Rob:
Yes, definitely the Royal Gorge.
MRH:
How did you model that area?
Rob:
Well, in places the Royal Gorge is over 1000’ deep with
rock walls going nearly straight up. It narrows to 50' wide at
the bottom, barely enough to hold a single railroad track. In
one place it was too narrow for that, so the D&RGW built a
hanging bridge to suspend the tracks over the Akansas river.
MRH:
Did you do anything special to model the Royal Gorge?
The walls of that area look like solid rock!
Rob:
Well, remember how I recommended building the scen-
ery on the upper deck first? This is a place where I didn’t do
that. The Royal Gorge is on the lower deck and there was no
way I was going to be able to reach in to do scenery once the
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21: Train 52 in the hole at Tennessee Pass siding. The sig-
nal heads are fully functional and can be operated either
for CTC or ABS.
Tennessee Pass - 13
MRH-Jun 2013
