Working on the Railroad in the Fall...

With the cooler weather, I've been trying to balance my free time between working on the railroad, restoring a steam locomotive and repairing windup trains.  Here are some pictures from the railroad of the downsizing project:

 

The new Turntable for Northview is under construction.

The black part on top is the actual turntable; the gray section under it is part of the framework to hold the ring rail in place.  The track under the gray frame is part of the wye that is slated to be removed... obviously the track will need to be pulled up before the turntable is permanently installed.

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This is a view of the abandoned switchback as taken from the former site of the switch.  The mainline is visible toward the upper left, one of the bridges has been left in place with deck boards added so it is safe to walk across, and the sawmill is visible to the right of the old right-of-way that goes down to the lead mine.

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This is the view from the enginehouse switch looking west at Northview.  The former site of the old, small enginehouse is toward the left of the picture.  The ties for the switch that was removed along with a siding are visible toward the right.  Sitting on the ballast is another switch that was removed from Tombstone - it will be used for the turntable siding when the wye is removed.

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