Section 5 - Preachers Slough - Part 2

In the last blog (Module 15 - Basalt Module - Part 1) I identified the layout design elements of the Basalt Module and laid out the roadway lines. 

In this blog I am identifying the scenery construction concept and laying out the landforms.

As a refresher, here are the scenic elements:

1. A sunny sky. 
2. A far hillside with scattered trees.
   
3. A two track industrial area (North Pole Company and Knotty Pine Lumber Company)
4. An embankment with a state highway paralleling the main line.
5. A highway bridge crossing the main line.
6. A class 1 main line, a passing track and an interchange track.
   
7. A concrete tunnel portal passing through a ridge line.

Scenery Design Considerations

Background

1. The backdrop available for the Preachers Slough section is 22 inches in height. The section will be a simple backdrop - a clear blue sky suggesting a sunny day. 

2. A far hillside with scattered trees.

 

This photograph will be the basis for the far hillside on the left (geographically south) area paralleling the section's industrial area.

 

This photograph will be the basis for the center and right (northern) hillside paralleling the section's main line / interchange area. 

 

 

 

 

Landforms

The two photographs above will be the basis for the landforms on the Reachers Slough section.

Mid ground

 3. A two track industrial area. The backdrop hillside is extended into the midground paralleling the section's industrial area as a terraced hillside built from extruded styrofoam. It will directly extend from the backdrop. (See above).

4. An embankment with a state highway paralleling the main line.The hillside in the center parallels the section's main line / interchange area is an embankment four inches high and inches at the base. The rear of the embankment is sloped, giving a stand-off from the background. The top of the embankment is sized for a state highway with shoulder and guard rails. (See above).

7. A concrete tunnel portal passing through a ridge line. The hillside on the right (geographically north) area parallels the section's fascia and  integrates with the tunnel complex on the Smith Canal section.

 

 

 

 

 Foreground

Portions of the foreground between the interchange track and fascia is flat or sloped slightly downward toward the North River. 

Drainage and MOW structures, etc will be integrated with the foreground landforms.