April Layout Party

[Green_Elite_Cab]

How about a layout party? Everyone post a photo or three of what you've been doing on the layout this month, and plan to do in the next couple of weeks. Let's get caught back up on where everyone is on their railroad empires.

gonna have to get on that! to much stuff to do! Too many locomotives, to many cars, not enough room. going to have to fix that...

Put in a little housing addition and a road, the mock-up houses are made from 2x4s. I don't know that I am happy with the arrangement of the road and houses. Funny, since I have been building from the prototype, I am second guessing all my freelance stuff. I mean, I know the prototype stuff is how it would really be, but don't know about the stuff I create. This photo also shows more culverts and drain pipes.

I think i can see what you mean. Those tracks look like they cut awfully close to the back of those houses. I thought that other structures need to be about 15' from track center (though this may be PRR electrified territory spacing) It looks like your houses on the left are VERY close to the tracks, and those people would have no back yards. Perhaps shifting them forward slightly would give a better feel?

You say its prototype, do you have pictures? if they are that close, then its just a weird thing.

I do like the culverts! That is one thing that makes me mad that i built straight onto plywood, since now everything is perfectly flat!