{"id":194,"date":"2012-11-18T16:44:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T21:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallmodelrailroads.wordpress.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2015-04-25T20:52:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T00:52:45","slug":"194-inches-776-ties-3104-spikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/194-inches-776-ties-3104-spikes\/","title":{"rendered":"194 inches, 776 ties, 3,104 spikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Progress has been slow. I decided to spike every tie for a more authentic look. the finished results are looking good but it is slow going. I decided to do some quick math to see how many spikes I would drive by the time I was done.<\/p>\n

\"Spiked<\/a>
Spiked Turnout with Electrical connections Completed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is the math:<\/p>\n

194 inches total of track. this includes the main and all side track. On average I have 4 ties per inch. That equals 776 ties total. With four spikes per tie we arrive at the grand total of 3,104 spikes. Even if i average 100 spikes per day, it will take 30 days to spike all of the rail.<\/p>\n

Since I did the initial track setup, I have been going back and adding all the spikes. So far I have all of the turnouts completed and am now slowly moving down the layout. I believe I am more than 50% done.<\/p>\n

To breakup the monotony, I have started working on drawings of the hospital. this will be a very large brick building.<\/p>\n

\"U.S.<\/a>
U.S. General Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The building does not exist today. Some limited photos survive showing the\u00a0building\u00a0in\u00a0later\u00a0years as a canning company, furniture company and other uses.<\/p>\n

\"West<\/a>
West end of building in later years as part of Ladoga Canning Company<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later images of the building show only part of the\u00a0original\u00a0structure. When comparing the drawing of the hospital from the Civil War to the photo when used as a furniture company one can see that the building is much shorter and the corner structure is missing.<\/p>\n

\"South<\/a>
South\u00a0fascia\u00a0of building when used as Mound City Furniture Company<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With just the portion of the building shown in the furniture company image, the building scales to 19 inches in length in HO scale. I will post more as things progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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