UNION CITY PASSENGER DEPOT

All aboard! Passengers are now enjoying the brand-new passenger station in Union City, Tennessee.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Cooking right along

Continuing with last week’s post, the larger of the two houses now has a roof. The other one will have one soon as well. Omscaler was able to develop a roof color treatment appropriate for the houses. We continue to move along. As far as last week’s post regarding the laser, some additional details may be helpful. Regarding the software, the laser software can produce the needed shapes directly. CAD was investigated to get the needed specifications. Due to a lack of training or experience, CAD proved problematic. What was successful was to scan in a well drawn diagram. Clean the diagram with a drawing AAP. Then paste the same directly into the laser software. Now the new laser produced fifty-ton hopper components are being incorporated into a new hopper car. Other laser projects are in the works as well. On the cutting edge, omscaler