Arkham & Miskatonic River Railroad

Arkham & Miskatonic River - The plan and beginning

Missing is two 6" end caps, overall length of plan is 12'. All three modules are built up, track laid and wired. There's still some track tweaking to do, but overall it seems OK. My Forney runs over most of it at 2-3 scales mph without an issue.

Start

The dock is just a temporary one along with a mockup of the lighthouse.

The Storage Shacks

These sit on the right hand side of the crossover between the tracks.
Storage Shack

Arkham Depot Diorama

I've built this small diorama from foamcore, stuck it together with book tape on the corners. It was wrapped around some styrofoam (yes, the evil white bead stuff) and attached with double sticky tape. It has a very slight warp caused by the use of lightweight vinyl spackle, but there is 0 bracing and no glue. I suspect if I glued instead of taped the foam, this would not be an issue. Sides are two inches (50mm) tall. Track is handlaid.

Rolling Stock

Photos from Maine Memory

This site is well worth a visit and has a very good search engine
attached! Maine Memory Network
Cycle No. 1, Portland Company, ca. 1889 #1
Cycle No. 1, Portland Company, ca. 1889 #2
Portland & Rochester Boxcar - Really a caboose!!! Very cool
Portland & Ogdensburg RR Hay Car, ca. 1880s
Old freight house, ca. 1900
Grand Trunk railroad station, Portland, Maine
Portland from Grand Trunk elevator, ca. 1900
Boston & Maine Parlor Car, c. 1900
Grand Trunk Railroad Roundhouse
Grand Trunk locomotive, 1850s
Locomotive, Portland Company, ca. 1860
Portland Company Civil War locomotive, ca. 1863
Grand Trunk Railroad Engine #255 #1
Grand Trunk Railroad Engine #255 #2
Grand Trunk Railroad Engine #255 #3
Portland Company engine
Grand Trunk Railroad's engine #140
The State of Maine locomotive
Maine Central Railroad boxcar, ca. 1890

Prototype Photos of Use From LOC

Bob's Finishing Shop
Riggs Wharf Buildings, Riggs Cove, Robinhood, Sagadahoc County, ME
Union Wharf Building (19-22), Commercial Street, opposite foot of Union Street, Portland, ME
Burnham Tavern, High Street, Machias, Washington County, ME
Moses Riggs House, Riggs Cove, Robinhood, Sagadahoc County, ME
Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Sunapee Mill/Storehouse No. 3, Monadnock Mills
River Street from the cupola of the Sugar River Grist Mill
Step down tenements on Pearl Street, from the northeast
INTAKE TO THE POWER CANAL AT DAM No. 5. IDE'S 'ROUND BUILDING' IN THE FREEMAN AND O'NEIL COMPLEX IS VISIBLE ON THE LEFT.
EAST END OF THE TIMBER CRIB DAM AT THE GRIST MILL (right) AND THE SAW MILL (center).
IDE'S ROUND BUILDING (1859), A PART OF THE FREEMAN & O'NEIL COMPLEX.
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ