This blog is to document the building of a model railroad, the Paducah and Lake Erie. The free-lance design is set in the current time, and meant to replicate the coal-hauling roads of southwestern Pennsylvania. This version of the P&LE is a bridge line that derives its name from my wife's home town (and well known to Illinois Central buffs) and our former long time residence about 50 miles south of Lake Erie.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Railroad room ready for paint!


Drywall is complete in the railroad room. Now the painting (starting with primer Monday) begins with yours truly wielding the brush and/or roller. Some decisions have been made. It will be a single level with a unscenicked, return loop/staging area on a slightly lower (~12") level. I finally gave in to a reality check about working underneath something only 36-40 inches off the floor, plus we really need some storage area to be available underneath the railroad (moving from a house to a condo you know). Nothing is on paper yet, but ideas are starting to crystallize about the design. There will be coal mines on Howard Mountain, a small steel mill reminiscent of the one in my hometown, a gravel pit (steel mills use a lot of sand and gravel), the engine facility built by Dean Freytag, a replica of the Station Inn B&B kit bashed by Ken Heyl, and a greatly condensed version of the Paducah flood wall. I'm looking forward to getting started.

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