#5 The Meandering Stream

Planned visual elements for Sunset Hill’s Illiana Train Society “Bull Moose Line”
#5 
The Meandering Stream



The cascading waters flowing from the upper Reflection Pond to the lower Mill Pond create a soothing background sound for the “Bull Moose Line” G-scale trains whistle and chuug to play against. Although visuals are an important part of the outdoor garden, sound will bring the train garden to life.

In addition to providing continuous movement and sound the gurgling waters will present opportunities for additional spot vignette presentations along the "Bull moose Line" right-of-way

 Such as a working grist mill.



A group of shore side vacation homes. 



Or a functioning logging mill.









Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

#1 Upper Reflection Pond and Waterfall

Image
               Planned visual elements for Sunset Hill’s Illiana Train Society “Bull Moose Line" 
#1 Upper Reflection Pond and Waterfall
4,000 gallons of water per minute will flow through a filtration pump pushing water from the Lower Mill Pond, via a hidden piping system, to the Waterfall above the Upper Reflection Pond. From this small pond, encircled by a single rail track, the water will splash down a series of gurgling rock falls, within a trough of field stone, that leads down to the Lower Mill Pond.




The pond system forms the heart of the layouts design, giving the venue its visual height and depth. Indiana field stone will be used in the water features and throughout the "Bull Moose Line" railroad garden  


Read more

#3 Figure Eight Over And Under Track

Image
Planned visual elements for Sunset Hill’s Illiana Train Society “Bull Moose Line”  

#3
                                             Figure Eight Over And Under Track



At the heart of the garden railways design, the water feature gives the venue a stone hill for a figure eight track allowing trains to cross over the water via a compression  bridge, circle the upper reflection pond and then dive under the downhill stream through a tunnel to continue on around the lower mill pond. This visual effect provides the “Bull Moose Line” with a unique right-of-way  to travel over and under the cascading waters.


Read more