October 31 Work Session

Wrapping up the month of October! Elliot and Joe worked on constructing additional kits for the chemical plant in Niagara Falls. Otto added walkways to connect the two service platforms at the switcher pocket in Niagara Falls. David Stavans cut and glued pieces of masonite for street subroadbed in Albion. Charles and Matt continued to wire up NCE BD20 block detection around the layout. Matt later ballasted a few more sidings and switches in Niagara Falls. Otto finished the through truss bridge that Elliot began constructing for the Buffalo Road overpass, and also completed the scratchbuilt abutments for that scene.

 

David glues subroadbed for streets in Albion.

 

Matt ballasts one of the checmical plant sidings in Niagara Falls.

 

The completed B&O bridge over Buffalo Road near CP 373.

 

Elliot and Joe build kits for the chemical plant in Niagara Falls.

 

The completed service platforms in Niagara Falls.

October 24-25 Work Session

Several members met on October 24. Kits were assembled and kitbashed for use in the chemical plant in Niagara Falls. Joe Cermak also constructed an excellent railroad spike coat rack for use in the club room. Charles installed more hardware for block detection. Otto and Charles did some work on October 25, as well. We meet every Saturday for work sessions starting at 10:00am, come join us! See more photos and updates on our fan page at www.facebook.com/ritmrc

 Charles repairs freight cars.

 Joe kitbashes the pipe bridge over the mainline.

 Assembling tall tanks for the chemical plant.

 New abutments in progress for the B&O bridge over Buffalo Road.

 Otto works on scratchbuilding new bridge abutments.

Tim assembles tanks for the chemical plant.

October 10 Work Session

David Stavans and Charles Rothbart traveled to Hamburg, N.Y. for the "Just Trains" Show to drop flyers for our upcoming train show in December.

Many small projects were worked on today. We cleaned the room to get ready for Brick City Reunion Weekend and the Open House that we'll be hosting on Saturday from 12:00-4:00pm. All the exposed styrofoam used for land contours has been painted.

 The mainline tracks in Niagara Falls were ballasted, except for one switch at the east end of the yard. More foam was installed around Lockport near the Erie Canal scene.

 The diamond leading to the helix was messed around with to make it slightly more reliable than it has been in the past. Also, more of Matt's Santa Fe power began to take over our railroad.

Meetings are Tuesday nights at 7:00pm in Room A420 in the lower level of the Student Union. Our next event will be our Brick City Open House on Saturday, October 17, from 12:00pm to 4:00pm. Admission is free, and we will be running trains for the public to enjoy. Come on down!