Ogoya Railway and Hokutetsu Komatsu line

[marknewton]

Some more lovely B/W images from Katsu's blog, of the Ogoya Railway in Komatsu, and the Komatsu line terminus next door to the tractor factory!

 

 

http://umemado.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/512.html

 

http://umemado.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/51.html

 

 

http://umemado.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/blog-post_26.html

 

http://umemado.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/2.html

 

Enjoy!

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[Martijn Meerts]

The top picture has T-Trak module written all over it =)

[Nick_Burman]

Some more lovely B/W images from Katsu's blog, of the Ogoya Railway in Komatsu, and the Komatsu line terminus next door to the tractor factory!

 

 

http://umemado.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/512.html

 

http://umemado.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/51.html

 

 

http://umemado.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/blog-post_26.html

 

http://umemado.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/2.html

 

Enjoy!

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

 

Mark, by any chance do you practice mind-reading (from Australia, too!)?? When I saw these pictures I thought immediately about you... Now, how are you going to squeeze that tractor plant into your layout?... :grin

 

Cheers NB

[marknewton]

Nick, the only mind-reader in my house is the missus, or so she claims!  

 

I've given a lot of thought about how to represent the factory buildings. They're such a significant feature of the station that they must be included. I think the way I'll do it is to build them in mid-relief - as opposed to flats or low-relief - and have them forming a major part of the backdrop. I made some rough cardboard mockups of the main buildings, and they're quite large.

 

 

I'm going to use the same construction method as I'm using for my scratchbuilt koban. I'll have a clear acrylic/perspex shell that will be skinned with Wills corrugated asbestos sheets.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[brill27mcb]

You may want to consider flat-roofed buildings. When viewed from a non "head-on" angle, it will look less obvious that things (like the roof) are missing.

 

Rich K.

[marknewton]

Rich, ordinarily I'd agree with your suggestion, but these structures will project forward from the backdrop, varying in depth from 4 to 6 inches. They will also be viewed from the same level as shown in the photo of the mockup - the track is right at my eye-level here, so (hopefully) the lack of depth is not very apparent. But if that doesn't work out I'll be thinking of your suggestion! 

 

All the best,

 

Mark.

[bikkuri bahn]

Another view of the station area, in color from a later date:

http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200904/25/78/b0059978_23462146.jpg

 

Alas, not only is the railway gone, but also the factory.  Apparently an Aeon shopping center will be built on the vacant site.

[marknewton]

Nice photo bb, I don't think I've seen it before. I'm a bit sad to hear the factory has gone, I was rather fond of it. I know, most people go for traditional Japanese architecture, temples, tea houses and so on. Me, I like corrugated-cladding factory buildings...

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.