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Twin Mills my way
Intro : I'm attempting to build a layout based on the real logging railroad in southern NM that ran from Alamorgodo to Cloudcroft NM. The real RR was built late in the 19th century and actuallu operated well into the 20th. My version is loosely based on the Sacramento Mountain Lumber Co that logged from about 1918 to about 1924. Wierdly enough it was never a narrow gague operation so all the track was standard gague and obtained ( I think ) from the SP and its predasessors. Anyway it was a logging railroad through beautiful country with some unique features and is only about a hundred miles from my home in El Paso. Soooooo..... I needed a sawmill.
This might have little to do with the real Twin Mills cause I didn't build the whole thing as a sawmill. I had been waiting for Bret to resize the O scale Sebastapol mill but I figured I wouldn't live that long so the Twin Mills ended up as a single mill and a whole bunch of other large to small structures, The object of this whole exercise was to get a saw mill so the " new mill " became my sawmill. A few scratch built and kit bashed parts from other kits ended up in my mill but basically it's a portion of SWSM twin mills. I don't have a log pond so I built a giant gantry crane for logs and a small platform so the mill owners could do some planning and sizing for special orders but most of the rough cut lumber is shipped to a planning mill in Alamogordo. The pictures start with the log dump side with the gantry crane and chip burner then switch to the opposite side with the loading docks and the boiler and steam engine. I still have lots of interior detailing to do. BBTW I'm 71 and visually handicapped so don't be too hard on me ........ oh what the hell criticize away.
Anyway here's some shots of the mostly finished sawmill
Comments
Actually I did follow Brett's' instructions to a point. Just didn't lay out everything like he did. The main reasons were that I don't have the room and the Cloudcroft area is pretty dry. The only water big enough for a log pond didn't exist till the late 70's ( 1970's ).
Just to be clear here, Dwight has added a diner kit from an unknown manufacturer to the dynamite shack. Knowing that Dwight is an intelligent dude, I will suggest he is not using the shack to store dynamite next to a Diner! (Funny stuff though Karl.) A diner kit just isn't my style, won't ever make one...
Now the hand car shed is a nice way to repurpose the log pond boat house. Dwight, you may want to repaint and weather those castings (they are not SierraWest castings) as that would provide an instant improvement. Especially the drums... way too shiny. Chalk and rubbing alcohol Dwight! A swsm modelers best friend...
ed said.... "not enough" , I couldn't agree more.
So when do we get the answer ? 5,6. 7. did we miss any?
There are actually 7 from 4 different kits. There's a tiny little building behind the water tank which is behind the tree. Photos of the " Old Mill " coming.
BTW that's not anywhere near where its gonna be. It's just where it landed when I sat it down to take pics.
the rust variations on the roof are nice as is the non uniformity of the siding, looking good.
only thing I would suggest is give that nice clean roof ladder some attention to age it to match the structure. (and I don't wanna hear the old ladder was replaced with a new one..ha)
Karl.A
Ed , yea Latin. Hell I couldn't even pass Spanish.
Hopefully soon
Karl.A