Avery Depot
It took very long to build, but now it is nearly ready - the depot!
Sonntag, 18. Dezember 2011
Photos from the US
Dismantling started - finally!
On November 19, 2011 I fine crew of dedicated people gathered in the layout room to start tearing down the layout. And tearing down they did!
In fact, I could hardly stop them as I had to leave for an appointment after more than 4 hours.
Thanks Wolfgang, Robert, Christian and Herbie for helping and essentially destroying what you built.
As 2011 draws to a close I'll be continuing the teardown process. In fact, as I write this post I have torn down the whole middle section. Only Avery east yard and the line between Roland and East Portal is still in place. I made several trips to the nearest garbage dump and I still ahve a few auto loads left.
I try to salvage track, screws and every electronic gizmo as much as I can, but especially the turnouts don't really like to be ripped out - they frequently get distorted and damaged.
That's not nice, sure - but necessary!
I hope to be able to finish this work by January. When tearing down will be completed, electricity is next, for I have to change quite a lot of the cabling and lighting. When that is completed, I will store tools, parts and whatever is left in the new containers - and after that rebuilding starts, finally. Although I'm afraid that this is still a few months away.
Nevertheless, the next worksession will be held on Saturday, January 14th, starting at 2 PM (1400 hours).
See you!
I have shot a few photos of the layout in dire straits - this is no beautiful sight!
At first, here is a view of the middle section - it is gone by now, but after the worksession this was waht's left of it:
In a hodgepodge of cables sits the rest of the mainline between Kyle and Adair:
End of track at Kyle:
That's what had been left of Avery yard - the east yard (to the left) is gone by now.
In fact, I could hardly stop them as I had to leave for an appointment after more than 4 hours.
Thanks Wolfgang, Robert, Christian and Herbie for helping and essentially destroying what you built.
As 2011 draws to a close I'll be continuing the teardown process. In fact, as I write this post I have torn down the whole middle section. Only Avery east yard and the line between Roland and East Portal is still in place. I made several trips to the nearest garbage dump and I still ahve a few auto loads left.
I try to salvage track, screws and every electronic gizmo as much as I can, but especially the turnouts don't really like to be ripped out - they frequently get distorted and damaged.
That's not nice, sure - but necessary!
I hope to be able to finish this work by January. When tearing down will be completed, electricity is next, for I have to change quite a lot of the cabling and lighting. When that is completed, I will store tools, parts and whatever is left in the new containers - and after that rebuilding starts, finally. Although I'm afraid that this is still a few months away.
Nevertheless, the next worksession will be held on Saturday, January 14th, starting at 2 PM (1400 hours).
See you!
I have shot a few photos of the layout in dire straits - this is no beautiful sight!
At first, here is a view of the middle section - it is gone by now, but after the worksession this was waht's left of it:
In a hodgepodge of cables sits the rest of the mainline between Kyle and Adair:
End of track at Kyle:
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