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My New Layout
Just wanted to share my new layout I am working on. I just came across this site a few days ago and the info here is great! I'm starting a new layout that will eventually be a 16x2 N scale covering a large area from Nebraska to Colorado in the mid-60's. It's obviously much compressed for the amount of variation in scenery - but I wanted to get a chance to try a variety of techniques and styles to learn as much as I can with the hope of someday building a larger layout. I started with a 2x4 section that transitions from rural western Nebraska to eastern Colorado.
The Upper Spine
The lower deck is built of what I call the backbone of the layout 3 4x1 with plywood sandwiched in between them. The Backbone is the anchor for the peninsula. The spine sits directly above the Backbone.
The Upper spine is a 6" x 10' long section of wood that sits on top of Oak Uprights. Every thing is tied together with Metal - T that will have lag bolts running thought the web of the spine.
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JL&T Railroad Blog - Layout Update #11 Part 1 & 2...
Latest layout update from the JL&T Railroad, Part 1 & 2...
Cheers,
Jas...
2 Rail O Modular Layout That Stands the Test Of Time
This layout is more than 20 years old and has seen many shows and homes over the years. It now has a permeate home. Please notice the detail.
Photoshopped vintage photos
I had some fun with Photoshop Elements the other week applying vintage effects to some photos and decided to have a go with some photos from my layout then thought I'd share them here. Theres room to improve and it is kind of sad to suck the colour and vibrance from a scene but was fun experimenting nevertheless.
Luke
The Helix
The Helix...
Every 180' each set of tracks gets a feeder. I used short drywall screws to hold the sections together. No Glue.
N scale progress report
I finally got around to posting a couple progress pictures of my layout. I'm home from college over the summer and decided to finally start on a model railroad.
Basic Info:
N Scale
late 50's PRR
Freelanced
3'x6'
I adapted Rick Van Laar's track plan, found in the Feburary 2011 issue of Model railroader, to N scale. and added a few extra sidings for more switching potential.
Tweaks
PROGRESS UPDATES ON PAGE 2 - 7/15/2012
A quick "tweak" to my Iowa Interstate Grimes Industrial Track layout this week. But first, let me set up the story.
Gila Springs & Mesquite Track plans
This is the GS&M track plan for now. I do not have the transition level or the staging yard track plan shown. both not very exciting to look at. We do have Red Mesa Mine and Knot Mine on the transition level as it pass around Noose aka Transition level.
The 2 track Main Helix runs from the stage yard located under the lower level up to La Grange. The Main Helix is used for getting trains in and out of staging and can be back filled with trains during operations. Inner loop is down, outer loop is up.
layout progress
Here is my little pet project I've been working on. it's a layout to just "tide me over " until the 20X30 space in the next room over gets cleared out. It is a pretty basic setup, with a quarry (brown hill area at far right in overall shot) and some sort of factory (far left rear track) plus an engine terminal (BL2 and SW9 in fron center) behind that is a lumber yard (front right).
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