Let's start today with a dramatic shot of a detoured NYC wartime passenger train bursting out of the tunnel and cut under Roark Mountain and storming the dual-track truss bridge over the White River headed toward Notch Junction. The pic was taken from a sandbar in the middle of the river:
The next shot is more sedate, taken from a distant bluff as Frisco #719 trundles a peddler freight across the same bridge in the opposite direction:
Earlier that day, another photographer caught the same train crossing the deck girder bridge over the confluence of two local creeks; the train is drifting toward Notch Junction:
The same photographer that caught the peddler freight on the White River bridge also caught a Silver Dollar line freight pausing at the Roark Mountain Junction Tower to pick up orders while the crew accepts parcels and passengers at the Marmaros depot:
You'll have to overlook the mess around the layout: I'm getting to the point when I can finish the fascia and add paneling for skirting to clean up these views, but we're not quite there yet. And it's time to do some more backdrop painting.
