Changing direktions....

My biggest problem for Chetwynd was the direction of trains and where I could later place a hidden staging. On the prototype, trains coming from Chetwynd with most of the cars are emptys for the mills and others and only some needed goods for the northern communities.So I need a staging on the southend of the yard where trains are coming from and going to.The trains setting cars out for Dawson Creek at Chetwynd and going further north to Fort St. John and also going back to Vancouver adding loaded Cars at Chetwynd for the South.
So for operation it would be nice if there will be a staging simulating Vancouver in the south with trains coming from that staging to Chetwynd and also trains going back to Vancouver on the main.
On my layout the directions are from the start simulating south and the helix sitting on the north end of the yard with the spur to Dawson Creek. But the only possible connection to a hidden staging is on the north end where the helix is.....I placed the freelanced engine service and the canfor mill on the south end of the yard like on the prototype..Old Trackplan below

..And I found no way to go more like the prototype and have a staging for Vancouver for better operations. My brain was blocked for months but 2 days ago it hit me like a hammer....I could change the direction only by name,change a little bit of trackwork and leave the canfor mill and the engineservice as is but now they are on the northend of the yard and the Helix is on the Southend...that´s not absolute prototype correct but that´s okay for me. It will work and I could add the desired hidden Vancouver staging next year below Chetwynd. Track is going down into the helix and then to the staging. And here is the reworked Trackplan with to added spots and reworked trackalignement more prototypical.

I think this is the best way to deal with the space I have and my wishes. This will be the staging I´ll start with next year.

Like on the prototype there will be only 4 axle units serving the subdivision with some speed restrictions following some BC Rail timetables. My six-axle Alcos will run the trains from Vancouver staging to Chetwynd, will be serviced at the engine facility and then getting their train back to Vancouver.

Northwestern Wood Preservers rebuild

I´m still playing with the track arrangement for the Wood Preservers Planer Mill. This is what I have done so far.

After I have printed the trackplan and layed the track I was still not happy and removed one of the spurs.I named it storage track first but the mill is close to the yard, I think I don´t need it.

This looks much better in my eyes and not so overcrowded...I changed the entrance to the tracks yesterday with two curved turnouts and I´m very jappy with the layout now. Next Step will be finishing or rebuilding the structures, mounting the foambase and gluing down the tracks.

Northwestern Wood Preservers : Restart from new.

I wasn´t really happy with the track layout of this area. I searched through the net and finally found something what got my interest. It´s the n-scale switching puzzle of the Hull Oakes Saw Mill Dawson Station . I used this trackplan as a basic plan and converted it to my needs. Now I´m very happy with the look of it. I printed it out will start with tracklaying,soon.

 

 Finished plan of the whole room.You can see that the scenery on  top of the Helix will be changed,too

First parts of the plan printed out and layed down to see how it will look on the layout..

Long entrance to the Mill area. There will be a lot of trees behind the street and between the mill spur and the mainline. I´m thinking about raising the area of the mill a little bit. Maybe on some sheets of foam to give it a differnt look than all that flat plywood. Could be interesting.

Structures for Dawson Creek #5 and #6

 #5 Mike´s Custom Woodworking:

This one is a small structure made from Pikestuff parts. Nothing special on this building. It will get a small parking lot and a fence around it. And a lot of details.I added a basic base from modur foam to it.

I have painted it with Tamiya flat light ivory over Tamiya fine base...The roof will be painted aluminium or steel, the doors will get some light grey paint.I think I´ll use Woodland scenics Smooth it for the lot and street.

#6 A & C Cylinder Head Rebuilders Ltd.

On the other side of the street we will find another small company specialized in the process of rebuilding engine parts. Again it´s build from Pikestuff parts. I found a prototype for this structure and build it after that. I´ll add alot of details around this one.

I painted it blue from spraycan over a Tamiya base. The doors and windows will be painted white and the roof will be painted metal. There will be also a lot of details around the building later.

Here´s an overview of the area.