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Registration is FREE!  Posting Form Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Callouts: Message Icon:                             Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by kewlbrew[/i] [br]The Fever Creek journey began 15 months ago with numerous layout doodles and layout shapes. I eventually felt satisfied with the above design, then intentionally set it aside. Sometimes you stare at something so long that you can't see potential problems. I picked it up 9 months ago. I found a few small items to adjust and fell into agreement with suggestions calling for a passing track on the left side. I set it aside again to ponder further on the grades I'd planned and settle on a benchwork style. In June, I broke ground (aka sawdust started flying). The benchwork was built in early July. Since this is a garage space and living in a warm/hot inland area, I paused to insulate the rollup garage door. Since then, most of the work has been on my workbench. An ore tipple was partly constructed to establish the elevation for the mine, 14 switches needed a turnout motor and a method of mounting them, and materials were gathered. Last weekend was the first real work on the track plan. [img]data/kewlbrew/2017914233554_20170910_114219_sm.jpg[/img] The image above shows the progress so far. You can see the mounting plates for a couple of the switches. These are 3/16" cabinet grade ply with 1/16" foam pad between the switch and the wood. The switches were gapped near the frog, jumpered, and continuity tested before being attached to the plates. They were also prefitted with throw rods for future animated switch stands (more on this at a later date). -John [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON    Insert a File     Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.      T O P I C    R E V I E W kewlbrew Posted - 09/14/2017 : 10:50:21 PM Fever Creek is/will be my home layout. Much like a California fever of the mid-1800's, I too will have a feverous dash to a goal. I have just 24 months before NNGC 2019's layout tours. I think the fireman's gonna have to pile on the fuel cuz this is gonna need a full head of steam. :D -John 15   L A T E S T    R E P L I E S    (Newest First) kewlbrew Posted - 06/15/2019 : 11:23:09 PM No layout tour. I decided that it would be too much of a rush to get things ready. And, that week is crazy enough already with Ardenwood just a few days before NNGC. Not much has changed in the garage but I do have the queen post bridge parts laid out on the bench. Other distractions have kept me from getting it assembled. This and the mill area are the two things in the way of finishing the track. -John shadow50 Posted - 06/12/2019 : 5:58:45 PM Hey John! Just giving you a bit of a bump. How's Fever Creek coming along? Will you be ready for the tour? WRGMILW Posted - 04/06/2019 : 8:30:26 PM You are coming along well ! You are ahead of me . I have engines , cars , passenger cars . I still trying to plan a layout . Hope fully soon kewlbrew Posted - 02/10/2019 : 12:16:42 AM It's been awhile since I've posted anything on this. Since the last update, the loop wiring has been installed, the reverser circuit has been installed and auto routes the lead switch, the other switches on the loop have been wired and tested, and there was a run day where several fellow On30ers brought engines and cars to test the loop for operational issues (none found ). There was a pause after that. Life got in the way of fun. I got some focus time last month, so I was able to start foaming things up, and validating building & road placements. Here's what things look like now. -John kewlbrew Posted - 05/16/2018 : 11:27:33 PM Little has changed visually since the last update. The remaining track for the reverse loop and sidings have gone in. The bigger, less visible change is that the track and turnout power buses are in, and all of the power drops to the existing track are done. It's a functioning dcc loop now. Next up is to finish the wiring for the turnout motors on the loop. -John shadow50 Posted - 01/30/2018 : 3:02:21 PM John, I'm so happy I was given the "tour" of your railroad. It is looking very impressive and I'm sure as things progress it will be even more outstanding. Please keep us all updated on your progress. We will surely have to do a brew / rail tour more regularly. Cheers! kewlbrew Posted - 01/15/2018 : 9:16:59 PM Update - On Saturday, we achieved loop. :D Long time friend Mark was on hand as the first string of cars was pulled fully around the loop by dead rail mogul Fever Creek #2. No derailments occurred. I still need to do section tests with the dcc locos that I have to be sure they run through the most recent sections smoothly. I've also been testing various car combos on the track (rtr and scratch) to check basic tracking and for coupler misalignments. I'm trying to ensure good trackwork before dropping any wires. The dead rail loco has been a huge aid in that regard. I wish I'd had this available with former setups in years past. -John kewlbrew Posted - 01/15/2018 : 9:04:23 PM Dave - In the lower right of the picture and the track plan, you'll see a track that runs to the table edge. That is the attach point for modules. I'll have a corner piece there so that modules (usually about 2 foot wide) can run parallel along that long side. The corner piece will offset the modules so that there are aisles on both sides of the modules. That will be after the big move (ie. shifting the whole thing up to the wall when the wall side scenery is in place). -John David Clark Posted - 01/05/2018 : 3:35:44 PM John, that is looking good! You mentioned earlier that it would incorporate some modules you had. Where will they go? I love your turnout idea - putting the whole thing on a "plate" will make relocation easier (if that is ever required). Cheers, Dave shadow50 Posted - 01/05/2018 : 2:22:11 PM John, I like your offer! I will contact you soon. kewlbrew Posted - 01/05/2018 : 1:12:01 PM I've also found that the mogul is a great test loco. Because it has a fairly long wheelbase and all flanged drivers, it can detect small kinks in curves that aren't easily seen by eye. A sort of parabolic curve kink; looks smooth but has a short, too tight radius at some point. Knock wood, only one minor one so far that was easy to fix. The connie, 440, etc that I tried didn't detect the kink but the mogul did. :D kewlbrew Posted - 01/05/2018 : 12:51:52 PM Mark - I used a drawing program (visio). Just lines and arcs along with experimenting. Come down for a beer and dead rail your porter. :D Tyson Rayles Posted - 01/04/2018 : 08:34:03 AM Looking good! shadow50 Posted - 01/03/2018 : 7:41:32 PM By the way John, which software did you use to plan your layout? shadow50 Posted - 01/03/2018 : 5:49:47 PM You are certainly showing me a thing or two regarding layout building. Keep posting! I need all the help i can get! Railroad Line Forums © 2000-19 Railroad Line Co.
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