The table built and ready:
gluing roadbed down with help from the little girl:
Testing a train:
another view:
a couple overview shots:
a couple progress shots:
Mocked up signals:
Me too....even if it's HO....AARR wrote:Nice start. Looking forward to your updates!
yes, I was thinking of eventually having a 2x8' or 2x6' yard in this location were the track dead ends at the long side of the table. Or at the very least a small detachable staging yard with a couple tracks.Looks like it will someday be part of a larger layout
IIRC, Kalmbach's staff built that at the NMRA national train show in St. Louis in 2001. I think that would make the magazine the May 2001 issue. I remember reading and re-reading the article they wrote about the layout they were planning to build at the show that year. I found it to be quite inspirational, especially in light of the fact that they didn't utilize the ever popular backdrop divider in the center of the layout. It was one of my favorite layouts in a small space I ever read about in Model Railroader, even though it was set in the plains because with the addition of several trees, it could also be set in Michigan.KVERBERK wrote:ogauge47,
The track plan is not my own. I am using a plan from an old model railroader. I used a mix of Atlas snap and flex track. the turnouts are atlas #4 and a couple atlas snap switches. I am also attempting to use some pieces of micro engineering code 70 flex for a couple sidings. Below is a picture of the track plan showing the required pieces. The only changes I made were to substitute some flex track here and there. Other wise I followed the plan pretty closely.
I second that! The layout could model something around the Cadillac area maybe?GrandTrunkFan wrote:Awesome looking layout! I think TSBY equipment would look good on it.
When she's not laboring on the RR, she's busy makng Nike tennis shoes....AARR wrote:Looks like you have some skilled child labor going there