  Additionally, I've completed the basic construction of the backdrop divider that separates the passenger station scene from the freight yard scene.

Tagged: construction ideas

Bradley Saunders
July 23, 2006

More on transferring the design

Bradley Saunders
July 23, 2006

As with the Canyon Module, I'm using Woodland Scenics N-scale foam roadbed.  Here you can see some fairly large pieces of that material installed, these areas being where a large section of yard sidings are planned.  Although I did some visualizing with sectional track seen here, the final track installed will be flex and specifically placed to maximize the curve radii.

Tagged: construction ideas

Bradley Saunders
July 19, 2006

Transferring the design to the frame

Bradley Saunders
July 19, 2006

So, I'm cheating here a bit by using some Märklin turnouts (as temporary stand-ins for the Wright turnouts being constructed for this module) and other track segments to do some planning as I transferred some of the tracklines to the module surface.

Tagged: track design

Bradley Saunders
July 16, 2006

Framing the module

Bradley Saunders
July 16, 2006

Couldn't wait to start framing up the module ... this photo showing the underside structure.  The framing is a bit light at the moment and I'll hold off adding any more structure until a bit later after determining where the weaker points are after adding the side paneling.

Tagged: foundation construction

Bradley Saunders
July 9, 2006

Regarding all of those turnouts

Bradley Saunders
July 9, 2006

There are 24 turnouts in this design.  Due to the need for highly reliable performance in a show environment, I've chosen to go with Wright Turnouts which I'll set up to be operated via remote manual throws.  Being a substantial number of turnouts, the first thing I did before even starting construction was to place my order with Peter.

Tagged: layout design

Bradley Saunders
July 8, 2006

Introducing the Central End Module

Bradley Saunders
July 8, 2006

This, my second major module project, introduces a freight and service yard on one side and a passenger station setting on the other.  This project began in July 2006 with the goal of reaching an initial operational state in time for the February 2007 WGH on Tour Show in Portland, OR.

Tagged: design concepts, layout design

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