Auville/Iaeger engine shed color question

Fri Jan 21 15:11:57 EST 2022

Thank you Brent!  I am using Fusion 360, and an Elegoo Saturn resin printer.

I mostly learned what I need to know with this 30 day tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrZ2zKOtC_-DR2ZkMaK3YthYLErPxCnT-
It is slow going, as I know what I want to do with the software, but
frequently have to look up ways to accomplish it.  I bet a good modeler
could do this in a couple days. I wish I could pay an experienced user to
look over my shoulder for a couple days while I model.   I probably have
100+ hours total in tutorials and actual work.  It took me probably 3-5 hrs
just to figure out how to get the drawings into the software and properly
scaled to use for modeling (basically tracing).  I have rebuilt what you
see here several times, as I learned what works and does not work such as:
pieces are too thick, too thin, too finely modeled (smaller than the
printer can print), or need drain holes to prevent suction, or found
another drawing with better image and I had built it incorrectly, etc...

I'd rather wait to show it off until complete, but showing it keeps me
motivated to work on it in my spare time.  Also, I wanted to elicit more
responses and motivate people enough to look through their personal
collection for reference materials I can use for this project.

Initially, I am building a 24in x 60in diorama of just the coaling station,
water tower, engine shed, ash pit and water treatment area.  It will not
have all of the details or through tracks, but will be a good proof of
concept and testbed.
If I like the results, I hope to build a longer section that is closer to
30ft (essentially 4 30inx80in hollow core doors, end to end, with a 5th as
the top of the 'T' where I can model the Wye where the yard joins the N&W
mainline).  I've made arrangements for a custom photo backdrop.  I have a
5ft x 30in tall version being printed now by
https://tracksidesceneryshop.com
<https://tracksidesceneryshop.com/index.php?id_category=3&controller=category>
for
testing purposes. We recreated the mountains overlooking the yard, at least
to some extent.

As laughable as it may sound, I hope to recreate Aubrey Wiley's experience
related in Kenneth Miller and Tim Hensely's book *Norfolk and Western
Six-Eleven: Three Times a Lady *in a chapter/inset chapter titled* "1959
Memories of Steam, Steel and Snow" *about 611's last excursion trip from
Roanoke to Iaeger. (original article from N&W Magazine article, November
1959, page 532):

"On the outbound trip, a stop was made at Auville Yard in Iaeger. "There
were whoops of joy from the loaded gondolas on the rear as the train backed
slowly up the Dry Fork Branch and a dowen or more Y-6 engines came into
view, at least eight of them under steam," the story quoted. "The fans
spent half an hour there, taking pictures from every angle and some new
ones."
Another who was on the trip was Larry K. Fellure, then of Huntington,
W.Va., now a retired CSX Dispatcher and part-time Disneyworld steam
engineer.  While at Iaeger, he recalled that the railfans were given free
reign to climb into the Y-6 cabs and tug on "unattended" hooter cords.  "'*The
Great Whistle Storm*' on *O. Winston Link's* 'Thunder on Blue Ridge' *recording
paled in comparison to it!*," Fellure said.

I have almost enough Y6s with DCC sound, and other trains needed... and
now I just need the setting and several more DCC controllers!

Mike Rector

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 2:02 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Mike,
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> That is an impressive coaling tower.  What software are you using to model
> the structure?
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> Thanks.
>
> Brent Stevens
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> Sent: Jan 20, 2022 8:11 PM
> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> Subject: Auville/Iaeger engine shed color question
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> Hello crew,
> I am cross posting this discussion, from the facebook group: Fans of
> the Norfolk & Western and Virginian Railway in order to hopefully get some
> assistance from the guys who are not on facebook.
>
> I am attempting to determine the accurate color scheme for the engine
> shed.  I am attaching a couple images which help to understand how the trim
> was painted, but we are not very certain of the wall color.  From the
> Archives drawings, I know that the walls and roofs were covered with  J.M
> Transite Corrugated Roofing and J.M. Transite Corrugated Siding, and
> asbestos cement product.  This would likely mean it was a light gray cement
> color, unless it was painted.
>
> The very dark b&w picture is from just after the shed was built, and the
> roof appears to be a similar color to the siding, which seems reasonable if
> they were both asbestos-cement products.
> In the color picture with the white and blue car, it seems possible the
> side wall is painted white, even though the end wall appears more gray.
> This could be due to smoke.
> The trim appears to be a reddish brown, and I wonder if it is the same
> color as station trim at the time?
> The cupola is labeled as being the same corrugated siding as the side
> walls.  In the old b&w picture, it does appear to have been painted a dark
> color on the sides, and matching cement or white on the ends.
>
> The color images were identified as Bill Gordon pictures, and the b&W are
> Archive pics.
>
> Finally, if anyone has any pics they can share, I would be very, very
> appreciative.  I hope to model the service area over the next year.
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> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> Mike Rector
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> Here is my current 3D modeling and printing project that goes along with
> this research.
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