Bob's Butcher Shop

Bought a plastic building at the train show and converted it into a Butcher Shop.

Original Building

Weathered and signs added

oops

Old Waldo Road

Added the old Waldo road to the town of Waldo. This included bridges, crossings and the station at Sailor's Diggings. The road is made of ground clay, which is glued down and the more clay is dry brushed on top to add travel marks to the surface.

road through town

the road fit perfectly through the bents of the trestles

passing the open depot at Sailor's Diggings

the road through the notch

Happy Camp

The logging camp was moved from the old Jackpine location (now the switch back area) to Happy Camp.  The kitchen had to be suspended over the river but I got most of the structures in.  Then Gary sent me a picture of a lumber camp and I noticed all the slash logs on the hill side and a water tank, just what my hill side needed. So I put in a water tank and added stumps and logs to the area.

stumps, slash and water tank added to hill side

all the camp buildings in place

Cougar Ridge

Finally found some cougars at the Woodstock Train Show, and on sale too. Now I have the reason the lumber company is called Cougar Ridge, beside the fact there was a lumber company called that in the area I'm modeling

Gary's smoked hams

Gary gave me a Woodland Scenics Smoke House to add to my railroad.  By moving back the water tower, I could fit it in at the bend on Hobbs road, as it leaves Cave Junction.  Thanks Gary, I'm sure the folks of Cave Junction mouths are watering already.

Gary's Smoked Hams

Finding Waldo Part 3

The last section to be built will be the connection to the Cougar Ridge Lumber Co. Railroad main line.  This will be a section of hand laid track and a trestle joining the turnout from CRLC up to the first switch back.  I thought about building the two trestles at the first switch back for a while.  It would have been much easier to have no trestles at all.  However, there is a nice valley there and I like trestles.  This also allows me to model in the old wagon road to Waldo through the valley under the trestles.  It is still up in the air if the road will be still in use (bridges in the trestles) or just a few overgrown sections still visible.

building the deck for one of the trestles

putting in new road bed

some of the ties to be glued down

project completed

trestles look good, glad I went with them

Finding Waldo Part 2

The second section will hold the turnout for the last switch back, a transfer/freight and passenger station and the siding for unloading/loading freight and passengers.  The tail track of the turnout will be on a trestle as will the track joining the two turnouts of the switch backs.

Hand laid tracks and turnout

Test fitting the pieces

Most of the lumber required for the trestle

Trestle built and installed

Station and bunk house installed