Loading cattle in Kansas
This is one of the reasons for visiting Steve Sandifer's HO scale layout. One of his areas of expertise is Santa Fe stockyards and cattle operations. See: www.atsfrr.net/resources/Sandifer/Clinics/Stk/Index.htm . A modeler cannot go buy a correct stockyard kit in N scale, so if I want one, I'll have to scratchbuild one. Cattle were still shipped by rail on the Santa Fe until 1972. Since I have early childhood memories of cattle cars and stockyards, I must build one. Steve answered my questions that were not clear on the plans that I have. Will I have the patience to actually build one? We'll see.
This is one of several stockyards on Steve Sandifer's HO scale layout. All his finished structures and scenery are superb. He models a Santa Fe branchline in central Kansas circa 1952. I photograhed his layout on the 2011 Fall Layout Tour but didn't ask his permission to post these until this year. Over the next few days, I'll post more 2011 photos of his layout and then some from 2012.
Notes to myself and interested modelers: the top 2 boards of the fence are 1" x 6" lumber, the bottom 4 boards are 2" x 8" lumber, and the posts are 8" in diameter that rise 6' above ground. This is a standard Santa Fe Stockyard #1 65' 4" x 65' 4."
Loading cattle in Kansas
This is one of the reasons for visiting Steve Sandifer's HO scale layout. One of his areas of expertise is Santa Fe stockyards and cattle operations. See: www.atsfrr.net/resources/Sandifer/Clinics/Stk/Index.htm . A modeler cannot go buy a correct stockyard kit in N scale, so if I want one, I'll have to scratchbuild one. Cattle were still shipped by rail on the Santa Fe until 1972. Since I have early childhood memories of cattle cars and stockyards, I must build one. Steve answered my questions that were not clear on the plans that I have. Will I have the patience to actually build one? We'll see.
This is one of several stockyards on Steve Sandifer's HO scale layout. All his finished structures and scenery are superb. He models a Santa Fe branchline in central Kansas circa 1952. I photograhed his layout on the 2011 Fall Layout Tour but didn't ask his permission to post these until this year. Over the next few days, I'll post more 2011 photos of his layout and then some from 2012.
Notes to myself and interested modelers: the top 2 boards of the fence are 1" x 6" lumber, the bottom 4 boards are 2" x 8" lumber, and the posts are 8" in diameter that rise 6' above ground. This is a standard Santa Fe Stockyard #1 65' 4" x 65' 4."