News From Barry and Tom

News and Pictures From Barry and Tom

Barry sent me an e-mail from Belleville indicating that he is still able to run trains late into the fall.

Tom also sent along a couple of images of a great looking viaduct he is creating on his home railroad down in Pennsylvania.

It's always great to see the latest developments on some of our member's railroads.

Tom down in Pennsylvania has been hard at work of recent times.  Here is an explanation in his own words. 

 "I have been doing a little work on my railroad this fall.  Attached are photos of the reinforced concrete bridge I am building and the form I made for the concrete."   

Tom goes on to say, 

"Each section is 45” long, and there will be 8 sections with a steel lift out bridge in the middle."

Barry got out in his backyard up in Belleville.  Here is what he has been up to in his own words.  "We are expecting a week of pretty good weather now, after about 5 days of rain.  So I got out again to the back yard and extended the Cumberland Station yard to the east, and got rid of the flowers there which insisted on covering over the main line there."

Barry continues telling us what he wrote to Tom about... "That gave me the ability to extend "Eric's Recycling" and adding another siding, with room for another building.  I had been trying to figure out how to recognize your contribution to the railway, and it was easy to put your name on the new siding.  What would be even better is if you would be willing to build a new warehouse for "Legel's Storage" in the space that you can see.  The footprint could be ll-1/2" clearance between the two tracks' ties and about 14" in length.  That switch on the mainline can easily be altered by putting the switch operator on the other side and controlling it remotely."

Barry tells us that the above image is a "before" picture, with the new sidings roughed in.  

The "Eric's Recycling" building will be relocated to the end of the same (extended) track, as shown in the next two pictures.

Looking good there Barry!

We understand that Tom is honoured to have an industry and siding named after him.  Barry has asked Tom if he would be interested in building a structure for the siding facility.  Barry explains, "It can be quite simple, I envision a simple one-story building with a loading/unloading dock  at the boxcar floor height, and perhaps a down ramp for a truck."

Pictured above is Barry's drawing of said industry and siding.

Thanks, Barry, for sharing these images and explanations with us!

All the best, Mike and the OVGRS "trick or treaters"!

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada