Walkway completion

The walkway and pipe networks are complete. Here are some final details and images.

In the image above I have removed the walkway, leaving the bridge in place. The dark strips where the walkways were are made of sheet magnet I cut so size and glued in place.

Now I have turned the walkways on their side to expose the sheet magnet attached to the bottom.

This image is focus stacked for better viewing.

And a closeup of the completed Chemical unloading pipe and connection hose. In this image you can also see some rust color I added to the rail sides using weathering powders.

The last three images show detail and railcar placement from a perspective that wont be possible once the Power House is reinstalled in the blank plywood area in the foreground.

The connection hose for the second fuel tank car if needed.

Chemical unloading pipe, weathering cross ties, and starting fence construction.

At the end of the siding for fuel delivery is space to spot 1 tank car of chemicals of some sort. So I need a different pipe for unloading at this location. The  walk way naturally extends to the end of the track. I had to build additional concrete risers for the walk way and pipe. I also realized the I hadn't provided a walkway extension over or around the pipes for workers to access the tank cars.

Above I have the completed walkway with short open grate spans to the ballast for rail car access.

In the image above you can see the light gray wash I added to many of the wood cross ties. Ties do bleach to a gray/brown color over time. This also helps the track to standout from the black cinder ballast. The track nearest the bottom has only the original weathering on the ties. I will add more gray to those ties also.

And lastly for today I have the start of the fence posts. On the left where the fence approaches the short retaining wall I have a fence corner assembly. All chain-link fences taller than 6' that I have seen have corner assemblies like this. the post in the corner is connected to 1 post on either side by 1 or more horizontal braces. The braces tend to be of a smaller diameter tube than the posts are made of. Here I'm using brass wire of 2 sizes 0.032in (0.81mm) for the corner post and 0.020in (0.51mm) for the outer posts and braces. All the other fence posts are made of 0.020in steel piano wire. I like the durability of the steel wire.