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I was busy over the Christmas holidays. I completely tore down my Little Creek Railway (such as it was at that point), and rebuilt it in a different space. Here’s a link to the old LCR, which was about 25’ x 30” with return loops on each end:
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/t...TOPIC_ID=19895
There are several reasons I tore this down and rebuilt it. I didn’t like the fact that it was in a space with the rest of the basement. My workbench was in this area, as was my home office. Also, I wasn’t happy with some of the operational aspects of the old one.
The new LCR – II is now in its own space in the basement. It is an around the walls design that you walk into and is basically an E-shape. There is a swing-gate at the entry into the space, so no duckunder.
So, let’s get to the pics. The first pic is an overall shot of the layout. There are basically two mainlines. One circles around the outer edges of the layout, climbing to the upper level. The other mainline stays on the lower level and winds its way under the upper layout and out onto the peninsula.
Additionally, there is a reverse loop that branches off the lower mainline for turning a train. The entry into the reverse loop can be seen just beyond the curved bridge and the exit from it is on the left in the town area. The entire reverse loop is hidden below the upper level, except for the entry and exit from it.
This pic shows the town area of Little Creek on the left side of the layout. The mainline comes through town and there is a double-ended siding off of it with a couple of storage tracks. There are still more structures to build for this area.
This pic shows the mining area that will be on the right side of the layout. There are a couple of spurs off the mainline, and there will be more mining structure built up the side of a mountain here.
This shot shows the peninsula. On the upper level is a wye off the mainline with a tail-track that crosses the lower mainline. There are a couple of spurs off of this, one which will go off into the woods to a logging area. The shorter spur will be used by the sawmill that will be on the peninsula. This whole upper level area will be forest, logging operations, spar tree, and sawmill.
This last shot shows the big bridge that will cross the gorge. A waterfall will be visible behind it.
All of the track is laid at this point and I’m now wiring it all up. Should be running trains soon!
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/t...TOPIC_ID=19895
There are several reasons I tore this down and rebuilt it. I didn’t like the fact that it was in a space with the rest of the basement. My workbench was in this area, as was my home office. Also, I wasn’t happy with some of the operational aspects of the old one.
The new LCR – II is now in its own space in the basement. It is an around the walls design that you walk into and is basically an E-shape. There is a swing-gate at the entry into the space, so no duckunder.
So, let’s get to the pics. The first pic is an overall shot of the layout. There are basically two mainlines. One circles around the outer edges of the layout, climbing to the upper level. The other mainline stays on the lower level and winds its way under the upper layout and out onto the peninsula.
Additionally, there is a reverse loop that branches off the lower mainline for turning a train. The entry into the reverse loop can be seen just beyond the curved bridge and the exit from it is on the left in the town area. The entire reverse loop is hidden below the upper level, except for the entry and exit from it.
This pic shows the town area of Little Creek on the left side of the layout. The mainline comes through town and there is a double-ended siding off of it with a couple of storage tracks. There are still more structures to build for this area.
This pic shows the mining area that will be on the right side of the layout. There are a couple of spurs off the mainline, and there will be more mining structure built up the side of a mountain here.
This shot shows the peninsula. On the upper level is a wye off the mainline with a tail-track that crosses the lower mainline. There are a couple of spurs off of this, one which will go off into the woods to a logging area. The shorter spur will be used by the sawmill that will be on the peninsula. This whole upper level area will be forest, logging operations, spar tree, and sawmill.
This last shot shows the big bridge that will cross the gorge. A waterfall will be visible behind it.
All of the track is laid at this point and I’m now wiring it all up. Should be running trains soon!
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