Southern Pacific's Jefferson Branch

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Vista view is gone!

I'm glad the upper valance is in but the vista view started to grow on me a little. Here is the last look of the vista view right before the hard board went in.



The frame was built outside the layout room and moved to the peninsula. Some 2x2 upright braces were used to keep it centered and it was lifted in place using cribbing and door shims until it was bolted into place.





I used cardboard for the decking on the valance to keep the weight down, and since my neighbor got a 65” TV, it was free to boot.  Being such large pieces of cardboard I was able to keep the seams to a minimum .



I used four more of the T5 LED lights for the area. In all, I have 15 of these daisy chained to light the whole layout. I am still enjoying these as much as the day I started to put these in.



Here is the whole Siskiyou Lumber section. I just have to figure out how the final track arrangement will be.



This is the view as you first walk into the layout room. I used 1/8” masonite for backdrop. Since it is so flimsy I used some 1x3s to give it some rigidity. The actual back drop will be the backside of some vinyl flooring but for now I can start laying the scene out. I was trying to decide if I was going to paint the other side black or use white to break up all the black but I'm really starting to like the natural brown of the masonite with the black furring. For now it will stay as is but I may remove the pencil lines.



Still have to clean things up a little but it’s a good start.