Trackplan -- V2

Some changes added:
  * removed the turntable at the unloading area
  * moved the other turntable to a different siding
  * added a wye to return the empty cars to the yard
  * added some small town area

Trackplan

Here is the trackplan for the logging layout:

Rolling stock - scratchbuilt ash gondola

Used coffee stirrers and 8x8 beams:

          

Added the wheelsets:

                                

Scratchbuilt coupler box before weathering:

                                

Added and weathered the sides:

              

Added the ash load (sifted ash from my fireplace): 

                                   

On30 sawmill from scratch -- mill engine (5)

Platform posts and bracings:

                  

                  



On30 sawmill from scratch -- mill engine (4)

Glued the mill engine and the boiler on the platform. I also added the piping and some details to it:

    

    

    

On30 sawmill from scratch -- mill engine (3)

Boiler:

            

Some paint (red and brown sprayed on it):

Added the rivets and weathered:

                   

                                 

                                          

On30 sawmill from scratch -- mill engine (2)

I modified and painted a casting from Rusty Rails:

Added the flywheels and cogwheels to it:

A try on the platform:

On30 sawmill from scratch -- mill engine (1)

Started building the mill engine complex for the sawmill.

First is the platform for the engine and boiler (about 26cm x 9 cm -- 10" x 3.5"):

The planking is made from coffee stirrers:

The platform weathered:

On30 sawmill from scratch -- progress photos (4)