Russ it looks good other than the turnout by the water tower seems to be right on top of the joint between the two benchwork sections.
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Hey, George...quote:
Originally posted by George D
This looks like an interesting project to watch. What kind of prefab turnouts are you going to use?
Railway Engineering offers pre-fab turnouts in all scales and guages with or without ties and weathering. I'm getting the basic unweathered Sn3 turnouts without ties. I didn't want to get the pre-weathered ties and rails and then try to match the weathered coloring. This way I can do my own track weathering and tie staining to achieve consistency. I'm getting rail, PC board ties, wood turnout ties, and standard wood ties along with a railbender from Fast Tracks.
Russ
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This looks like an interesting project to watch. What kind of prefab turnouts are you going to use?
George
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Russ
Nice, neat and clean benchwork. flipping the layout on it's side for wiring is a back saving idea!
Peter
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Mark and I got together and built the shelf portion of the layout. I don't want to attach legs to it, but make a frame that the bench will sit on. This way I'll be able to flip the bench up, lean it against the wall, and do all of the wiring without having to crawl underneath. [:-bulb]
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Railroad Construction In Kleefskill, NY
Well, after a very long wait, I have finally started to build the Kleefskill Junction on the Sn3 Catskill & Ramapo. I printed out turnout templates and placed them on the benchtop in order to check the track plan. The track plan software uses turnouts that seem sharper than #6, but I was using the HO tools for lack of Sn3 tools in the software so that might have something to do with it. Here's the final track plan:
I've already built the 2'x7' shelf and need to add the 3'x4' addition to the right. The two benches will bolt together with the ability to disassemble the layout for moving to a new home if need be. My RR-Line buddy Mark (MAP) will be recruited for carpentry work in the near future as I clean up around the layout area, construct a new model building bench, and build the supports for the bench work. The turnouts will be #6 with broad curves and code 70 rail. I'll be getting pre-fab turnouts and hand laying all of the other track using wood ties. Although it's a small layout, I want to build it as DCC to eliminate block wiring in case I want to move a couple of locos around from one end to the other. I'm also going to use Tortoise switch machines as well. I won't need anything more than the NCE Power Cab for this operation and it should handle everything. I plan on using a panel with push buttons and position lites instead of using the DCC functions for the turnout activation. I like the way the panel looks and it's easier to glance at the board to see turnout positions using colored LED indicators. Anyway, that's the plan. As things move along I'll post some progress shots.
Russ
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