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Back in the Saddle again! GB&W layout update
Hey gang !
I have posted the most resent progress on my construction of my Green Bay and Western on Youtube. Back in January I was involved in a auto accident which affected my mobility and my manual dexterity so I was not working that much on the layout.
Construction is moving along and I will be working harder during the next couple of months to prepare for our November open house layout tour.
thanks Paul B
new to mrh any advice for a newbie
need advice on trackwork, what road bed works well i have dc right now to start off with. what is a good dcc system. i have alot of different engines broadway limted n&w 2-6-6-4 paragon is there any problems with these engines? i don't have a layout yet i would like some advice please help. bill
bli n&w 2-6-6-4 paragon is there problems with these?
is there any problems with locomotives? like gears cracking or anything else? might buy more get rid of some of my brass that doesn't run too well. i have been out of the hobby since 2008 had numerous back operations feel better getting back into working on my layout again. any other info would be helpful i'm running dc power. thanks for any help. bill
Major Layout Progress at the 3 Year Mark
Just realized it has been a year since I posted any layout updates on MRH. I figured I had better make it up to everyone with some new photos.
There has been significant progress on the N Scale Fort St. John subdivision since last summer. I started this layout in August of 2009 so this month also represents 3 years of work.
1. Helix was constructed to connect lower deck to upper deck
2. Upper deck benchwork modules were constructed and installed
3. Upper deck backdrops were painted
MRH@SVOS, or "Joe & Bruce"
Joe Fugate flew into Grand Rapids on Friday for the National Train Show - and since he hadn't seen Bruce Chubb's SVOS since it was an empty basement and a plan just prior to the Valley Forge Convention in 1993, we went over there on Saturday evening.
Bruce gave us a tour of the layout from beginning to end - I still think it's a bit sobering to realize that most of Joe's Siskiyou Line is modeled in one stretch of the SVOS.
La Grange gets some track & Tortilla Flats gets surveyed
GS&M crews march on...
After the 1st set of track goes into place a Trio of C-630 pulls a tank train from staging up and out of the main Helix.
You can see how the main works it way out of the Helix and into La Grange. The Alcos are on what will become the A/D tracks for La Grange.
The 2012 Grand Rapids NMRA Convention - LD-SIG Tours
One of the advantages of being a member of the LD-SIG (ldsig.org) is going on the LD-SIG layout tour each year during the NMRA convention. This year there was a list of 20 layouts on the list - even discounting the Sunset Valley Oregon System (SVOS) which was open all week, and another layout(s) that was by appointment only, that still left us 18 layouts that we could credibly see in one day. Gentlemen... start your GPS's.
We got to 11 of them, leaving the hotel at 9:30am and finishing up with the last layout at just after 8:30pm.
The 2012 Grand Rapids NMRA Convention
This year's NMRA Convention and National Train Show are being held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is north of Chicago and just enough east to be in the Eastern time zone instead of the Central, as Chicago is.
Getting here was a comedy of airlines that I won't go into, aside from saying that I spent 20 hours Monday and Tuesday in airports and on airplanes and I was very happy to be reunited with my luggage when I returned to my hotel this evening after dinner.
La Grange & The Helix on the GS&M
Using a section of oak to test bend the plywood that will lead out of the main Helix and into La Grange. You can see Gila Grains from this angle.
Photo of the Helix exit. You can see I have not fully finished the front face of the bench work yet at the end of the 1x6. Gila Springs in on the back wall to the right.
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