Bill, Thanks for posting the photo of your layout. Great progress! We'll look for more as appropriate! How about a picture or two of the 'other side'? Long live the Pennsy.
Brooks --- In [email protected], "Bill Lane" <bill@...> wrote: > > 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/
