Main line track completed!

Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks down in Room A420! During the weekend of November 9, we completed the main line subroadbed, with the last section going in between CP 373 and High Falls. This past weekend we finished laying cork roadbed from Lockport through CP 373 to High Falls, which meant that we were ready for track! With two teams working throughout the day, track was installed from Lockport, through the CP 373 interlocking, all the way to High Falls.

An unofficial "golden spike" was driven on Saturday, November 16, at 7:15pm at a location in between Albion and CP 373 by vice president Matt Glazer. Everyone was very excited, since it was a little more than a year ago that we were faced with an empty room ready to be filled with a new layout! The electrical team will continue working over the next few weeks to get much needed power to our tracks. Our goal is to run trains on the main line as a demonstration during our upcoming Tiger Tracks Train Show & Sale.

This coming weekend we have cancelled the work session so that we can attend the WNYRHS 32nd Annual Greater Buffalo Train & Toy Show at the Hamburg Fairgrounds. The weekend after that is Thanksgiving, and we'll be home celebrating with our families. We return in December, and we'll be making the big push to clean up the layout room and get ready for Tiger Tracks on December 15-15! Follow along on our Facebook fan page as we get ready for the big show. See you in December...

 

Completed subroadbed leading from CP 373 around the bend towards High Falls. At this location, the roadbed is supporting the two-track CSX/R&IT main line as well as the parallel Rochester & Southern (ex-B&O) line.

Jimmy lays cork on the CSX/R&IT main line.

We're told this jumble of wires is what makes the trains go.

Kyle and David S. install track on the CSX/R&IT main line near High Falls.

Laying track through the future Albion scene on the R&IT Falls Road Secondary.

 The "golden spike" uniting all of the main line trackage was driven on Saturday, November 16, at 7:15 p.m.

Club members gather at the site of the "golden spike" to celebrate.

See more photos on our Facebook fan page!

Main line subroadbed completed!

On Saturday, November 9, at 3:03 p.m, Chief Engineer and alumni advisor E.J. Ryder drove in the last screw to join together the main line subroadbed at High Falls, completing the route from end to end! A crew consisting of Nick, Corey, James, and Otto completed the plywood subroadbed supports and began to lay cork to support the track. Elliot, Jimmy, and David S. worked on track in Niagara Falls. Charles and Matt Glazer started enforcing the wiring plan. Phil Tifone stopped by and offered assistance building a wooden cabinet to hold our power boosters and provide a place to mount auto-reverser components. A very busy day indeed! See more photos on our Facebook page.

Don't forget, our 2013 Tiger Tracks Train Show is only a month away! You won't want to miss Rochester's largest train show, held on campus at the RIT Gordon Field House on December 14-15. Please visit our web site for details.

Our next meeting will take place Tuesday, November 12, at 7:00 p.m. in Room A420 in the basement level of the Student Union. Come down and join us!

Work session this weekend

Subroadbed construction continues its march around the peninsula headed for High Falls. We will have several crews working this weekend. One group will work on subroadbed, another will work on completing track in Niagara Falls, another group will work on wiring and circuits, and yet another will be doing research on scenery and dioramas. It's going to be a busy day! Want to join us? We usually get started Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. in Room A420 in the basement level of the Student Union.

Syracuse Train Show, no work session this weekend

RITMRC will be visiting the Great New York State Model Train Fair at the state fairgrounds in Syracuse on Saturday. Because we expect to be there most of the day, we have cancelled our regular Saturday work session for November 2. Our meetings will resume on Tuesday, November 5 at 7:00pn in Room A420 in the Student Alumni Union.