Great Northern Rwy's Mansfield Branch Line (1909-1985) and the Waterville Railway Co. (1910-1974)

Built by the Great Northern Railway in 1909, the 61 mile line branched off the mainline at the Columbia River and snaked its way up across Douglas County, WA to its terminus in Mansfield. In 1985 it was abandoned, thus closing the book on railroading on the Waterville Plateau. This blog is dedicated to preserving the history of the Mansfield Branch Line and Waterville Railway Co., as well as showcasing my scratch built HO scale models.

Monday, January 27, 2014

HO Scale Tunnel Portal

I tried to mimic the Mansfield Line's south portal. After I took these photos, I used a light grey weathering powder to tone down the stain and give it some depth. It really gives it a realistic look. I have done that on my bridges as well.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

HO Scale Trestle

Scratch built 12 bent bridge trestle. With the center 4 bents doubled up.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

The Wenatchee Daily World: Nov 11, 1909

The Wenatchee Daily World: Jan 28, 1910

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Scratch built 3 bent bridge

Monday, January 13, 2014

scratch built 6 bent bridge.

Friday, January 10, 2014

HO trestle

One bridge down.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

HO Bridge # Sign

Finished bridge # signs.

Prototype sign at McCue in 1984

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Custom HO signs

Made a few signs to see how it will go. I drew up the signs in AutoCad and scaled them out at 1/87th scale and then printed them on card stock paper. I then then spray mounted that print-out to another piece of stock to give it some strength. Cut them out and then I had realistic, scale appropriate railroad signs.