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Super User 164 posts Gregory Latiak GLatiak Super User 164 posts
Gregory Latiak GLatiak

Last year my better half encouraged me to take the plunge and act out on a long-standing desire to have a model railroad. And quite generously agreed to allocate a corner of the downstairs family room for this project. There were a few conditions -- one wall has a heat pump unit mounted that must be accessed intermittently for service. And the other wall had a window that is also seasonally maintained. This meant that whatever I built in the 7x10 foot space had to be movable. Being retired also meant that this was a project that I could devote some serious time to without the distractions of work. Having limited space and an interest in local history, I decided to base my railroad on the local Bay of Quinte railroad -- the remains of which are all over this area. The track has been pulled and some of the right of way converted into hiking trails, but the bridges, a few stations and some yard facilities are still extant. I will try to document some of the design decisions to date as well as post on the progress to completion. After a year of work the attached picture shows where things are now.

 

Greg Latiak

Gregory Latiak

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LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

Looking Good

I wish I had made such good progress in 1 year. Looks like a very comfortable place to be while modeling. Keep the pics coming.

Alan

All the details:  http://www.LKOrailroad.com        Just the highlights:  MRH blog

When I was a kid... no wait, I still do that. HO, 28x32, double deck, 1969, RailPro
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UPWilly Prolific poster 1,964 posts
UPWilly

Greg, nice looking layout ...

Just curious - does your Ro-Ro Elevator mate to the layout in the lower left corner of your picture (and is not shown here)?

Ref: model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/4590

 

Bill D.

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N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'
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Gregory Latiak GLatiak Super User 164 posts
Gregory Latiak GLatiak

Ro Ro Ro your train...

Thanks for asking, Bill.

The elevator does mate with the layout. The track that one sees descending from the top of the helix loops around and connects in, roughly half way between the upper and lower decks. In Napanee, Ontario there is a long railway viaduct that has stone archwork on each side and a deck bridge crossing the river -- I have always liked that piece of work so am reproducing it in the layout. That stack of blue foam (supporting, sort of, the bridge) will be the river that cascades through Napanee.

The tricky part of the hookup between the layout and the elevator has been making provision for misalignment due to seasonal expansion. I posted a question on the forum and the answers I got reminded me that the parts used to build fancy tables should do the trick. Those bits showed up today. I will post pictures of how the linkage works as soon as I have it built. But note that all the electrical connections were brought to the front for ease of disconnect -- I am using trailer harness connectors.

 

greg

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