Layout Update 7 15 23 - Benchwork Complete!

[@sjwilli1972]

Thanks for sharing. I'll never get to build a railroad, so I just sit and watch your build. Thank you from Wales. We love sheep and steam engines 😊

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

Thanks for commenting! Hope I make it over that way one of these days!

[@hoscalemodeltrains1221]

Well done, Ray. You've inspired me to start building again.

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

Glad to have helped!

[@hoscalemodeltrains1221]

@@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061 I mentioned you in one of my videos, that the need to build was your fault. 🤣🤣🤣

[@williambryant5946]

Awesome!

[@The0311gruntUSMC]

Congratulations on a job well done on the bench work. It is so nice to see your completion and the tidiness of the layout area. Construction work always is a mess to deal with. You should be proud! Now the fun part of laying tie and rail is at hand. I look forward to seeing your progress. Again fantastic work.

[@matthewjones1119]

That’s really coming together nicely

[@Robls501510]

Congrats on finishing the benchwork. Real happy to see some video of Betty too. Now on to laying more track.

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

Got a pair of #8 switches on the bench already

[@brettmariotte3343]

Great work. Thanks for the video.

[@OtterCreek]

Looking forward to all the incoming trackwork!

[@andyriha9752]

Thanks for the update and congratulations on reaching your goal of benchwork early. Enjoying the great content as well.

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

Thank you!

[@ThePTBRULES]

Im so glad I mentioned Unity Junction. The Unity Railway's last Engine (SW8 #53) and Caboose (#53A) still exist. On the opposite side of Interchange of the C&H and the Bessemer, there was a train station called Red Raven, then River Valley/Harmarville. You can tell where the station is on an overhead photo where the open gravel area is would be an easy addition. That said, the industrial district and C&H are backwards, lol.

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

Thanks! I'm going to look that up. You are correct, there are a few things that are backwards on the layout. Concessions to how things flowed with the space mostly.

[@mapruitt]

Congrats on finishing the benchwork! Looks like you've invested a small fortune in all that lumber! 😀

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

Thank you! The layout, plus studding out the basement.... yes, I probably helped someone's kid at lowes go to school 🤣

[@siobhanpeal38]

Incredible achievement so far. On with the track work!

[@leehanna4929]

Congratulations on finishing the benchwork! It looks like the layout will be a good one to operate on!

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

I sure hope so!

[@jefflynnalex]

Can't wait for that Allegheny river bridge!

[@ronaldrondeau7870]

Great layout long way to be finish

[@admiralseabass8993]

Curious, will you have a B&O interchange in Butler?

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

Yes, the b&o will be non functional but inbound and outbound tracks. Will also have the erie at shenango and nkp at Wallace.

[@admiralseabass8993]

@@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061 that sounds great. operationally, your layout is going to be epic. even the manifests are going to be fun to run. and you are going to have, what, 2 branch lines that can also be run? Sounds amazing.

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

@admiralseabass8993 correct, 2 operating branches, western Allegheny and erie. Thank you for the kind words, I hope it'll be epic. Gonna Take a long time to get all that secondary track built out. Nice thing about the bessemer in this era, plenty of line side industry & merch traffic. Plus the coal and ore conveyor belt going in the background. Luckily, in a great group of guys to help with ops.