Side Projects

This drawing shows a scratch building project I'm working on. The Cornwall bought these sometime in the 1920's. The number series was 600-629. It has a lot of features similar to Enterprise Railway Equipment Company found in Car Cyclopedia, so I'm borrowing from these drawings. Looking at building all 30 of these beauties since they lasted until 1964. Below is a  photo taken of this series in 1953 by  Richard Jay Angelo. The location of the photo is in Cornwall PA at the loading pocket building. 

Some Rework

I have been working on the shop complex module. Found a weak point in the layout after attaching the backdrop. The support structure was too narrow and the ends had dropped almost 3/4 of an inch. I was adding 2X2 inch legs to support the ends and I did not like that at all.The past few months have been spent redesigning and rebuilding the base. While the layout was resting in pieces, the access hatch had warped. Not a big deal, wood does this, but it does add to the to do list of fixes. Here is the reworked benchwork.

The base was expanded to prevent the outer edges from sagging. 

Open Access Hatch.