Boaz Siding

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Mike,

>From the O. Winston Link Museum digital collection:

http://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/Photo/FFAF0B38-2667-4E5B-97E6-977464341918#gallery

Jim Brewer

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 1:03 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Thank you for the response and info John!
> The pictures confirm what I thought I could see in some old photos, and
> that is the handrails near the tracks.  I have fairly conclusively
> determined that the culvert was positioned between the points of the
> crossover and the points of the siding, so I will be including it. Of
> interest in your pictures, I can see the dirt road still exists that runs
> alongside the tracks.  From Google Satellite, I thought it was a paved
> road. You can see it in the pic below. I found this online, and Ken Miller
> believes it may be a Jim Shaugnessy photo.  I believe you can see a ditch
> on the right where the culvert comes out form under the tracks (red
> arrow).  I really wanted to model the livestock or hay bale shelter (not
> sure?) on the hillside but my scene won't extend that far.
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> >>Pls update us as the diorama progresses. A great idea. You could try to
> >>re-create Link's classic night shot "Honey Hole' in HO.
>
> "Go big or go home" right?
>
> This began with a plan to build a quick 4 ft diorama to practice scenery
> skills (and give me somewhere to photograph rolling stock), prior to
> starting on my Auville service area diorama which is to be 11 ft x 32 in.
> Somehow this "quick little scene" morphed into accurately recreating both
> Link's photo and Boaz siding and has grown from 4 ft x 32 in, to 5 ft x 32
> in, and now I think I'm up to 8 ft in order to properly fit in the siding,
> the siding turnout, and the two crossover turnouts.  Once I start looking
> at photos in the Archive, heaven help me - next thing you know I am
> emailing Ken Miller and driving him crazy with questions and asking for
> advice. My last layout was 25 years ago and model railroad scenery
> techniques have changed drastically, so I wanted to build this "quick
> little" practice diorama to learn how to use the new static grass.
>
> I ordered 2 pictures from the archive so I can accurately model a
> tree 😶 with the belief that if I cannot model a weeping willow tree
> effectively, what is the point of the rest of the diorama.  I have ordered
> (and received) several materials to try to accurately model a weeping
> willow (I think asparagus fern fronds are going to be the winner, but
> peacock tail feather barbs might work as well).  I built a test trunk from
> floral wire and paint putty earlier this week. While it came out too large,
> I liked the look and it was pretty easy to work with to achieve a good
> result, so I am making a new more accurate tree now.  There used to be a
> hill which was located behind the tracks from the perspective of Link's
> photo, and from an Archive image, I can see there was corn on top of it.
> So, yesterday I did a test 3d print of 75 corn stalks.  I'll need to paint
> them to see if I like the look, and if so, print a few hundred to perhaps a
> thousand.  75 stalks cost $0.34 in printer resin, and $4 for the corn
> stalks 3d model license. Someone is selling 140 stalks on ebay for $64, for
> perspective.
>
> Mike Rector
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 6:46 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Here are two images showing Boaz today. These views show the culvert (at
>> the east end of the former siding) that you refer to. The culvert and
>> it's handrail on the south side are about all that is left of Boaz. Even
>> the grade for the siding itself seems to have shrunk in width over the
>> years.
>>
>> A terrific resource for getting the lay of the land back in steam days
>> can be found in an article by Jim Shaughnessy in the Spring 1975 issue
>> of Railfan Vol.1 No.2.
>>
>> 'Norfolk and Western, Steam's Last Stand' by Mallory Hope Ferrell is
>> another valuable Boaz resource.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Pls update us as the diorama progresses. A great idea. You could try to
>> re-create Link's classic night shot "Honey Hole' in HO.
>>
>> John Garner, Newport VA
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have images or info about Boaz siding that they are willing
>> to share that may help me model it in HO?    I am particularly
>> interested in the length of the siding.  Placement of the buildings
>> (sheds), and where the turnouts are located beyond (east) of the shed.
>> I also want to know about a culvert that I believe was located right
>> where the crossover connected to the siding turnout.  I will need to
>> model that, but don't know what to make it look like.
>>
>> Mike Rector
>>
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