Trains are running in my basement. Here is the first photo for public consumption. http://www.lanestrains.com/First_Layout_Photo.jpg The difference putting up the quick n dirty backdrop is just night and day. At this point they are just clamped on & only 16 feet long. This is what I am calling the "freight side". Everything shown here is as temporary as you can get. The track is just lightly tacked down. But I did have to add some drops to the DCC power buss. I figure sometime in the spring I will break it down and start on laying the track plan. But I kind of like the simplicity of this scene as well. The other side not shown is where I have been spending my time. That will have the passenger station.
Considering I officially started this layout on 1-2-11 and the sections shown here did not even have legs on them 2 weeks ago I am pretty happy with the progress. The 3 remaining shorts got fixed today. All track is now live without shorts. Best of all the EM-1 and J1 happily pass each other without any problems. This is the first time my J1 ran in my house. The turns were too sharp on my old test track layout. Up next will be going over all of the turnouts etc for gauge and guardrail clearance issues. I am getting an addition to my garage so most of the current garage becomes my workshop - which means only the layout, washer and dryer will be in the basement. Storage shelves and workbench are getting evicted early next year. This will allow for some expansion beyond the current loop with a jump across the aisle way. Maybe I will have a turntable after all. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
