17 Progress Phase III 013114 13
From the other end of the mezzanine Cheyenne is shrouded by plastic below and the Sinclair-Rawlins bench is half hidden by the yellow railed mezzanine. The 1.5 in sq steel tubing 0.093" wall bar across the end cap is a welded part of the set of legs that spans the junction of the two benches in the end cap. The third level down where Allen is working is the hidden track of the OSL about 12 inches under the lower level. Here the OSL widens out to 24 inches to make a 6 or 7 track wide staging yard which will be Portland. Beside that will be the main that will continue on to the shelf under the helix which WAS to have been Portland, but it was felt too hard to work under the helix. It could be reached OK, but the foot traffic around the helix would crowd the Portland yardman. So Allen suggested making the Portland yard here. The shelf under the helix beyond this yard will be used for a passenger train turning loop and storage tracks, and they will not require much foot traffic around them and the helix.
Capture Date: Feb 7, 2014 11:36 AM•Views: 240
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17 Progress Phase III 013114 09
This is the lower level Green River, Wyo 34 " wide bench under Sinclair-Wyoming with Granger and the OSL Jct on the bench to the left. The OSL hidden track can be seen below the left hand lower level (with a passing siding and holding track) and the roadbed for it is on the right under Green River and continuing around the bench to the right. The Sinclair-Rawlins bench is "cut away" or more narrow than the GR bench, because these are only one industry and a relatively minor yard. The new carpet is stored on dollys under this bench. They will be rolled out far in the future when all the soldering, welding, paint9ng and scenery work is completed, but eventually all the floors, riser and concrete will be carpeted with the same carpet now on the mezzanine. Between GR and Granger will be the Westvaco trona (soda) mining complex, a major industry on the Wyoming Division.
Capture Date: Jan 22, 2014 03:23 PM•Views: 241
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17 Progress Phase III 013114 12
The 24 inch wide bench at the left end of this aisle is for Westvaco. The end cap leading into Green River will be to model the Green River and the long bridge over it and the cliffs bordering the town. This is an excellent view of the OSL cork roadbed and how it has been made to swing wide to maximize the radius around the end cap. The red and black twisted wires are 10 AWG DCC main power bus wires. Occasonally, we tap off such a main with 14 AWG sub bus wires. from either we use 18 AWG feeders up to the track, and these are held to 6-10 inches maximum lengths. Note that these wire gauges are one size larger than usually recommended. We also spot weld the feeder wires at least every 3 feet to the track. It was somewhat harder to do this wiring on Phases I and II, but for this Phase we are wiring as we go, and building from the bottom up, Hidden track, lower level, upper level, and the access to the wiring is much easier than in the past.
Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 03:03 PM•Views: 230
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17 Progress Phase III 020514 08
Stan Ramey, one of our very dependable volunteers (they all are) is assembling dozens of 24" long T8 fluorescent light fixtures. I imported 1,000 of them from China (see me before you pay Home Depot of WalMart prices), but there is some assembly required to put the tube connectors on the ends of each fixture and the fast start ballasts and covers on. You can also see the curved backdrop of the lower level bench. The backdrop also forms the back of the wire chase on the upper level benches--the access door to the chase is on the other side of the bench on the upper level aisle (this is a lower level aisle reached from the concrete floor). You can see the gap of the 8 ft long 1 x 6" door on the facing wall of the upper level aisle at the far right of the photo.
Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 02:51 PM•Views: 230
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17 Progress Phase III 020514 06
This looks down the helix leads for the lower level entrance to the helix along the incomplete lower level bench. The upper level of this last bench is not in place yet. Both the top and the bottom levels of this bench are the Red Desert region of SE Wyoming. Where we had the world famous Wamsutter and Table Rock on the top level, we have Bitter Creek in the foreground and Thayer at the far end of the lower level. Aren't you glad you asked? The hidden OSL is below the lower level on the left, and the OSL staging, Portland, Oregon, will be below the framing of the right hand bench.
Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 02:50 PM•Views: 265
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17 Progress Phase III 013114 05
The nearly finished end cap of the Sinclair-Rawlins (top) Green River (bottom) bench. Here the door to the upper level aisle (with the riser) can be clearly seen, as well as the 12" width extension to the Cheyenne bench.
Capture Date: Jan 22, 2014 03:16 PM•Views: 223
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17 Progress Phase III 013114 07
Before painting. The "window" will be sealed eventually, but for now it is left open to reach wiring and track until testing and verification shows them to be "bullet proof."
Capture Date: Jan 22, 2014 03:22 PM•Views: 230
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17 Progress Phase III 013114 15
From the other end, L:ower Level: GReen River on the left and Westvaco on the right, with Granger/OSL Jct in the right hand distance.
Capture Date: Feb 7, 2014 11:52 AM•Views: 228
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17 Progress Phase III 013114 16
OSL on the bottom (hidden track), the lower level framing, steel and wood, and wiring started. The red lines painted on the floor are the original laid out bench locations, which we have followed faithfully, except for the 12" widening of the Cheyenne Aisle, on which I am standing with the camera.
Capture Date: Feb 7, 2014 11:53 AM•Views: 226
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17 Progress Phase III 013114 10
Through the temporary access window at Green river with roundhouse footprint pattern laid out in place and the 34 inch wide aisle (about 32" from the inside of the 1 1/2" steel + 1/2" plywood shear wall).
Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 02:53 PM•Views: 227
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17 Progress Phase III 020514 09
The new riser, upper level, aisle made by the first and second of the 3 new benches.
Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 02:52 PM•Views: 221
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17 Progress Phase III 022414 04
Starting with photos of this date, 2/24/14, the tracks of OSL have all been laid. If you refer to the third photo of the mother album for this album, you can see the my new 3rdPlanIt drawing of the hidden tracks on the third level. This is near the beginning of the OSL where the track has been brought below the lower level the the lower yet "Hidden Level" under neath Granger, Wyoming. Here the OSL goes into a shelf only about 6 inches below the Lower Level tracks with a 3 inch track clearance that increases to 9.5 inches at the far end of this aisle. On the near end of the right hand bench it drops only about another inch then continues the very slight down grade into the Portland yard at the far end of the next bench to the right.
Capture Date: Feb 21, 2014 01:20 PM•Views: 211
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17 Progress Phase III 022414 05
This is near the beginning of the OSL under Granger where the passenger train is parked. We added a pair of short stub tracks each about 6 feet long for car storage, probably coal cars to simulate coal traffic from Kemmerer, Wyo north up the OSL. these tracks are thus a mini staging area.
Capture Date: Feb 21, 2014 01:20 PM•Views: 206
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17 Progress Phase III 022414 07
To keep the hidden OSL out at the bench edge for accessibility in case of derailments was thought necessary, but we had to swing wide to the back of the end caps to make the 180 degree turn at or larger than out minimum radius of 37.5 inches. Here is the start of the first bump out to that large semicircle.
Capture Date: Feb 21, 2014 01:21 PM•Views: 206
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17 Progress Phase III 022414 08
And here it comes back to the bench edge. The two rolls of carpet to be used eventually when construction and scenery is done (!!) (Done--Ha!) are stored under this bench. The rolls are about 13 feet long and are tucked under on dollys end to end.
Capture Date: Feb 21, 2014 01:22 PM•Views: 210
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