Greetings All,
The title says it all. "The Facades at Terminal Yard". Now say that three times fast!
Today we'll take a look at the continuing background work going on at Terminal Yard...
The local pop group 'The Facades' wait for their train to come in while standing on the passenger platform at Terminal Yard in front of one of their namesake facades.
The newly added Terminal Station facade complete with doors to access the passenger platform finishes this side of the room.
Making the turn with another group of facade buildings
The view from the room entrance. Just what I wanted! A decent city / urban backdrop for Terminal Yard. The bare wood just visible to the left will be the next part of the project .
The rear 3 1/2" of the re-purposed old work bench is not suitable for laying track so I plan to use these reused shelf frames at the back of the bench work for train storage.
The first facade is in and some ground cover has been added to add color and enhance the scene.
The next series of facades is this large storage facility. Having looked online and in printed media these types of buildings were a big part of the pre 1980 urban railroad scene. Many of the buildings I looked at had little to no windows so I went with the no window look. Large lettering for the company name, phone number etc. will add a lot to the backdrop. This will be an online industry with an eight car siding.
Some cardboard tubes atop the shelf show off some of the possibilities here. Some billboards and other roof top details will have this looking like the urban industrial railroad I've always envisioned.
Getting the Terminal Yard expansion totally operational is one of my goals for 2018. Track has been ordered and with winter weather here in the South right around the corner it'll be a perfect time to hunker down in the basement and get the track work and wiring done.
Thanks for reading!
The cascades are looking great. I do like the windowless cascade which is fairly common in many areas. Nice touch with the variety of buildings. Forget about completing this in 2018. At the rate you are moving this will be 100% operational in a couple of weeks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments Double E! And thanks for the Evans Designs software that makes all this possible!
DeleteThe backdrop looks fantastic! Makes the entire area come to life. Are there loading doors on the bottom? Will this be a new industry to switch or just for storage of freight cars. Terminal yard will be very busy in the future!
ReplyDeleteThe storage facility has spots for 8 cars and will be a major industry for intra layout moves and the virtual ops.This will be a bonded climate controlled warehouse / storage facility that can accept anything shipped in a boxcar and will specialize in cold storage. Look for it to come online in 2018!
DeleteThe facades (the buildings not the singing group) REALLY enhance Terminal Yard's appearance! I'm impressed by the large concrete reinforced storage facility. Company name will finish it off...OH!..maybe a water tower on the roof!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to cover a lot of backdrop territory and create scenes for photos!
Thanks for the compliments Ralph! With all the plumbing work done earlier this year a water tower is certainly appropriate!
DeleteI agree with the above gentlemen's comments, your backdrops really pull together the Terminal yard area. I with E.E., at this rate you'll have the Terminal Yard project completed in no time. I'm curious about your Southern Winters? Is that when the temperature drops into those bone chilling low 60's. Of course Ralph would think January in Denver is down right balmy. Really nice improvements to the NYCTL!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian! I wish it was a bone chilling 60! Low 40's today with rain. Where EE and I are we have four seasons. Usually 4 weeks of winter January into February, sometimes with freezing weather which we hope for to kill the bugs!
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