Hi Bill -- No doubt this is an improvement in many ways. I noticed the duct avoidance when I was there... Thanks for showing the layout and then getting us to a place to stay. We got weathered out of Philly the next day, but that allowed us to catch other things on the way west that probably would not have made the cut before.
Have fun! Bill Winans ----------------------------------- [Attachment(s) from Bill Lane included below] Since first putting up the layout I knew it was going to be close to clearing a HVAC duct with the backdrop. The backdrop did not clear it. I put it up “quick n dirty with some gaps knowing it would be complete done over. I figured if I inserted a small straight section in the curves - it would look better than a 180 turn around - and clear the duct but make access to the washer & dryer tight. The new layout straight sections are 13” x 30” - the smallest I have ever made! So I made a platform raising up the washer and dryer, over the main house drain pipe and stuffing it far into the corner of the basement. When I ran a 110v line around the layout so I don’t need extension cords I even allowed some slack in the Romex. I thought this was going to be a winter project. Why I did it now I am not sure but it is mostly done. I gave up plenty of sweat so doing it in the winter would have been better. I walked ½ of the layout outwards 13” by myself in about ½ hour. This is the beauty of making sectional layouts! I did this without cutting one wire! I should have the trains running again today. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progress at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) 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.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
