Haslett


  Haslett is located about 4.5 miles east of Michigan State campus in East Lansing. This area was double track main line in the 80's. Just east of Haslett Rd, was a spur track which held 16 cars. 
LOOKING EAST ON HASLETT ROAD
HASLETT STORAGE BUILDING

LOOKING WEST AT MARSH ROAD OVERPASS. Note the signature Michigan R4 railing.
   Just east of Haslett is the site of a 1988 wreck which involved train 433. Information gathered from the Grand Trunk Western Historical Society allowed me to gain a better understanding of the events. In the wreck, 16 loaded hoppers of coal were derailed and destroyed due to unstable ground conditions caused from a severe drought. The resulting mess earned the area the nickname "Coal Pile". A permanent 25 mph speed restriction was placed in effect for all freight trains that exists to this day. This area will certainly need to be modeled for both operation and historical interest.

WRECK SITE "COAL PILE" ON 27 JULY, 1988. Photographer Unknown
GTW TRAIN 251 EASING PAST THE WRECK SITE  Photo by Ian Smith

HASLETT STORAGE BUILDING:

  After taking much of the summer off to enjoy other activities, I decided to get back into the swing of things with a quick and relatively easy build. I picked the storage facility just east of Haslett Rd, along the spur track. This is a simple structure that will not have an interior. Again, I am building a core out of .060 styrene which I will veneer details to.

  Here the box for the storage facility has been glued together. Buildings like this are a good opportunity to use up some of my styrene scrap in order to reinforce the inside corners and roof supports. The veneer pattern is drawn onto the sides of the building here to serve as a guide for gluing the exterior details.


  Next I built the roof and added it to the assembled structure. Then I veneered Pikestuff concrete block to the sides leaving the gap for the freight doors.

  For the ends of the building I used Pikestuff Board & Batten or Metal Siding Stock No. 541-1014


For the stone foundation of the building, I will be using Chooch Enterprise Inc. Flexible Stone Walls #8250 Small Random. This is a peel and stick product, but I will be using an all purpose adhesive just to be sure it doesn't start to seperate from the styrene base over time.

2 comments:

  1. John MillerJuly 21, 2016 at 2:57 PM

    Don't rush into that peel and stick product. I, for one don't like working with it.

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    1. GTJeffJuly 23, 2016 at 8:08 PM

      Thanks for the heads up John. Having seen your structure work, I will certainly heed warning and proceed with caution. My experience with most peel and stick products thus far always end up requiring more adhesive than what comes on the material. Nowadays, I just expect that the adhesive will fail and apply additional glue during initial construction.

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