Fluesheet's Shelf Layout

[Fluesheet]

Matt,Glad to see this update on the progress of your layout..

Please keep us posted.

I had my first operating session of sorts last night, with about five cars and and 0-6-0 switcher. More of a shake out session. It's amazing how well a switching layout works when designed correctly!

I had my dad over tonight to work a "local" that I had staged last night. Great fun and he seemed to enjoy it thoroughly, though my mother was somewhat puzzled on what the point was! I will soon be going back to the original thread to check out some of the switching advice that I was given there.

I found two potential sticky points; both of which I gave some attention to during the design, and with the input from the other thread:
- The left end lead is too short (it got shortened from my original requirement for valid reasons). An easy fix with a temporary staging extension. The 0-5-0 has been used as a cheat a couple of times.
. The long end of the run around (middle track) is a little short. I wanted to be able to hold a couple cars there, and I can, but just barely! It will require very accurate spotting to make sure it cars don't foul the bracketing turnouts.