10-18-2009, 07:26 AM
Righty, the latest plan has been decided on as being really cool and thus the first track is in its place! (so October 18th is the birthday of my layout, the first train ran today)
The layout will allow for much longer trains than originally (even way too long for the traverser, but it is better to have shorter trains and longer tracks than the other way round. These pictures are already old - as I'm writing this, the cork roadbed has been put into place.
The point motors are hideously in sight, but I hope that careful ballasting will render them invisible.
A little underpass - a small stone railbridge will run over this.
Next a few decisions about how to tackle the challenge of wiring it properly...
The layout will allow for much longer trains than originally (even way too long for the traverser, but it is better to have shorter trains and longer tracks than the other way round. These pictures are already old - as I'm writing this, the cork roadbed has been put into place.
The point motors are hideously in sight, but I hope that careful ballasting will render them invisible.
A little underpass - a small stone railbridge will run over this.
Next a few decisions about how to tackle the challenge of wiring it properly...
-norm