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[@toddbehrends1373]

You have given A LOT of thought to adding an industry. Thank you for sharing the helix progress I find it helpful for any building I may do. Many things are in the works personally for me to possibly acquire the room to build a layout.

[@QNERailroad]

Glad it was helpful!

[@HartfordWhaler]

Really nice job on the track work and helix! Things are looking great. Looking forward to seeing some trains on that extension!

[@QNERailroad]

You and me both!

[@jasonweir6345]

Great update! Can't wait to see where you end going with this plan. Paper mills are busy places.. at least they were back in the day. We had no less then 3 major mills here in the St.Catharines/Thorold area, Ontario Paper being the biggest with the most complex amount of trackage. Looking good!

[@QNERailroad]

Funny that you mentioned Thorold. The other (smaller) paper plant on my layout is a somewhat to scale replica of the old Fraser Brothers paper mill at the end of the Pine Street Spur. I was lucky enough to have visited it while it was still in business, so I have photos. Also had access to CN engineering drawings when I scratchbuilt it.

[@georgiasunbelt]

All those paper mill designs are exceptional 👍🏽…

[@QNERailroad]

Glad you like them!

[@HaroldAlexis-bb8sd]

Hi again. Iwant to add on the previous video i'm really impressed with the switch track outlines from Walther's Code 83 to code 100 Atlas or Peco from the roadbed wow i would like to try this but i have to have the right styrene sheets to shim up to both tracks & have no idea what Evergreen size or thickness to use. Looks 100% professionally done. I'm currently using thick styrene on another project for a fueling station I'm having an interesting time with this. Sheldon you understand the blueprints better than i do. It's a good plan. I'm nearing the current episodes of my Q& NER marathon of your videos are nearly updated for me your viewer. (2025) Would you believe I've been going non stop watching since 2023 ? Again inspired by watching all of this. My layout is being built in sections at this writing. Glad to be here viewing all this. Harold CN Railroad 🇨🇦 etc..

[@blackhillsandeasternrailroad]

Nice work and update! My helix construction went very similar to yours, but a few years back. I chose single track, but am coming up 5 turns. My inspiration came from a Jeff Johnston article in MR and his video here on YT.

[@QNERailroad]

Cool, thanks!

[@rjl110919581]

THANK YOU FOR DETAIL VIDEO OF BUILD WITH LOT DETAIL

[@QNERailroad]

My pleasure!

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Very impressive layout, like that helix

[@QNERailroad]

Thank you.

[@giuseppearditi7963]

Sto seguendo il lavoro che stai facendo per l' ampliamento del tuo plastico con una zona industriale sicuramente molto bello il lup con il fascio dei. cinque binari buon lavoro a presto

[@QNERailroad]

Grazie mille!

[@KandWRailroader]

Very impressive!

[@QNERailroad]

Thank you! Keeping an eye on your massive layout build as well. Cheers!

[@KandWRailroader]

@@QNERailroad I appreciate your patronage!

[@blainedunlap4242]

Get a four-foot rule and tack it down flush to your track. You may have to lay down loose cork to get the height right. You can the press tight to the rule edge. Any straight edge will work. You lay pretty clean looking track. Nice work. The helix staging is inspired. You get a really long track with very low space use. There was a idea in and old Model RR magazine. Put a tortoise under places in staging to go up and down. Hold the cars until release acts as a break.

[@QNERailroad]

Thanks for the comment. I remember that article. I sometimes use a long plywood strip as a straight-edge. Four feet is not long enough!

[@cn7835656]

I really like the addition to the original layout and looking forward to seeing more in the future so how is the next video coming along

[@QNERailroad]

Trying to get the final benchwork and surface level subroadbed to line up properly to connect with the existing layout. This was always going to be the trickiest part, as multiple elevations have to be supported above the staging yard where there is limited room for risers.

[@adammcintosh8402]

I admire and appreciate the thought going into your design. I especially like the idea of having retired out of service service track to represent change and upgrades to the industry. Adds an element of time and realism, especially considering often decommissioned tracks are just left in place to decay. Will you be bringing in any wood chips, log loads etc. On flats or high capacity open hoppers? I see opportunity for a siding and an off loading landing in the top corner perhaps (if my brain is thinking about the process correctly?)

[@QNERailroad]

I got a few comments about this. Not unexpected. Unfortunately, the wood chip piles are located across the mainline, so I would have to squeeze in a curved turnout off the main, on a grade, unless I used the spot I had planned to used for the mill switcher service area for unloading (which would require re-thinking the location of the chip piles). From the photos I've seen it would need to be more substantial in size, and I wanted to preserve the scenery to track ratio. Furthermore, based on my latest track plan, the small yard will quickly run out of space, even without wood chip or log cars. Plus, I figured that in New England there are plenty of raw materials close by such that log/chip shipments by rail are not necessary or cost effective for the mill. Still time to think about it though ...

[@adammcintosh8402]

Indeed, that May make it possibly too much

[@patrickhalsey4000]

looks awsome!

[@QNERailroad]

Thanks!

[@Vman7757]

Wow Thanks for sharing.

[@QNERailroad]

Thanks for watching!

[@steve5526]

Why not add a spur for a chip car dump along your chip piles. There are a number of interesting options for this including those for end dump cars?

[@QNERailroad]

Thanks for your comment Steve. Unfortunately, there just isn't enough room for both coal and woodchip unloading spurs, plus I have many good examples of large mills receiving logs or chips offsite, with conveyors carrying them over considerable distances into the pulp building. I briefly considered a chip unloading spur directly off the mainline, but it is on a curve and grade (in the wrong direction), and sometimes less is more, if you know what I mean.

[@steve5526]

@@QNERailroad There is a paper plant about 25 miles from Walla Walla and they have a dumper for end dump cars, it looks so cool to see it lift cars up to something north of 45 degrees. I model Colorado, where I grew up along the Colorado and Southern about 50 miles north of Denver. I doubt there is a papermill in Colorado, but it is a very cool industry with plenty of diverse in bounds and out bounds.

[@QNERailroad]

True.

[@jackbishansky]

Sheldon it looks great wìth lot of brain keep it up

[@QNERailroad]

That's the plan!

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Going to subscribe to your channel

[@QNERailroad]

Much appreciated!

[@jameskruchten7212]

I see you have some pop wood stacks have you thought about adding one track for pulpwood cars since you're looking for car variety

[@QNERailroad]

I got a few comments about this. Not unexpected. Unfortunately, the wood chip piles are located across the mainline, so I would have to squeeze in a curved turnout off the main, on a grade, unless I used the spot I had planned to used for the mill switcher service area for unloading (which would require re-thinking the location of the chip piles). From the photos I've seen it would need to be more substantial in size, and I wanted to preserve the scenery to track ratio. Furthermore, based on my latest track plan, the small yard will quickly run out of space, even without wood chip or log cars. Plus, I figured that in New England there are plenty of raw materials close by such that log/chip shipments by rail are not necessary or cost effective for the mill. Still time to think about it though ...

[@ronduz1281]

👍👍👍

[@QNERailroad]

Thanks for the thumbs up!