With the staging yard complete and both yards connected by the continuous running loop track, attention returned to finishing the helix. Alumni member (and club co-founder) Tom Rohatsch ('01) stopped by to help with construction. Ryan Bailly is inside the helix, and club president J.C. Mayer is standing at right... in the spotlight!
Alumni member E.J. Ryder ('01) (our Chief Engineer for the new layout construction project), Elliot Courtney, and Phillip Sutter were also on hand. They helped clean up the room a bit and get some of our materials better organized. As we continue to fill the room with a model railroad, we're going to have less and less space to store "stuff."
Alumni member (and club co-founder) Otto Vondrak ('99) came in and helped J.C. hang up some of our club room decorations, including the Genesee Clock, a new tack board, some "historic" club member photos, and some of our framed posters.
Helix construction continued through the afternoon and into the evening.
Drew and Charles discuss the finer points of railway operation using eight-axle locomotives. Completed staging yard and return loop is behind them.
The majority of new helix construction was completed by the evening, with help from a cast of thousands. Phillip Sutter took over laying track for a while.
Charles Rothbart keeps an eye on the first train steadily making the climb up the new helix levels.
Glazer is in his hole trying to figure out a mysterious short circuit that appeared in the staging yard. It's exam week here at RIT, so progress will probably slow down a bit as we head into the holiday break. Our
Tiger Tracks Train Show is just around the corner!
