Modeling State Line Interchange Yard & Rising Junction part 14 - Structures

State Line roundhouse model in place on the layout 

The roundhouse model permanently set in place below.

Tracks from turntable to roundhouse installed, ballasted, individual rails inserted into slots provided for them in roundhouse floor, wired and operational.

Grasses and trees blend roundhouse into the State Line scene.

In a present day LIDAR image below, the turntable pit, three roundhouse inspection pits and steam pipe trench at the back of the roundhouse can still be easily spotted.

A raised bank in the terrain at the rear of the roundhouse offers a scenic advantage on the layout.....  

Below, the modeled raised bank behind the roundhouse conceal where the tracks from State Line to Rising Junction exit the diorama stage right.

An overall photo from the operators aisle below shows the roundhouse in place within the State Line diorama on the lower level. 

The Danbury Connecticut diorama on the upper level and mid level staging for all locations south (railroad west) of Danbury terminating in the New York City area are located above State Line.

The turntable and roundhouse were not included in the original layout plan, now finished, pleased by the additional scenic interest and prototype operations they provide.