| On the Durham Local in 1948 with Fred Reburn - Rob Minton |
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This undated photo shows the engine house at Island Yard in Lynchburg,
Virginia. (N&WHS Archives collection) |
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Buildings at Island Yard in this 1917 photograph included the supply house (left), the shavings house (next to right) and the oil house (right). Most, if not all, of these buildings would have still been standing in 1949. (N&WHS Archives collection) |
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This view shows the tool house (at left) and the storage house (at right) in
Island Yard. (N&WHS Archives collection) |
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This is the freight station in South Boston, Virginia, with a number of boxcars spotted at the loading dock. (N&WHS Archives collection) |
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The roadmaster’s office at South Boston was this simple one-room structure. (N&WHS Archives collection) |
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Locomotives in Fred Reburn's Timebook, Durham District, 1948 (Fred Reburn) |
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Locomotive Frequency in Fred Reburn’s Timebook, Durham District, 1948 (Fred Reburn) |
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Fred Reburn’s Timebook Log Durham District, 1948 (Fred Reburn) |
| N&W/VGN Modeler / Modeling the Station at Stanley, Part 3 - James F. Brewer |
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The base for the loading dock is constructed from plain styrene. A Dupli-
Cutter was used to cut strips to ensure the same height for all the pieces in the construction of the base. (James F. Brewer) |
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The two pieces of the loading dock base were placed against the structure and then glued to each other. (James F. Brewer) |
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Plain styrene was used to create the top base of the loading dock. The plain sheet was laid flat and the subassembly glued to it. The plain styrene was then trimmed using the base as a cutting guide. Before gluing the 1 by 12-inch styrene boards to the base, a coat of gray craft paint was applied. (James F. Brewer) |
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Using a square and working slowly, the individual 1-by-12-inch boards
were added to the sides of the freight dock. (James F. Brewer) |
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The contrast between the 1 by 12-inch boards and the sub-assembly side is evident. The gray paint makes it a lot easier to see what you are doing and to keep the individual pieces square and straight. (James F. Brewer) |
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The deck has been applied and trim boards added to the top and bottom of the sides. (James F. Brewer) |
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Note the direction of the floor boards is perpendicular to the floor joists
as they would have existed on the prototype. (James F. Brewer) |
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When laying out the door openings I mistakenly cut out the freight doors
below the level of the freight dock. This mistake was hidden by the freight dock on the front and north sides of the structure, but had to be corrected on the rear side of the structure. (James F. Brewer) |
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These are the finished freight doors. Just like the entrance doors, I built
doors for the exterior and interior of the freight room. (James F. Brewer) |
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Using the cardboard template made earlier, the interior ceiling/roof base
was cut from a piece of plain 0.040-inch styrene. A lip was made from styrene strip material. (James F. Brewer) |
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The peaks for the front and rear of the station were cut after templates had been made, and then the vent opening was cut out using the casting frame to mark the location. (James F. Brewer) |
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The muntins have been removed from the Tichy window casting. Scribed styrene siding will be added behind the casting to simulate vents. (James F. Brewer) |
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Once the opening had been created in the peaks for the vent casting I applied Campbell shingles to the peaks, allowed them to dry, and then trimmed the shingles. (James F. Brewer) |
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After the glue for the shingles had dried I cut the opening in the shingles
from the rear of the peak. I test-fitted the casting and made any necessary adjustments. (James F. Brewer) |
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This cardboard roof mock-up was made with my first attempt at the roof dormers as described in the text. I was unhappy with the appearance of those dormers and removed them from the model. I still used these templates to make the necessary tracings of pieces to create the roof. (James F. Brewer) |
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I left the end hip sections of the roof extra long so I could adjust as necessary. (James F. Brewer) |
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Using a metal straight edge and some clothes pins I carefully marked the end of each hip section. I lightly scribed several times until I could snap off the excess material. (James F. Brewer) |
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The hip ends have been cut and now match up with the main roof sections. (James F. Brewer) |
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I masked off the ceiling, or bottom, of the roof section. Since this would
be visible I wanted it to have an appearance closer to the prototype. (James F. Brewer) |
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Evergreen freight car siding was used to represent the boards that would have been applied to the roof trusses. This was then painted to match the exterior wall color. (James F. Brewer) |
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I pre-cut all pieces for the dormers. The large triangle-shaped piece will
form the ridge support for the roof sections of the dormer. (James F. Brewer) |
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The assembled dormer has been set in place. The shingles were applied
to the dormers on the prototype. The clapboard siding is used to represent the vent slats. (James F. Brewer) |
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This view shows two dormers and how they were placed and aligned on
the roof. (James F. Brewer) |
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Using a cardboard template, I traced the roof sections for each dormer on
a piece of plain styrene. (James F. Brewer) |
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The shingle material has been placed over the styrene roof sections created from the template. (James F. Brewer) |
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This dormer sits directly above the door to the express room. (James F. Brewer) |
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The roof material has been painted and styrene strip used for the
weather stripping applied. (James F. Brewer) |
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The weather stripping applied on the roof has been “painted” using a
Sharpie silver marker. The gutters have been created from styrene angle and strip and glued to the edge of the roof. (James F. Brewer) |
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This closer view of the gutters shows the treatment at the corners of the
roof. (James F. Brewer) |
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I scratchbuilt the chimney for my Stanley depot because I had nothing
on hand that captured the appearance of the one shown in the Herron video. The brick material is styrene so it easily glued to the plain styrene base. Before adding the concrete cap be certain to paint the “inside” of the chimney black. (James F. Brewer) |
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I created the stairway to the basement level boiler room with plain
styrene, Central Valley steps, and a Grandt Line door. (James F. Brewer) |
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I painted this assembly concrete and the door to match the trim on
the rest of the depot. The railing is from Central Valley. (James F. Brewer) |
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The exterior and interior lights have been located on the ceiling of the
removable roof. The brass “tape” allows for easy attachment of the feeder wires for each lamp. A two-wire plug allows the entire roof to be disconnected from the layout wiring so it can be removed when necessary. (James F. Brewer) |
| Rails Remembered, Chapter 83 / Diesels invade the Pocahontas Coal Fields; Four Alco RS-3s - Louis M. Newton |
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Proposed Alco RS-3 diesel unit tonnage ratings on the Pocahontas Division for loaded coal, time freight and empty equipment trains at various speeds on ruling grades dated February 11, 1956. Permanent
ratings would be generally in line with those proposed. (Louis M. Newton) |
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Any photographs of N&W’s original Alco RS-3s in two-digit numbers are
rare, and this N&W company photo of the 97 qualifies. The date is September 1955, while the first batch of RS-3s were being delivered to the Durham District. (N&W Photo, Louis A. Marre collection) |
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The author’s hand-drawn map of the main line of the Pocahontas Division between Bluefield, Virginia, and Sandy Huff, West Virginia, as of late 1955, with some minor changes in signals and other facilities made in 1956. (Louis M. Newton) |
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This is the newspaper account of the tragic death of Bluefield roundhouse foreman Edward A. Bender on February 24, 1956. The accident shocked not only local railroaders but also the entire community. (Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Louis M. Newton collection) |
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Permanent tonnage ratings for “Diesel-Elec. 1,600 HP or equiv. — per unit” were first included in Pocahontas Division Timetable No. 10, effective April 29, 1956. (Louis M. Newton collection) |
| “Hi, Ho, Silver, Away!” - George R. Nuckolls |
