I have finally been able to break away and start a new office layout.  Well... more of a display now.  But, maybe you all can help?  I want to do some rock wall work and things to make it look interesting, but have no idea if there are any prototype examples of track-work that is separated by multiple levels of retaining walls?

See my blog post here: http://www.digitaltrainlab.com/

Here is my first run on my layout:

http://www.digitaltrainlab.com/2013/02/first-run.html

Now I get to tear it all down, move over a couple states, and start over!

I have the last few posts up about the last bridge and the last bit of track work!  Now I can run my trains! 

Check it out here: http://www.digitaltrainlab.com/2013/01/landwasser-viaduct.html

and here:http://www.digitaltrainlab.com/2013/01/third-rail-bridge-track.html

To bridge the gap across my cubicle entrance, I have used an unconventional lift-up design.  An entire section of the layout lifts up and over.  Not as useful as I would have liked, but a good learning project.

http://www.digitaltrainlab.com/2013/01/lift-up-shelf.html

I have been silent, but here continues the expansion of my cubicle railroad.  At first I didn't want to block access to my cube, but now I just want my trains to go around! Sure, the shelf can lift up, but its too much work, so it is a duck under to get into my cube.

See more here:

http://www.digitaltrainlab.com/2013/01/cubicle-access-trains-trains.html

Man, I am glad I took geometry! 

This is a snippet of the track planning guide for Marklin C-track. I really like this track and the geometry constraints may limit design, but hey, it also limits design!  Meaning, less time to deliberate, as I am very indecisive!

I have an umbedingt crisis on my hands! I love my acronym WIHLA for my railroad title, but on my blog I have given it the name, "Switzerland in a Cube".  Not as mysterious, but a little more descriptive (although What I Had Lying Around is actually quite descriptive).

I should also mention, that I have finished my post about my benchshelf-work.  Check it out here.

I built my structures out of 'what I had lying around'.  Check it out here: http://www.digitaltrainlab.com/2012/11/building-buildings-with-building-blocks.html

I am excited to start sharing what I have been doing with my cubicle, trains, and 'what I had lying around' (hence, WIHLA)! I have started a small blog here:  www.digitaltrainlab.com