Carlin will be the most developed area on this layout. Below is a screen shot from a Google maps 3D images that shows the area that my modeled scene will represent. In the steam era the Southern Pacific Railroad facilities covered a large area in the center of town and that is all now gone and only 4 tracks remain. In my modeled eras this was still a crew change point and a local originated from here. One of the landmark features seen in this photo is the foot bridge across the tracks.
Of course as it is with most modeled scenes my representation won't be 100% accurate. On my layout I will have the street shown as Main Street in the photo above running along parallel to the yard with buildings along the far side. I have been going through my small stash of kits for structures that would fit in. I have also purchased a few things and may later attempt to scratch build a couple of buildings. The next photo shows some of the structures that will be used.
- The Pola bridge I found at an open house last fall, it will be used with modification for the foot bridge.
- The Laser-Art gas station is something I had and may use it.
- The 3 stall fire station is from my last layout.
- The blue building is from the Walthers Propane dealer kit. Not using this part at the industry so am using it here as the yard office.
- The half built wood structure is a railroad rooming house kit from American Model Builders. I purchased this after reading that the SP had a "large wooden club house" in Carlin.
- The tower is another AMB kit that I built about 25 years ago and had on an Ntrak module.
Wanting to have a few houses in the mix I found a seller on ebay that makes 3D models of the 1920's era Sears kit homes so I ordered 3 different models. Each model is composed of several pieces so the detail painting can be done prior to assembly which should make it easier.
So I will have a few structures to work on which is fine with me as it is one of my favorite parts of the hobby.
