[august1929]

Well, Andre has gone and done it again. Been a loooong time in coming (I think I had the first laid track "thoughts" on this route to look at way back in 2005, then again, more worked out in early 2007).

Andre has been teasing ever since.

BUT...it is now available over at V Scale

http://www.vscalecre....com/OLtext.htm

Don't forget to refresh your browser if you have visited there before.

A few rushes (actually, they are not really rushes, as they have been patiently sitting, waiting for release...)

Rod

Turner's Bend

[august1929]

A few of Turners Bend in winter garb...

Rod

[timmuir]

What a great looking route! The armstrong turntable is a great piece of scenery, and the scene of the two small AR&N boxcars reminds me of old photos I've seen of places here in Oregon back in the early times. A great playground for Jon Davis's fine link & pin rolling stock.

[august1929]

It has a lot of atmosphere Tim, exactly what you would expect from Andre. Along with Jon Davis' engines, it is a pleasure to roam over.

Rod

Some of the Iron Horses that come with the route...















Only 7 shown above, but 10 in all, plus this little beauty

[august1929]

Moving just outside of Turners Bend, slightly to the East, there is the first of many timber mills. The sounds are good here, with the log pond, steam whistles and the constant sound of circular saws buzzing.

Rod

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[pnrailway]

Great shots Rod of an excellent and long awaited route by Andre.

Here are a few from me on this route. The storyline goes like this:

It is now the year 1923 and not much has changed in the Ozarks, back here in the hollers civilization is slow to catch up it seems. Not even much has changed on the Ozark Northern either, save for the addition of ballast where before there was dirt. It is getting near to the time for the ties to be replaced a second time since the road was first laid back in the 1890's too. One other thing has changed too, the line has been bought a number of years ago by an expanding Frisco and is now the Ozark Northern Branch of that line as well. Other than that the main customers are still the same, still plenty of sawmills and it seems like they haven't even put a dent in the seemingly endless forests that are covering the beautiful Ozarks. Passenger traffic has dropped too, partially because of an invention by one mister Ford up Detroit was. The Frisco is looking for some alternatives to still provide passenger traffic along with the mail contract that is already gaining a larger and larger share of the revenue on the passenger side of the branch's ledger sheet and so the Frisco has borrowed a doodlebug from the CB&Q to test out for a couple of weeks along the line to see if this is the answer to cut some expenses on the now twice daily passenger service along the line. Following are some shots of one of those passenger runs.




















Paul

[B & O GUY]

I can almost smell the damp sawdust and the skunky logs in the pond at the sawmill.

Allen

[august1929]

Nice ones Paul - good storyline and that old Doodlebug looks completely at home there. Also good to have someone else posting shots of this fine route :D.

The doodlebug just needs relettering (kind of reminds me of the early days of the StL&NA :hi: - except that there is a lot more stock around ).

How did it get on during the descent from Fly Gap?

Rod

[pnrailway]

Rod,

In answer of how it did coming down hill, it was a looooooong hard time and they were able to use the heat off the breaks and wheels to fix everyone's dinner. Those doodlebugs are set up with traction breaks and coming down a 4% grade is real work to keep her under the posted!!

Paul

[PNWTransitFreak]

WOW! I'm thoroughly impressed with what you've done Mr Ming! Your route is nothing short of amazing, and that three-truck Shay has stolen my heart! :D I do look forward to purchasing this route! :hi: I keep coming back to this thread just to look at those shots! :D