The Hanging Cliffs Railway

Work on the Hanging Cliffs Railway was started in January 2002 with the remodeling of the rec-room. Before the railroad could be started, old paneling was removed,  basement walls insulated, sheet rock hung, walls spackled, sanded, primed and painted. The vision of this railroad was to have a  "built as part of " NOT a "added to" look. I had 2 walls, a support beam (wood) and open air to work with. Below are my solutions. I hope they will be useful for you when you start your elevated railroad.......and  I hope that you like my results.      Bob Whipple, Feb. 2002.

Ceiling hanger parts : Starting at the top of the picture (sorry it's a little hard to see) and working down are "Tee-Nuts". These are flat threaded nuts that have pointed teeth on the bottom. When inserted into a drilled hole, and hammered in,  they grab the outer edge of the hole and the threaded part is inserted into the hole. They are available in different sizes. I used #10-24 for all the metal hardware. Pine ceiling mount:   * Drill holes in a piece of wood to accept the threaded rod. Width is up to you. Threaded Rods: Available in 2 foot lengths. Plastic tube: I used this to cover the threaded rods. Cut to the length of the distance from the ceiling mount to the track support..It does 2 things. Covers the rod and makes a "stop" for tightening the wing nut on the track support. Pine track support: * see above. Washer. Wing Nut. Rounded Nut.

Finished "suspended" section. Supports are placed at each rail/track connector. I added lattice to stop "wiggle" and small trim to hide the rods. By doing this gives it a nice bridge effect.

UNDERSIDE  picture of hanger.

Heavy duty wall angle supports hold up the 2x4 particle board corner that has been cut in a 8 foot radius curve.

And what it looks like from the top-side.   Yes....they are birdfeeders...7 bucks a piece....Ya can't beat it.

And what it looks like from the top-side.   A "cut to size" piece of sheet rock was applied on the wall to hide the wall angle supports and to provide a mounting surface for the "wall paper" building background.

Heavy duty wall angle supports hold up the wall system also. Pine board was used here and planks are joined with metal bracing tabs..

The house support beam. Also mounted using heavy duty angle supports, pine board planks, sheet rock cut to size to hide the supports,, and  "cloud" wall paper added for the backgroung. In the far left is an 1952 "Announcing Station" (O-27 ) , by Noma  in the other particle board corner..   There also is a wall paper background there.

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