Ok as some or all of you know. I have to redo my layout. I have asked for some help and ideals in do this and have had a great reply from a number of you. HJ has been great. He came up with the Ideal of a Project design that all the members can have a hand in. I asked Bob about this and he gave me his blessing in doing it. SO hats off to HJ and Bob.
Back ground.
I do a big Christmas light display every year at my house and collect canned food at that time. I also do a few other things thought out the year to help raise money for some chairtys. the ideal be hind the train was to add to the Light display and the other events as well as for me to have some fun. The layout is in my front yard so it has become a big attaction with the neighbors both young and old. I have a event that I will be doing in Sept for Backstoppers (they help familys of fallen Police and Fireman) so I hope to have running trains again by then.
Layout Area:
The area is 45 x 45 more or less. I sent HJ a drawing with the messurements and he is going to do a rough layout ideal and we will take feed back on it and work on it with the ideals from the members. the area is flat right now. I am going to use the Laddar method for the track bed as heaving truned out to be a problem this past winter. I will attach the drawing for everyone to see so you have a Ideal of the area.
Things to keep in mind.
I have a BIG 2-8-8-2 loco that i love and do run so I have to beable to run it.
I would like tree loops so the trains can run with little attension from me.
A railyard/freight yard would be nice so that down the line I can do some operations.
I do not follow any set scale. If I like it I run it so my locos go from a small LGB 0-4-0 to the big one.
I plane on putting in a Mountain at some point. (maybe this year or next )
I was also thinking on it being a mountain/planes area layout with a town, freight yard, pass station and maybe a open farm area.
This is a project fpr all of the members. KoDos to HJ , Bob and you members. the job of design is on all the members and it will be listed as such on my website and signage. My job god willing and the credit card hold up is to build it.
I will be taking pictures and making notes all the way thought this so everyoe can see what is going on.
Time frame. ( lets face it years)
Right ow is my bussy time at work for me so I will not be able to start on this untill late April or May. So we have time for the design part. I hope to this year get the track down and trains running. Maybe more if I’m lucky. I know it will take years to get it done ( I know they are never really done) or to a point were the major things are done.
PLEASE feel free to ask more questions if you need more info.
Again KODOS to HJ and Bob.
Thanks Geoff