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TOPIC: Brewer Yard Modular ISL
Brewer Yard Modular ISL 10 years 2 months ago #2622
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This is my current "Industrial Switching Layout" which is made up of two modules that utilize some experimental construction methods using foam board and thin plywood. My goal was to develop extremely lightweight and transportable sections. The track plan is a mishmash of ideas drawn from various published sources. The two sections were originally stand alone layouts, which I had somewhat planned to eventually connect, and now have with table leaf allignment dowels and regular hex bolts.
Latest track changes:  First mockup of both sections:  Some shots of the sector plate "Carbon Corner" module:   |
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Brewer Yard Modular ISL 10 years 2 months ago #2623
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Is Brewer Yard a Reading location (don't recall hearing that one) or a "proto-freelanced" name. Will this be for a brewery?
Where will the non-connected tracks lead to..... Tell us please, what the operation for this area is to be......I realize you said it was a mishmash of ideas, but what is your idea leading to?  Rob |
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Brewer Yard Modular ISL 10 years 2 months ago #2624
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Brewer Yard Modular ISL 10 years 2 months ago #2630
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Updike was indeed the early "Proto-Freelancer" that inspired the layout's name. The track plan has changed a lot since the start, and is the freelance part. Rolling stock and structures are the prototype. I'm working on various flats of actual structures for the back drop. For instance, the red 2 story bldg. in the pic above is the Reading Paper (Stichter's in later years) warehouse that was at Front and Court. For the "brewer" aspect of the yard, I'm thinking of doing the back of the Reading Brewing bottling building with that neat painted sign and pilsner glass across the top. The stone retaining wall was inspired by the one down along Neversink street, across from the brewery as well.
The plan for the 2 sidings you asked about Rob hasn't really been finalized. They're part of the previous "micro" layout end of the yard, the main focus of which was the sector plate, for shuttling cuts of cars around. There is no particular operation scheme just yet.  |
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Brewer Yard Modular ISL 10 years 2 months ago #2631
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Brewer Yard Modular ISL 10 years 1 week ago #3025
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Some images that inspire me for this layout:
South 8th st. Bridge  Reading brewery bottling bldg. sign.  Laurel street arch.  |
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July, 1947
The new Lebanon Valley Branch bridge over the Schuylkill River at Reading, PA is completed, featuring the large "READING LINES" letting.
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