Rails to Plainville!

For years -- decades -- I've contemplated construction of a model railroad. Now, at last, with right of way and financing arranged, construction has begun on the Plainville Branch of the Ozark Lines Railway.

In the picture to the right, taken from a point somewhere above the future engine servicing area, we see light Mikado #4001 leaving town with a short wayfreight. As you can see, this small town in the great state of Homasota is not much on scenery. Yet.






This photo, taken from the future location of the Plainville depot, gives an HO scale perspective.

The double-door Frisco boxcar is sitting on the team track, or public freight unloading track. This type of boxcar was frequently used to haul new automobiles. The contents are probably destined for the inventory of the local CHevy dealer.

The grain elevator will be built immediately to the left. The grungy brown Rock Island boxcar is spotted at the future site of the feed warehouse. Beyond it will be a lumber shed, a coal shed, and maybe a set of tanks for an oil and gas distributor.

The stock car in the middle distance is at the future location of the stock loading pens. Beyond it, the mainline to Springfield curves away to the left, disappearing beyond a fencerow of trees that haven't grown yet. The diverging tracks to the right will lead to a turntable, roundhouse, and fuel and water facilities for the locomotives that work the branch.

Further construction updates will be posted as tracklaying and world-building continues.