GEC's Layout Progress

[Green_Elite_Cab]

Justin,

The thing that's always puzzled me in the many years I've watched you forever rebuild your layout is that it never meets your goals for nice, smooth curves or a station large enough to efficiently serve the beautiful passenger equipment you have so painstakingly (Comet cars anyone?) built over the years since I remember you posting on the original Gauge forever ago. You keep making small changes to an otherwise flawed layout. Plus you need some sort of fascia so it doesn't look as if the earth is floating on 3/4" of plywood. You might not have the space, time or inclination to start a new layout now, but you should improve your layout to truly showcase the great equipment you've been modeling!

I'm Chris, lol

Now, I do see what you're saying, but I wouldn't call it flawed just yet.

I will admit that its been 8 years and I still haven't covered the sides, but since its not essential, it usually doesn't factor high on my priority list.

In any event, I don't think the layout is as flawed as it was. I've rebuilt the track, so that I have a larger yard, and easements in my curve. Its all flex track, rather than sectional, cutting down on electrical power loss. The larger yard fixed the "over-capacity" problem, and so local freight runs go smooth.

As far as running a switching operation, I think i'm just fine- <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2pi3rDA2fI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2pi3rDA2fI</a><!-- m -->



That said, I DO see what you're saying, and I agree. While the layout itself is not necessarily flawed, it definitely does not fit my modeling aims any longer. Its not meant to run anything bigger than a short two-four car commuter train.

My Electric Freight engines are all big mainline power moving long trains from Waverly to points south and west under the wire. My commuter and Amtrak trains definitely need space to "stretch out.

unfortuneately, I don't see what I can do about this. The only thing i can really do to show case it better is to get wires up so my Pantographs can touch something.