I decided with the CEO out of town for the weekend, that I would take care of a few things that have been bothering me and got a couple of bonus items done as well.
First, I decided I wasn’t happy with the Gargraves track on the upper level. It was all flex track and I was having difficulty with the trains derailing, so I decided to replace it with Atlas like the rest of the layout. While I had everything on the upper level torn apart I decided to get the piers painted properly to make them look like concrete columns. I also added a hand built bridge to the upper level. The bridge came from the O gager’s layout that I am taking apart due to his passing. You can see the bridge and the columns in the pics below.
The lower bridge is from Menards and I really love it but the scratch made one is looking pretty good as well.
My next project was inspired by the rest of you adding passengers to your passenger cars. I sat and debated about painting the interior and ultimately decided just to add passengers. Based on the end result I think it was the right idea for this car anyways. This passenger car is the one that is used on the solid rocket booster train that I have posted about earlier. When I removed the shell I was surprised to find 7 toilets and only 1 sink. It got me thinking about what the interior should look like based on first hand accounts of fellow employees that had ridden on the train to escort the rocket to Florida. There is supposed to be a common living area, a kitchen area and 4 or 5 bedrooms. Anyways, when I put the shell back on I could only see about 3 or 4 of the passengers out of the 12 that I put in.
Still working on more but needed to take a break. Adding one more column and then putting the track up next. Hopefully everything will go well. 🤞🏼
