It's been awhile since I have posted anything about my N scale model railroad and that's because some big changes have been done to my train layout. Insted of expanding the space, I reduced, but expanded the operations of the layout. My main challenge here was to add as much operation as I could in a 4x8 foot board and this is what I did. It's the CSX Plymouth Subdivision from Grand Rapids to Detroit and it has: 2 "active" diamonds, a point-to-point mainline that takes advantage of as much mainline running as possible, a branchline, spurs, numerous interchanges with both Class Is and shortlines, narrow industrial trackage, rural scenary, urban scenary, forests, and the operational possibilities are endless. Here are some overall layout photos (I am sorry if they are not great, they were taken with my Iphone 4):
Here is a rough track plan:
Here are a couple trains in action:
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Y221 squeels his flanges as he crawls through Downtown Grand Rapids and heads back to Wyoming Yard after making a pick-up from the MQT Interchange and working Ann Street Yard.
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After making the set out, D707 gets ready to depart Wyoming Yard and headed back to Lansing with cars for the local industries of Lansing, the JAIL interchange, and traffic to be forwarded to D708 for Howell and Plymouth.
That's all I have for now. The layout is currently about 100% complete. The layout is DCC and powered by an NCE Powercab and all KATO Unitrack. I'm happy how this layout came out and will be perfect for me to take wherever and is apartment friendly.
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"...and I was in the front and Matt grabbed and pulled my ears from behind me and made horsey sounds."