You have given A LOT of thought to adding an industry. Thank you for sharing the helix progress I find it helpful for any building I may do. Many things are in the works personally for me to possibly acquire the room to build a layout.
Great update! Can't wait to see where you end going with this plan. Paper mills are busy places.. at least they were back in the day. We had no less then 3 major mills here in the St.Catharines/Thorold area, Ontario Paper being the biggest with the most complex amount of trackage. Looking good!
Funny that you mentioned Thorold. The other (smaller) paper plant on my layout is a somewhat to scale replica of the old Fraser Brothers paper mill at the end of the Pine Street Spur. I was lucky enough to have visited it while it was still in business, so I have photos. Also had access to CN engineering drawings when I scratchbuilt it.
Nice work and update! My helix construction went very similar to yours, but a few years back. I chose single track, but am coming up 5 turns. My inspiration came from a Jeff Johnston article in MR and his video here on YT.
Sto seguendo il lavoro che stai facendo per l' ampliamento del tuo plastico con una zona industriale sicuramente molto bello il lup con il fascio dei. cinque binari buon lavoro a presto
Trying to get the final benchwork and surface level subroadbed to line up properly to connect with the existing layout. This was always going to be the trickiest part, as multiple elevations have to be supported above the staging yard where there is limited room for risers.
Get a four-foot rule and tack it down flush to your track. You may have to lay down loose cork to get the height right. You can the press tight to the rule edge. Any straight edge will work. You lay pretty clean looking track. Nice work. The helix staging is inspired. You get a really long track with very low space use. There was a idea in and old Model RR magazine. Put a tortoise under places in staging to go up and down. Hold the cars until release acts as a break.
I admire and appreciate the thought going into your design. I especially like the idea of having retired out of service service track to represent change and upgrades to the industry. Adds an element of time and realism, especially considering often decommissioned tracks are just left in place to decay. Will you be bringing in any wood chips, log loads etc. On flats or high capacity open hoppers? I see opportunity for a siding and an off loading landing in the top corner perhaps (if my brain is thinking about the process correctly?)
I got a few comments about this. Not unexpected. Unfortunately, the wood chip piles are located across the mainline, so I would have to squeeze in a curved turnout off the main, on a grade, unless I used the spot I had planned to used for the mill switcher service area for unloading (which would require re-thinking the location of the chip piles). From the photos I've seen it would need to be more substantial in size, and I wanted to preserve the scenery to track ratio. Furthermore, based on my latest track plan, the small yard will quickly run out of space, even without wood chip or log cars. Plus, I figured that in New England there are plenty of raw materials close by such that log/chip shipments by rail are not necessary or cost effective for the mill. Still time to think about it though ...
I got a few comments about this. Not unexpected. Unfortunately, the wood chip piles are located across the mainline, so I would have to squeeze in a curved turnout off the main, on a grade, unless I used the spot I had planned to used for the mill switcher service area for unloading (which would require re-thinking the location of the chip piles). From the photos I've seen it would need to be more substantial in size, and I wanted to preserve the scenery to track ratio. Furthermore, based on my latest track plan, the small yard will quickly run out of space, even without wood chip or log cars. Plus, I figured that in New England there are plenty of raw materials close by such that log/chip shipments by rail are not necessary or cost effective for the mill. Still time to think about it though ...
You have given A LOT of thought to adding an industry. Thank you for sharing the helix progress I find it helpful for any building I may do. Many things are in the works personally for me to possibly acquire the room to build a layout.
Glad it was helpful!
Really nice job on the track work and helix! Things are looking great. Looking forward to seeing some trains on that extension!
You and me both!
Great update!
Can't wait to see where you end going with this plan.
Paper mills are busy places.. at least they were back in the day. We had no less then 3 major mills here in the St.Catharines/Thorold area, Ontario Paper being the biggest with the most complex amount of trackage.
Looking good!
Funny that you mentioned Thorold. The other (smaller) paper plant on my layout is a somewhat to scale replica of the old Fraser Brothers paper mill at the end of the Pine Street Spur. I was lucky enough to have visited it while it was still in business, so I have photos. Also had access to CN engineering drawings when I scratchbuilt it.
All those paper mill designs are exceptional 👍🏽…
Glad you like them!
Nice work and update! My helix construction went very similar to yours, but a few years back. I chose single track, but am coming up 5 turns. My inspiration came from a Jeff Johnston article in MR and his video here on YT.
Cool, thanks!
Very impressive layout, like that helix
Thank you.
THANK YOU FOR DETAIL VIDEO OF BUILD WITH LOT DETAIL
My pleasure!
Sto seguendo il lavoro che stai facendo per l' ampliamento del tuo plastico con una zona industriale sicuramente molto bello il lup con il fascio dei. cinque binari buon lavoro a presto
Grazie mille!
Very impressive!
Thank you! Keeping an eye on your massive layout build as well. Cheers!
@@QNERailroad I appreciate your patronage!
I really like the addition to the original layout and looking forward to seeing more in the future so how is the next video coming along
Trying to get the final benchwork and surface level subroadbed to line up properly to connect with the existing layout. This was always going to be the trickiest part, as multiple elevations have to be supported above the staging yard where there is limited room for risers.
Get a four-foot rule and tack it down flush to your track. You may have to lay down loose cork to get the height right. You can the press tight to the rule edge. Any straight edge will work. You lay pretty clean looking track. Nice work. The helix staging is inspired. You get a really long track with very low space use. There was a idea in and old Model RR magazine. Put a tortoise under places in staging to go up and down. Hold the cars until release acts as a break.
Thanks for the comment. I remember that article. I sometimes use a long plywood strip as a straight-edge. Four feet is not long enough!
I admire and appreciate the thought going into your design. I especially like the idea of having retired out of service service track to represent change and upgrades to the industry. Adds an element of time and realism, especially considering often decommissioned tracks are just left in place to decay. Will you be bringing in any wood chips, log loads etc. On flats or high capacity open hoppers? I see opportunity for a siding and an off loading landing in the top corner perhaps (if my brain is thinking about the process correctly?)
I got a few comments about this. Not unexpected. Unfortunately, the wood chip piles are located across the mainline, so I would have to squeeze in a curved turnout off the main, on a grade, unless I used the spot I had planned to used for the mill switcher service area for unloading (which would require re-thinking the location of the chip piles). From the photos I've seen it would need to be more substantial in size, and I wanted to preserve the scenery to track ratio. Furthermore, based on my latest track plan, the small yard will quickly run out of space, even without wood chip or log cars. Plus, I figured that in New England there are plenty of raw materials close by such that log/chip shipments by rail are not necessary or cost effective for the mill. Still time to think about it though ...
Indeed, that May make it possibly too much
Wow Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
looks awsome!
Thanks!
Sheldon it looks great wìth lot of brain keep it up
That's the plan!
Going to subscribe to your channel
Much appreciated!
I see you have some pop wood stacks have you thought about adding one track for pulpwood cars since you're looking for car variety
I got a few comments about this. Not unexpected. Unfortunately, the wood chip piles are located across the mainline, so I would have to squeeze in a curved turnout off the main, on a grade, unless I used the spot I had planned to used for the mill switcher service area for unloading (which would require re-thinking the location of the chip piles). From the photos I've seen it would need to be more substantial in size, and I wanted to preserve the scenery to track ratio. Furthermore, based on my latest track plan, the small yard will quickly run out of space, even without wood chip or log cars. Plus, I figured that in New England there are plenty of raw materials close by such that log/chip shipments by rail are not necessary or cost effective for the mill. Still time to think about it though ...
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