THE BLACK RIVER VALLEY MODEL RAILROAD WEB SITE

The old Black River Station depot is an Atlas model that has been on the layout since 2014 or before. It is small and doesn't show its interior light very well.

Here is the station location after the removal of the old depot. It is between the inner main line and the commuter loading/RIP track on the southeast side of the layout.

Here the windows and doors are in place. The station foundation has been trimmed on one side to fit between the track at its future location and the station walls are assembled and place on the foundation pad.

March 2019

Here is the trimmed down version of the depot building. Notice the addition of a cargo/express door. There is a second such door on the other side of the structure.

After studying the structure of the new station above, I deided it looked too much like a prison. A coat of grey paint on the brick work lightened the appearance of the building quite a lot. I like the looks of it much better.

Using parts of the passenger shelter from the Frankford Junction kit, I fashioned a cupola/skylight for the station roof. It has a certain appeal.

Here the opening in the station roof has been cut out and the trimmed down and painted basic cupola structure is in place on top of it.

At left is the new Black River Station is in its place on the layout. Most of the planned details in place. The flashing around the base of the cupola/skylight is finished and the chimneys are in place. After even more trimming of the platforms and moving figures and details closer to the structure, the clearances between the platform edge and the track are minimal. After testing the clearances are just too close for trains to pass reliably. Drastic action is going to be needed.

June 2019

Placing the new station required the removal of the Commuter/RIP track and the turnout that accessed the track. Here the track and switch have bee removed and the old ballast and ground cover with it. I decided to leave the track bumper in place, at least for now.

With the Commuter/RIP track out of the way there is plenty of room for the station and its platform. Almost too much.

Unfortunately, when I trimmed back the station platforms I discarded the pieces. This necessitated adding 'skirts', to the platforms. I used several sections of styrene painted with Floquil Concrete for the new sections of the platforms. They still require a lot of attention to make them presentable, but for now they will do.

July-August 2019

Here the new Black river station is temporarily in place on the layout. I'm not sure of final positioning or whether the water tower will be placed as it is. Still a lot of repaires to be made to the ground cover and the rest of the area around the station.

This is an aireal view of the New Black River Station area on the layout. The ground cover is in place and the station apron marked off. The new water tower location is permanent. Over all a good outcome to a long project.