My New York & Atlantic layout

[cnw1961]

Well, my last layout never got beyond the initial stages ... I hope this one will not be so short lived. I am modeling the New York and Atlantic Railroad, a shortline that took over freight traffic from the Long Island Railroad in 1997 and operates freight trains on the lines owned by the LIRR. My layout will be based on a scene from Blissville on the Montauk Branch.
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The size of the layout is 15 1/2' x 1 1/1-2'. The narrow part on the left is a removable extension that can easily be plugged in when I want to run trains. As you can see in the trackplan and the aerial shot above, the trackplan of my layout is almost prototypical (even the switchback in the upper right corner). I only added two spurs and a crossover to make running trains more fun.

Construction has already started. I hand built all the turnouts and two days ago I got my flex track. I cut it to length and soldered feeder wires to it. The only thing that is still missing to start laying track are the wood ties that I need to finish the turnouts.

Here are the first shots.



Don’t get fooled by the CSX engine. I am still working on my NY&A Geeps.





Doesn’t that look like the perfect GERN plant?

[faraway]

That looks very interesting. The mix of structures is a real challenge. Do you plan to do that run down buildings http://www.oldnyc.com/newtown_creek/brid...cn0048.jpg? I like that kind of brick wall very much but have never seen styrene brick walls suitable for that purpose. May be doing it from scratch and carve a master is the only way.
Good luck!

[SP1]

Personally, I dont get much exited about those small switching layouts but this view is absolutely worth building this layout. I am really looking forward seeing this scene complete one day.

[bnsffan]

"Plymouth Street" inspired me a lot in my own layout planning and I was waiting with great anticipation your new post.
It promises very interesting posts and I will read them with great interest.

By the way, will you continue to post about your NYA GP38-2 project?

Go ahead with this fine modeling too.

Daniel

[cnw1961]

Do you plan to do that run down buildings http://www.oldnyc.com/newtown_creek/brid...cn0048.jpg? I like that kind of brick wall very much but have never seen styrene brick walls suitable for that purpose. May be doing it from scratch and carve a master is the only way.

Reinhard, this structure will be the signature structure of this layout. It is mostly redbrick, but a few walls are made from cinder blocks. I will scribe plain styrene sheets to simulate that.

Jens, I don’t get too excited about small switching layouts either, but space is at a premium in our house, so it is a small switching layout or none at all.

By the way, will you continue to post about your NYA GP38-2 project?

As soon as I will continue working on it ... hopefully soon!

[mountaingoatgreg]

Kurt,

This is a great looking little shelf layout!!
I think I like the plan and style better then Plymouth street and I hope you are able to get this one "finished"
I really like the feel of the area from the photos and I wish you luck in completing your task.

[Ralph]

That looks great already with cardboard mock ups!
Ralph

[P5se Camelback]

Ah ... Fomecor® Mock-ups. That's the "right" way to do it!

When I was trying to work out the GERN Plant for the 2010 Summer Structure Challenge, I couldn't find any Fomecor® in this half-horse town (can't find a sheet of styrene either!) but I had recently moved and corrugated cardboard was abundant.

I love the clean, uncluttered look that the white Fomecor® gives you. It makes it easy to envision the 3-dimensional forms.

Nice work, Kurt. I look forward to watching the layout and the scenes progress!

[FCIN]

Really like the way you've captured the look of the prototype track layout; good going! That's one thing that I always strive for, if I'm basing a layout on a prototype (and they usually are).

Really like the look of the foamboard mockup buildings too. Even without details, it really adds to the look of the layout in its early stages and always for you to get a feel for how things will fit your plan. I need to track down some of that or at least something similar.

I know we'll be seeing some excellent work as things progress.

[AlcoRS1]

nice, I really am excited about seeing this layout deliver.

[tetters]

Amazing start Kurt! Bookmarked.

[trisonic]

Looking good, Kurt!

Best, Pete.

[Sumpter250]

[quote="cnw1961"]



Interesting location. I grew up 30 miles East of Blissville, on the Montauk branch, in Copiague, N.Y.
The bridge you have is the John Jay Byrne Bridge ( Greenpoint Ave. )
The Industry just to the east of the bridge is/was Allied Extruders, and the street just south of the tracks is Railroad Avenue.
One of the projects I was planning to build, and have most of the parts on hand now, is a pair of former Metro North MP15ACs, that the NY&A acquired. Their GP38s are more recent acquisitions.
At the time I became interested in the NY&A, they commonly used two locos, one at each end of the train in a push/pull arrangement, which aided greatly in simplifying some of their switching requirements.
I'll be watching this one....it's been just short of fifty years since I left Copiague, but I still feel connected to Long Island.
NY&A #268:
   
NY&A #270:
   
NY&A #261:
   

[Chuck]

Great looking track plan! I am bookmarking this thread -- I also have a switching layout and I like to see what others are doing with limited space. I look forward to more of your posts about your layout....
Chuck

[cnw1961]

Thank you all for your encouraging comments. I tell you, I am all excited about this new start and I can’t wait for the wood ties to arrive so that I can lay track and find out if running trains is more fun than on my last attempt (Plymouth Street).

Pete, thank you for the NY&A pics. #268 is the engine I am building at the moment and after this will be finished, I will build its sister unit #271. In addition to these engines I hopefully will get NY&A MP15AC #151 in March or April when Athearn releases their next run.

Since my last post on the Plymouth thread I made a little progress on #268. It got new buffer plates, Cannon Co. radiator fans, an antenna, Salem air filters and ditch lights. Next I will replace the P2K air tanks with Cannon parts and make new railings for the rear and install the grab irons on the long end of the hood. Then it will be ready to be painted.