Odds and Ends Around the Old Line Corridor

I originally built a Piko (also Con-Cor) substation for the OLC, but it just didn't have the distinctive lines or towering bulk of NEC substations. The maker of OLC's catenary towers, DesignDyne/Shapeways, produced this N scale substation. Look for an upcoming post on the substation. 

This kitbashed highway overpass was made from a couple of Rix overpass kits, with piers fabricated from Evergreen styrene strips. The overpass and the paper plant form a kind visual block to break up the curve at this end of the layout. Looking forward to scenicking the overpass and the paper plant into the layout.  

Designdyne/Shapeways four-track catenary bridges finally installed over the 'visible staging' yard. I wanted to run trains around the OLC and couldn't do so with the catenary bridges not yet mounted with magnets--they kept tipping over on to the tracks. Hey, is that an Indiana Harbor Belt SW between Amtrak trains on the NEC? Look for a an upcoming post on the Northwest Indiana trains that keep turning up in N scale and thence on the OLC...

One of those formed plastic throttle pockets turned up on the clearance rack at MB Klein's, so I bought it for my ESU Mobile Control II. I mounted it on the front of the OLC layout, with the result that now every time I walk by it, I just start running trains.