Bushwick Terminal

[cnw1961]

After a long hiatus, I am back with my new layout: Bushwick Terminal. Bushwick Terminal once was a big freight terminal with lots of warehouses, team tracks, loading ramps etc. owned by the LIRR. These days most of it is gone and most tracks are covered with asphalt, but the little that is left still makes an interesting small switching layout. Some pics and information can be found here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.oldnyc.com/bushwick/terminal/terminal1.html">http://www.oldnyc.com/bushwick/terminal/terminal1.html</a><!-- m -->

I scaled down an aerial shot to HO and with only a little tweaking to make it work with standard #8 and #6 turnouts, it fits perfectly into the space I have available.





The size of my layout is 12'4" x 1'6" with a 5' removable section on the left (not shown in the drawings). The era is modern (approx 2000–2006), that means that freight operation on the Bushwick Branch and the Bushwick Terminal is no longer carried out by the LIRR, but by the New York Atlantic Railway, which took over in 1997 … but other railroads will show up on my layout as well, like CSX and PREX.

I spent the last two days laying track and wiring and I am glad to say that everything works perfectly. I will post a few pics soon.