The earliest photo's of my HO scale inspired Placerville branch are shared here. Originally slatted as a garage build and even getting as far as installing insulation in the portion I thought I would take over, was suddenly changed when my wife bought a new car and I foresaw nothing but an endless series of mishaps between building my railroad adjacent to a newly acquired auto. My second choice, suggested by my wife actually, was to build out a room underneath the back porch. I know it sounds crazy and my friend Phil Gulley who helped me along the way thought so too.
 |
| The under porch area with 2x6 studs going up |
The area had been used as a open storage and work room. We started with studs on the open face.
 |
Front entrance opening
|
The door behind leads to a small wine cellar, which eventually will share the space with my modeling room.
 |
View from inside (as it were) facing north
|
The photo above shows the interior. To the left a full concrete brick wall, a partial wall is in front, with the open face towards my backyard to the right. Note the ceiling is 2 and 4 by's in a square pattern. Above that is plywood and above that is a vinyl or metal covering which is surprisingly keeps water out. This was something I worried about constantly. But in the 4 years that I've been building water leakage from above has never been a problem.
 |
| Opposite view looking south toward entrance |
More construction photos next time.
