Getting Real Column - 9
45. On the next train night I crawled up on the lay-
out. That’s what the blue foam board on the left is for,
to protect the track from me, and me from the track! I
laboriously completed the rest of the hillside behind
Wyalusing. It’s a tough spot to work in because of the
reach-in factor, but once done, there would be no need
to ever go up there again, mercifully. I did this on train
night, when the work crew came over, so that once I
was on the layout, anything I forgot could be handed
to me by my friend Dave. I call it ground support.
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46. With Wyalusing’s hillside largely in place, I turned
my attention to the first “lump” needed to hide a train
disappearing behind it. No more tunnels or hidden
trackage for me, but nobody said you can’t obscure
the sight of the train where needed. The auto rack is
on a completely hidden track coming from Mehoopany
that is considered to be Vosburg Tunnel. It’s hidden by
a to-be-treed berm in front of it. The track in front of
the berm is actually the main line and it continues out
of sight until it re-appears up at Milan, on the way to
Athens and finally Sayre. The track in the foreground
leaves the main to the right at Presswood, on the way
to the big Masonite plant and Towanda.
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MRH-Sep 2014
