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Overall
view as you enter the layout room - looking North. This layout was unique
as it was 7-1/2' wide and was operated from a center aisle. It did require
a duckunder, but at 52" high it was a fairly easy -
"duckunder".
View from
the center of the inside of the layout's aisle looking back towards the
room entry.
View from
the center of the inside of the layout's aisle with a closer look at the
North end.
Union
Pacific 8104 heading downgrade towards the double track tunnel on it's way
to the lower level staging yard.
Dry
riverbed below the Weber River flood control dam. This was a work in
progress shot since the Weber River never goes dry.
Weber River
flood control dam and control station. This facility exists in real life
and this is a freelanced scratchbuilt version resized to fit the layout.
View
from water lever just up river from the flood control dam.
North
side of the twin 150' truss bridges the exist at the top of Weber Canyon.
South side
of same twin truss bridges.
This
is a small vehicle bridge that can be found at the top of Weber Canyon
just off I-84 on the south side of the freeway exit.
This
photo shows the layout's summit point and the double track grade crossing
to the vehicle bridge in the above photo. Note scratchbuilt cattle guard -
it features 2 removable grates, is 1/8" deep and is imbedded into the
pavement.
Scratchbuilt
I-84 overpass that crosses over the double mainline at the canyons summit.
This
is the old freeway that used to traverse the Weber Canyon. The old freeway
used to traverse the canyon and run next tot he river. This particular
location is known as Devil's Gate and the Union Pacific since the mid
1860's has had several bridge variations over this part of the river and
canyon. The current version in the photos closely represents what you
would see today.
The
MOW crew making their rounds for the day to inspect the Devil's Gate
bridge.
Union
Pacific 9711 coasts a string of empties down the Weber Canyon's track #2
on it's way to UP's Ogden Yard.
A
closer view of UP 9711 and the hand carved rock work around Tunnel 3.
Union
Pacific 9711 heading into Tunnel 4 then on to the lower staging yard
(Ogden). These 2 tunnels do not exist in real life but were necessary to
transition from the upper deck of the layout to the lower deck staging
yard. Thanks
for looking! Questions
or comments? Feel free to ask: mark@thesolutionfarm.com
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