Colorado
Eastern - More Dirt & Track
Wow. It was very rewarding and satisfying to
see the first sections of track in place and ballasted. It really looked
and felt "real" - and the project officially began to feel
like a lot more fun.
Moving dirt and rocks now seemed to have a more defined purpose and the
finished product was now starting to come to fruition... and then my
four tons of dirt was all used up and I still needed more!
PROJECT DATE: 11/11/03
So I ordered three more tons of dirt and another 1/2 ton of large rocks,
this time from different sources and for a little less money. The dirt
was $60 and the rocks were $40, and now I had everything I needed in
order to complete the project.
In retrospect, if I had the time and patience to shop around for dirt
the first time I believe I could have saved about $100 - but when time,
opportunity and weather all lined up on the same day back in October, I
just decided to seize the moment and go for it. When it gets to be late
fall in Michigan you just don't know when the days are going to turn
bitter cold or if snow will start to fly!
Total cost-to-date: $835 + $100 = $935
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It's starting to look ok - note the cribbing in the
foreground, used to build the roadbed up along the front edge of the
layout.
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