Grand Imperial Railway

Building the "Grand Imperial Railway"

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     Plate      Description — Plates 37-72Plate Added
Plate 37View looking westSEP 2003
Plate 38View looking northwestSEP 2003
Plate 39The second concept model at the exact center of the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 40The second concept model at the exact center of the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 41View looking southwest, with the second concept model, a schematic, and Hornby track on top of the "quarter panels"SEP 2003
Plate 42View looking southeast, with the second concept model, a schematic, and Hornby track on top of the "quarter panels"SEP 2003
Plate 43The Hornby "Flying Scotsman" in motionSEP 2003
Plate 44The Hornby "Flying Scotsman" in motionSEP 2003
Plate 45The Hornby "Flying Scotsman" in motionSEP 2003
Plate 46The Hornby "Flying Scotsman" in motionSEP 2003
Plate 47View looking southeast with the upper roadbed temporarily elevatedSEP 2003
Plate 48View looking southwest with the upper roadbed temporarily elevatedSEP 2003
Plate 49View looking southwest with the upper roadbed tacked directly onto the baseboardSEP 2003
Plate 50View looking northwest with the upper roadbed tacked directly onto the baseboardSEP 2003
Plate 51View looking northwest with the elevated roadbed fastened upon columnsSEP 2003
Plate 52View looking southeast with the elevated roadbed fastened upon columnsSEP 2003
Plate 53View looking southeast with the second concept model centered upon the baseboardSEP 2003
Plate 54View looking southwest at an American-style train upon the elevated roadbedSEP 2003
Plate 55View looking southwest showing the beginning of construction on the descending spiral roadbedSEP 2003
Plate 56This plate is no longer accessible; the contents are exactly duplicated in Plate 57 
Plate 57View looking west toward the early construction of the descending spiral roadbedSEP 2003
Plate 58View looking southwest at the construction of the descending spiral roadbedSEP 2003
Plate 59View looking west at the "Flying Scotsman"SEP 2003
Plate 60View looking south at the construction of the descending spiral roadbedSEP 2003
Plate 61View looking south at ballasted trackSEP 2003
Plate 62View looking north at ballasted trackSEP 2003
Plate 63Materials and tools used for ballasting trackSEP 2003
Plate 64Tie paintSEP 2003
Plate 65View looking west along the upper level on the north face of the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 66View looking west along the upper level on the south face of the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 67View looking west, trial fit of lower level curved trackSEP 2003
Plate 68General view looking east during heavy constructionSEP 2003
Plate 69Recently ballasted upper level track at the east end of the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 70Recently ballasted upper level track at the east end of the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 71The "Flying Scotsman" running in reverse along the upper levelSEP 2003
Plate 72Ballasting in progress, upper levelSEP 2003