LET THE BUILDING COMMENCE !!! (finally)
Hi Everybody:
The contractors showed up this morning promptly at 9:00 am and got right to work. They were VERY clean in their work.. Cut all lumber outside ! Vacuumed the room and layout top when done. Nice guys-- GREAT neighbor ! Zeb and Erik work for HIM !
THREE hours labor !!
First off, a few construction photos !
The piece of wood on the wall to the right of the fireplace is to hold one end of the planned trolley yard. Initial wiring was run during construction: Red & White (14 ga) plus 25-pair cable to the future Trolley Yard. Yellow & White (14 ga) plus 25-pair cable to future "heavy electric" yard. Blue & White (14 ga) plus 25-pair cable to Steam and Diesel "engine terminal" ... More to come ...
Photo 7. Start of 2 x 5 foot extension for Steam & Diesel "Engine Terminal" location starting to physically intrude on the General Manager's dining room area ! This necessitated additional property rights being granted by Suzie !
Photo 10. Closeup of the future Trolley Yard support bracket.
Photo 11. Initial 14-gauge power wiring and 25-pair control cable run thru holes drilled thru 2 x 6 cross braces during construction.
Photo 12. 4-foot extension for future "Heavy Electric" Yard will start from this edge of white table toward the camerman and "possibly" intrude on a small portion of our Front Hallway. This will entail in-depth negotiations with Suzie.
My two Assistant Trainmasters (Prancer & Casey) --(Tuxedo and Siamese Cats) will have to be appeased as well. I plan on making them a "Deluxe Bedroom" under the layout for blissful sleep sessions during the day !
Some 47-years ago at the old Eastbay Model Engineers Society layout on Halleck Street in the industrial section of Oakland/ Emeryville, the Santa Fe Western was the name of our monster O-scale layout. Depicted as running from Richmond to Barstow. During the week sometime, a Momma cat made an encampment inside one of the Barstow area tunnels and had a litter of kittens therein. Rather than be nasty and remove them, we gave them a saucer of milk inside the Tunnel.
To this day, I doubt very much that the Momma Cat realized that her kittens were being brought up on the Santa Fe mainline !
Cheers.
KRK
KRK
