At several locations on the In-ko-pah Railroad, it was necessary to have electrical junction boxes for accessing the track wiring and low voltage lighting circuits. In some cases these are merely hidden under a loose rock, but in other cases more creative methods were needed to hide them so that they would not detract from the scenery.

Above and below: A small wooden platform hides this junction box alongside the tracks. The box itself was cast in place using a mix of mortar and vinyl patching cement. The front looks like a stone wall.

Left: This junction is built into a face of the cliff at the front of the layout.

Right: Thin stones were glued to the PVC coverplate using urethane glue. Broken bits of matching stone were sprinkled over the glue to fill the gaps between the larger stones. The heads of the screws were painted to blend into the rock.

Left: Another junction box set into the cliff.

Right: This time I disguised the coverplate to look like a boarded up, abandoned mine tunnel. The edges of the PVC coverplate were carved with a Dremel to give it a rough stone-like texture and eliminate the straight edges.

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