When you get to bump posts, a pile of dirt or crisscross ties would be good prior to 1950, although you can still find them today. 50 and on the western-Cullen hays taller post would be good. They was made in the 30's but too expensive most RR's didn't buy but a few each year. Seems I have an old brosure dated 1929. I am not sure of your era, most all stock pens were gone in the 70's. I seen several in Wyoming in the early 80's but they was mostly gone.
I'm showing my ignorance here...are you referring to wheel stops? The post on mine is temporary to keep the cars from rolling off the layout. It's just a toothpick stuck in between the rails. The pile of dirt is an excellent idea. That is what I will probably do. The era of my layout is basically 40's into early 50's. I'm not a rivet counter and would even run GP 35's if I had any. Thanks, Paul
William, thanks again for the info. I just looked up bumping posts and Western Cullen Hayes, so I know what you are referring to. I'd like to see a photo of the crossed ties. For now, I'm leaning towards the pile of dirt. Paul
Is the stock yard in Wilderado Texas still there. I remember driving from Tulsa OK to Albuquerque NM to visit relatives and driving thru Wilderado, Texas, the stink was so bad that it burned your eyes and choke your breath. I would hold my breath until I got on the other side of the yard but sometimes it wasn't enough, the smell still got through. Did I say it smells bad? lol Joe
Yes Wheel Stops is another name. I wish I had a photo, of the ties, but if you put one end of the tie under the rail and the other end of the tie over the other side. You have it, Just do one more tie the opposite and its complete. The dirt used to be the most reliable, it rarely fails provided you have enough dirt. You can have loose boards, falling down, ends broken off to add age and realism.
The back fence is now mostly complete and on the layout. Not permanently installed--just sitting there. Tomorrow I will weather the wood and maybe make scribe marks on the stringers to make them look like individual pieces of wood. Since the questions I originally asked with this thread have been answered, and the stock pen is becoming a part of the layout, should I shift this thread over to the thread covering the layout? Paul
Good question. Quite a few of my trees came from a friend who tore his layout down. It's some kind of deciduous tree, but I don't know what. Paul
... or ballast http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/random-photo-fun.7451/page-6#post-57592
Shouldn't it be Stock Yard modeling question? What Paul has completed so far is the perimeter fence for the yard. Joe
I thought I had posted these a long time ago, maybe not, but here is a model I did a few years ago of the stock pens at Dixon.
You did a beautiful job! Very impressive detailed model and it represents a fairly recently built pen. We need more threads like this!
Man, that looks great Brad. Did you have a set of plans for that? Or at least a couple old photos? Nice work.
Brownwood had a stock pen. Probably much smaller. I’ve been needing to tackle that situation. Hmmmm..