Construction began around the first of August
2003.
I have divided the progress description into separate pages
to keep download times reasonable.
So, visit
Intital Construction
for August 1 - 8, 2003
More Construction
for August 10 -18, 2003
Yet More
Construction
for August 23 - September 18, 2003
and Construction Continues
for September 19, 2003 - December, 2004
I started with a three foot length of N gauge flextrack formed into an oval,
which yielded a loop about 10 by 12 inches.
Below are a few pictures from the start, middle, and
finish of the MSRR Construction, plus a video of the train running on
the layout. Details of construction are shown on the pages
mentioned above.
Below are pictures of the first evening's
efforts. I just could not resist running a train!
Three foot oval on 2 A size sheets of
paper Minitrains Plymouth loco runs
Click on the picture below to see the train run
around the oval.
(This probably only works on Microsoft Internet
Explorer - sorry)
Also, the server that I am using is pretty slow, so
there will be some delay.
Egger-Bahn 1002 with skip & caboose on oval (7/26/03)
Three months later, this oval had developed
into a "pizza" style micro layout, based on the Monte Sano
Railroad in Huntsville, Alabama, which was built and went bankrupt over
a period of a few years from 1888 to 1896. Elsewhere on this site,
you can find my Layout Concept and see the stages of building the layout
to completion. The picture below shows the layout after three
months (10/20/03)
Click this picture to see the train run on the track (10/20/03)
Building
the layout continued for the next year. In parallel, I worked on
various pieces of rolling stock, including an
"Americanization" of an Egger-Bahn 1002 loco. Below is a picture of the
rock crusher scene with the Americanized Egger Bahn loco taken on
12/31/04.
Click on the thumbnail to see a large version of the
picture.
This page last updated 01/16/2007