2024 06 03 CB&Q V5 Monthly Update #55

This is layout construction update #55, for 3 June 2024, on my HO Scale model railroad layout.
In this update I talk more about building the staging yard, including connecting and raising the sections of the yard together, supporting it under Casper and raising it (most of the way) into position. Then I cover building the east staging lead and connecting both the east and west leads to the yard.
The layout represents the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad and the Chicago & North Western Railway in central Wyoming during the timeframe 1930-1945. The layout is all steam except for the Doodlebugs that were used in passenger service between Casper and Lander. Model locomotives include Proto 2000, Broadway Limited, Spectrum and Bachmann.
The layout features Fast Tracks turnouts and fully weathered rolling stock. All mainline curves are superelevated. The layout is multi-deck with nearly nine scale miles of mainline track. One of the key scenic features is a twenty-plus foot long representation of the Wind River Canyon near the center of the state.
The layout is run by a radio NCE Power Pro DCC system, augmented with wi-fi using a Wifitrax WFD-31 and TCS UWT-50 throttle.
Backdrops are panoramic photos of the actual locations around the state. Track arrangements in most towns on the layout are based on Sanborn maps of the towns in the 1930's and 1940's. Industries, with only one or two exceptions, are representative of actual industries that existed in each town during my modeled period.
This series of videos is published monthly on the 3rd.

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http://thecbandqinwyoming.com/

Link to the Operations Video:
   • 2024 03 21 Operating Session  

Chapters:
00:00 Titles & Intro
01:20 East staging lead work near Powell
01:55 Completing Tracklaying in the yard
02:20 Assembling the yard
03:30 Lifting the yard , designing and installing the supports
05:00 Rerailers at section joints, and testing the yard tracks
06:05 Cabling for the controls
06:40 Raising the yard more, and connecting the east end lead
09:35 More work on the west end lead
11:10 Adding track to the west end lead
11:50 Upcoming Operating session
12:15 Outro
12:32 The Cronkite Segment