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Category: Construction

Workin’ on the Railroad (Again)

Grain elevators at Williamsville.

A couple of projects are currently in the works on the Eagle River Division layout. First project involves some track and industry changes at Williamsville; second project involves adding a turning loop at South Park (Staging) Yard. Williamsville Track and Industry Changes At Williamsville, the power plant building was removed.…

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Mopacmike December 16, 2020 December 23, 2020Blog, Construction construction, expansion

Backtracking

Originally, the Eagle River Division was a two-level layout. Two levels allows for double the operations in the same amount of space – or so it does in theory. In actual practice, I learned that two people cannot occupy the same floor space, with one working the upper level and…

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Mopacmike February 15, 2019 March 9, 2019Blog, Construction, Operation double-deck, HO-scale, layout construction, operations

More Upper Level Jobs Cut; Railfan Laments Disappearing Rail

The slow economic climate of this decade (1970s) continues to plague local industry and the Eagle River Division.  Today, more upper level jobs were cut as the Rock Bottom Brewery was removed.  Railfan Henry Fomer recalls busier, happier times. “I was just here yesterday chasing trains with my dog –…

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Mopacmike June 15, 2018 June 15, 2018Blog, Construction, Featured, Scenery

Upper Level Jobs Disappear as ERD Management Acts on Threats to Downsize

On Wednesday evening, crews began removing track at Waldo Yard, after track abandonment approval was granted to the railroad.  All track between Waldo and Riverside Junction is slated for abandonment and removal. This makes up the entire upper deck of the Eagle River Division, resulting in the loss of several…

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Mopacmike June 14, 2018 June 15, 2018Blog, Construction, Featured, Scenery

Implements of Mass Production, E-I-E-I-O

Assembly of an American Model Builders HO 726 Implement Barn with Corral Kit was recently completed, and has been installed on the layout.  This is a laser-cut wooden kit.  It was easy to assemble and we hope you agree that it produced a good-looking small barn that would look at…

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Mopacmike August 20, 2017 March 7, 2019Blog, Construction, Featured, Scenery barn, Frisco

Leggo my Eggo: Ferritin City Industrial Park Growth

Most of the iron stored in the body is bound to a protein known as ferritin, so in 1857 when the physician that founded the little village of New Mavlovia heard that an Iron Works was going to be built in the area, he cleverly renamed the town Ferritin City.…

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Mopacmike October 29, 2015 October 29, 2015Blog, Construction, Featured industrial, switching

Track Expansion – The Good Kind

The new space will be 11.5 ft long and 28 inches deep. It will be supported by wall brackets made out of 1 x 4 and plywood. The addition will connect at a right angle to an existing part of the layout that is 18 inches deep.

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Mopacmike August 23, 2015 August 31, 2015Blog, Construction, Featured, Operation

Mind-Changing

Track feeders and tortoise switch machines have been installed but the tortoise machines still need to be connected to power and toggle switches. The new arrangements have not been tested with an operating session yet, but I am confident they provide additional variety to the jobs at Westburg and at Oak Hill.

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Mopacmike April 1, 2015 April 1, 2015Construction, Featured, Uncategorized

Around the Corner & To The West

Scenery on the Eagle River Division is a little further along this week.  Around the Corner from Midwestern Elevator Company is another grain elevator, the Westburg Farmer’s Coop. This is assembled from another Walther’s kit.  A little to the west of the MFA elevator is a freight depot.  Even though it…

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Mopacmike January 28, 2015 April 1, 2015Blog, Construction, Featured, Scenery

Session No. 3

The third operating session on the Eagle River Division is in the history books. Well, maybe not in the actual books, but it is history. There were surprisingly few hiccups – a turnout with a bad point that had to be replaced, a couple of dragging couplers, and a few…

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Mopacmike December 1, 2014 December 1, 2014Construction, Operation
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