What are some layouts that have a good amount of vertical scenery? What I mean by that is, what are some layouts that have tall mountains and high bridges on the layout?
Awesome , obviously many bags of plaster? Hydro cal ? needed. First time that I saw this type of scenery was on John Allen’s G and D.
I believe it is.
It’s not the G&D, but it is in my basement…the D&RGW Four Corners Division.
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On the Cascade Branch
Tefft
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On the Silverton Branch
I’m impressed! and inspired so thank you!
Fergie
Oh wow. Keep them coming.
Yes,That is the G&D…I’ve seen that picture several times over the years…
While I’m not a fan of the G&D John’s scenery work was light years ahead of its time and it still awls me.
When I built the New River Mining Company, I was faced with the dilemma of working on adjacent parts of the layout. I came up with removable mountain sections.
Mining conveyor goes into the mountain. I made it so that the conveyor slides back into the building, allowing the mountain to be lifted off.
Notice the hole in the mountain where the conveyor fits into.
The base for the mountain was made using foam with plaster rock castings added. Total weight, less than five pounds. If you look at the base, you’ll see a wood base. The base and the mating surface on the layout are made from 1/4" plywood. I clamped the wood together, drilled holes for 3/8" dowels. When set in place it aligns perfectly. The rock castings at the mountain base conceal the seam.
Mike: Those mountains of trees(groan)you installed recently are a terrific addition.
Marlon: Very nicely done,and the your rock work looks great.
Mike
Marlon: Nice work on that liftout[:D]
Mike: Thanks to you, Dave, and Fergie for your comments. I lost track of the exact number, but there are around 7,000 trees on the layout. It was bumpy chenille madness there for awhile.[*-)][:P]
Hello I made a swithback. Its about 4 foot wide curve and about 14’’ to the top rail.
I made my own molds for the rocks. They are about 3’’ tall and about 2 1/2 feet long. Hope this helps Frank
Hey Marlon, did Al Roker come visit your layout? LOL
Well… Maybe a bit too inspired [sigh] I figured I needed another river after looking at all the great pics provided by everyone which meant I “had” to remove 3’ of track and bedding and order another 3 bridges. [:-^]
What a great hooby!
Fergie
Not new but certainly inspired by John Allen. Three pics of my Yellowstone Canyon with Yosemite Falls and one pic of my Superstition Mountins.
When it comes to vertical scenery, selective compression is almost a must. A thousand foot high peak, small by real world standards would have to be over 11 feet hight in HO. Even in N, it would have to be 6 feet high. Who has that kind of vertical space. We can suggest soaring peaks, but we can’t really model them except in our backdrops.
Floor-to-ceiling scenery pioneered by John Allen and copied by few is impressive to look at but a real hazard for operators. Clumsy feet would be very hard on such scenery and I believe it was in Bill McClanahan’s scenery book he showed a cartoon of an operator having lost his balance and fallen through the face of a cliff. Not really all that far fetched.
Art,
Those are some bodacious mountains! Love 'em!
Any sign of that Spanish treasure in your Superstitions?[;)]
Some ‘vertical railroading’ on my Yuba River Subdivision.
Yuba Pass
Bullards Bar and Malakoff Dry Diggings
Gold Flat Viaduct
Sierra Buttes
Yuba Pass from Wagon Wheel Gap
Setting is the California Sierra Nevada during the 1940’s
Tom
Urban/city scenery (skyscrapers, etc.) is also “vertical scenery”. Maybe the urban fellers should post here too? Hint hint… 
As a reminder for newbie MRs:Even for rural, Mt. scenery things like transmission towers, water towers, ranger fire watch towers, etc. all contribute to verticalness. (I made up a word! 
So…even Mid West based/flat land layouts can have plenty of vertical scenic items,
using scenic details and structures like grain silos, cement plants, etc.
verticality?