December 31, 2021 to March 12, 2022 Having a week off of school to work on the railroad, really helps the progress! I try to spend an hour a day on the layout when I’m working, but I don’t always make it. All that to say that progress has slowed on the ore dock, butContinue reading “Rebuilding the Ore Dock – Part Four”
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Rebuilding the Ore Dock – Part Three
June 28 to December 31, 2021 Fixing the alignment problem (see last installment) was a big deal. This got me going on the dock again (I had built several other models in the meantime). On September 16, 2021 members of the Michiana Division of the NMRA visited my layout. Among them was Tom Stathis whoContinue reading “Rebuilding the Ore Dock – Part Three”
Rebuilding the Ore Dock – Part Two
February 6 thru June 28, 2021 Problems with alignment on the ore dock prompted me to take it apart and rebuild it. The first thing to do was to shore up the foundation. This was done by adding additional bracing and then building a larger foundation to attach to the benchwork eventually. Gluing in additionalContinue reading “Rebuilding the Ore Dock – Part Two”
Rebuilding the Ore Dock – Part One
April 25, 2019 to February 6, 2021 – This post will probably be done in several installments, but I thought it would be prudent to document the work done this year since some progress on the ore dock has been made. It is a long way from completion. On April 25, 2019 I acquired myContinue reading “Rebuilding the Ore Dock – Part One”
Uncle Heavy's Michigan Ore Lines 