The Savage of Hound River Canyon
Spent the weekend gardening instead of laying track, to take advantage of the nice weather. About halfway done with an 8 foot long girder bridge made from a stop sign post (no, I didn’t do what you’re thinking). You can see the girder supports drying (HO brass rails). Used GE Silicon II for doors and window trim. The outside metal around the stop sign is from roofing material and is very inexpensive at HD or Lowe’s.
Also planted a dwarf English boxwood, shown here. Says full sun but ignored the warning and put it in full shade under the deck, as experienced garden railroaders have had good luck with boxwoods and yews in shade.
Also, some of you have asked to see the entire layout so putting some views here of the unfinished mess. The track will be about 35 X 30 feet for phase 1. Phase II will extend as far as the eye can see. You also can see the stop sign crossing the canyon. It’s just there for measurement purposes.
Hound River Canyon got extended down past Peanut Ridge and there’s a functional culvert in place as well that you might be able to make out from the photo. The track of course runs atop Peanut Ridge and then bridges over Beagle Lake.
Well BB the Beagle, the Savage of Hound River Canyon, delayed work with her usual antics. When you see those expressions on her face, you know she’s up to no good. First, she dug up the moss I planted, shown here in the pot.
Then she took off with my gardening glove.
One step forward with progress; two steps back.