@William 1 posted:Obsidian - I love your layout and watching you build it. I like your style and I can tell you are having fun, bravo.
I have fond memories of the time I visited Harper’s Ferry. Long story short, I come from a family of 7 kids, I think we piled 5 of us into the family station wagon and did a road trip to the DC area prob around 76, did all the sights, Gettysburg, that was creepy in a way, but the funnest part for me was HF. True stories, I made my two little brothers walk with me half way across that black truss bridge you have on your layout. We could see the water rushing below thru the ties, and the tunnel thru the mountain was just on the other side of the bridge, staring at you, just calling for a train to come bursting thru forcing us to jump into the river below. We made it back out alive then we went to a small section of rocky beach at the juncture of the two rivers where there was the perfect stones for skipping against the current. Ok, on any family road trip at this time the Guinness book of world records was a staple, a must, don’t get in the rear facing seat in the station wagon with 4 annoying siblings without it. That said, I broke the world record not once, but 3x for skipping stones at that spot. The record in the book was 16 skips, I had a 22, a 21 and an 18. One of my all time greatest athletic feats and I’m sure my stupid little brothers don’t remember it. But I do, that is a really cool spot, Harper’s Ferry.
Keep going, love your layout, concept and execution. Something tells me if I tried to walk across that bridge again I’d have a ball and chain on my leg in a hoosegow on the wrong end of the tracks this time. Cheers W1
William, thank you for the great HF story. The location is steeped with US & local history. Not unlike my HF llayouts, the track plan has changed numerous times. In fact the location of the passenger station used to be closer to the switch on the Truss bridge you crossed. Next time I go with the dog I'll try skipping stones from the beach. Going to start mountain building soon, but will start with the Potomac river water scenery. Thanks for watching and sharing!
Ken
