abrupt climate change
by John at 6/05/2006 10:53:00 AM
Brother Bill sends this:
What he neglects to say is that he is building his train set as a model of abrupt climate change, in which glaciers have swept down across Canada and covered the northern portions of the United States from Puget Sound to Long Island in a layer of ice and snow hundreds of meters thick.
Look at the detail in the second picture - I especially like the bluish cast to the ice, which captures the color of naturally occurring glacier algae. Excellent work!
Well I finished laying the track and sorting out the wiring. Still not power up though as I need to buy three single pole switches for the power blocks. But it is coming along. This time the curve radii are much bigger, 15 inches on the mainline and twelve on the passing siding, that will well accommodate the larger cars and the passenger cars, which I have on order. I got the engine for the passenger cars, a beautiful 1950's EMD F7A, the design just screams 50's modernism.
What he neglects to say is that he is building his train set as a model of abrupt climate change, in which glaciers have swept down across Canada and covered the northern portions of the United States from Puget Sound to Long Island in a layer of ice and snow hundreds of meters thick.
Look at the detail in the second picture - I especially like the bluish cast to the ice, which captures the color of naturally occurring glacier algae. Excellent work!
