03-26-2015, 01:57 AM
The new version of the layout is quite different from all the previous.
It is intended to be a stage for my rolling stock and street cars. It refrains from presenting a dedicated theme or area to permit free usage of most of my contemporary stuff on the tracks and streets. The buildings stand back to permit free view and easy access for switching.
The price to pay is a layout with a tendency to look boring and having no own character.
The previous layout with all the beautiful Downtown Deco buildings was big fun to build and it looked very charming to my when I came into the room. But it became more and more a nightmare to operate. I underestimated the effort to switch in a brick canyon with blocked view and physical access.
Summary: Simple layout made for lots of fun to operate it
ps. The East end industry is waiting to be rebuilt. May be something inspired by Nestle Purina in Jefferson Wi to get a home for my reefers. UP's operation on that former CNW main line is quite interesting for small layouts. The trains are short and the branch line became a stub line. The south connection is gone. A good reason to run GP15-1 and GP38-2 with long hood a head. The last run around is in Jefferson. Trainmasterkrebs has a bunch of clips in YouTube ( <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Trainmasterkreks">https://www.youtube.com/user/Trainmasterkreks</a><!-- m --> ).
It is intended to be a stage for my rolling stock and street cars. It refrains from presenting a dedicated theme or area to permit free usage of most of my contemporary stuff on the tracks and streets. The buildings stand back to permit free view and easy access for switching.
The price to pay is a layout with a tendency to look boring and having no own character.
The previous layout with all the beautiful Downtown Deco buildings was big fun to build and it looked very charming to my when I came into the room. But it became more and more a nightmare to operate. I underestimated the effort to switch in a brick canyon with blocked view and physical access.
Summary: Simple layout made for lots of fun to operate it
ps. The East end industry is waiting to be rebuilt. May be something inspired by Nestle Purina in Jefferson Wi to get a home for my reefers. UP's operation on that former CNW main line is quite interesting for small layouts. The trains are short and the branch line became a stub line. The south connection is gone. A good reason to run GP15-1 and GP38-2 with long hood a head. The last run around is in Jefferson. Trainmasterkrebs has a bunch of clips in YouTube ( <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Trainmasterkreks">https://www.youtube.com/user/Trainmasterkreks</a><!-- m --> ).
Reinhard