"Magoun pier" The beginings of my layout

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Nice room for the layout. Looking forward to your progress

Thanks! Glen.
Happy to have you following along in this journey.

Greg

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Will it  be ready for next year's Doubleheaders tour?

Hi David, well I hope to have at least the benchwork all built and some trains running around the room.
So yes it would be nice to be open for next years Doubleheaders layout tour.

Greg

[TMo]

Embarking on the journey!  Awesome news, Greg and we'll be happy to watch the progress. 

What's the anticipated layout height?  Mine's at eye level which opens up a lot of potential for the space underneath, and allows for a little more comfortable duckunder height....

Hi TMo, my Magoun pier module is 51.6' inches from the top of rails to the floor.
I now have the option of lowering that height or raising that as needed.
Although I don't think I'm going to go higher than my current height, because I want to have a city scene with taller buildings behind the pier scene.

Greg

That makes sense!  I guess you have a layout plan sketched out?  I'm sure we'd all love to see what that plan looks like.

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HI TMo, I am now working on a track plan.
I thought figuring out how much benchwork I could fit into my space, and still allow myself & others room to move freely within it would be a better way to start.
I will definitively post a trackplan once I have figured out one.

Greg

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Greg: Just to check, is this a new house?

David

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Hi David, yes it is.

Greg

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Hi everyone, well my Magoun pier module is now moved into it's new layout room!
I placed it in the center of the room where I imagined it being used, three feet from the wall where it will connect to the reast of the future layout.
It really seems to dominate the room, so I'm a bit worried that it's height at 51.6 inches might be to high for the room.
Especially when I imagine the rest of the layout still being built all around it, at that level and even a bit higher in some sections.

   

I will post a floor plan of the proposed benchwork that has to be built around the pier soon.

Greg

[TMo]

Higher the better for me, Greg. No one likes to bend over or crouch to see something or work on it. It's nice that you have a section to build against, but that does mean that the construction dust is going to wreak havoc with that section. Magoun pier is certainly fabulous, however, and I'd hate having to cover it if it were mine.

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Hi TMo, I also like layouts that are higher in level, I've enjoyed operating Magoun pier at it's current height of 51.6 inches from the floor for years now.
However after seeing it in it's new smaller room I think I'm going to lower it by a few inches.
I plan on building my benchwork outside of the layout room, and then setting it in up the room after.
So I don't think i'm going to create a lot of dust, but I'm not afraid of covering up the pier if I have to I've done it before.

Greg