OK the wife has been itching to see me get the O&W layout started. Thanks to my dad who got 21 sheets of 3/4 inch plywood along with 2x2 boards to use as legs. This layout may take more time to do because of money reasons but i did get 2 sheets of foam and i have a ton of track. Tonight i started the Earlville section table and cut foam to length. Ill get pics up as soon as i make more progress.
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21 sheets of ply
Anyhow, congratulations. It's always fun to start a layout. How about all the gory details. Is this you first one? Do you have a track plan you can post?
Loren
I got my first train when I was three,
put a hundred thousand miles on my knees.
Yea its a lot of plywood, as for the layout no its not my first this is my 9th one. Sorry Loren no track plan as im useing a few books to work from. Now to go work on it for a bit
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Heres what i have done so far........ The first pic is of the Earlville station ground and the 2nd is my version. I know wheres the structures??????
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This is getting real interesting. It looks like you are following a prototype. I can't find anything on the net about an O&W except this. Are you building part of this? The New York, Ontario & Western Railway.
Loren
I got my first train when I was three,
put a hundred thousand miles on my knees.
Yes Loren thats correct im modeling the O&W since i had intrest in her since high school and i live aprox 250ft from the Oneida station grounds and the wife has intrest in steam. So what the heck im going to have a go at it Josh that structure will go on the ho layout down in the basement lol and thanks for the comments.
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Heres a tid bit to give it a diffrent look from the ground.
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Today i spent almost an hr putting cork down and i plan on ballast over the weekend. Other than that been looking at structures for Earlville.
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Just a sad but poor update...... no i have not done anything more to the layout as its in the attic and up here in ny its been vary warm and some days HHH . So me working 3rd and 6 day weeks kills the the chance to work on it a night. BUUUUUUTTTTT no i have not given up
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Harry, great start. I like model railroads with a prototypical trackplan, so this will be interesting to watch.
You may know it already, but here is a link to another great O&W model railroad with some information on the prototype: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://home.comcast.net/~oandw/index.html">http://home.comcast.net/~oandw/index.html</a><!-- m --> .
