Several years after pulling the old “on ground” layout, and two years after getting a turntable and wood for an elevated layout I have started rebuilding. I started with the yard. Its a 30 foot deck in 5 separate sections. They are on 4x4 PT posts set on paver blocks and concrete blocks.
Looks off in the pics but the laser says its within 1 inch over 30 feet. Next was cutting and screwing deck boards to the framework and attaching the turntable to the benchwork. The TT came from Marty Cozad and was sized and built by him to handle his Big Boy locomotive.
The yard trackage was designed by committee. Headed by Doug Matheson and crewed by several others of the brain trust it was designed over a couple of sessions.
Its simple but has the features it was agreed were needed for a narrow gauge line. The remainder of the layout will consist of a live steam loop attached to this and will circle the low area shown here.
It ends up being about a 23 ft diam. curve to get around the low area. Eventually spur lines will come off the loop and go into the tree area shown here.
That looks like it’ll stand up fine to the snow loads you’ll get up there. The board top decking may well be a wise choice for your location and…8" deep framing? Great!
