Greetings! Being primarily an On30 modeler I haven't spent a lot of time here in tiny 1:160th land, but I've started a small new N scale project using mostly old stuff I had on hand (I started in N long ago) and I hope you all don't mind my sharing the progress here.
I spent the weekend torturing some plywood and MDF into a reasonable facsimile of benchwork and trains are already running.

Obviously it's a very small and simple layout. The base measures 32" x 60" and track level is about 56" above the floor - plenty of room for shelves and storage underneath. I'm using Kato Unitrack this time out because it's easy, reliable and I have a bunch of it from old projects. The plan is intentionally simple with power routing turnouts allowing up to three trains on the line without any complex wiring. Control is from a standard DC Kato power pack.

This is a train runner's display layout, primarily being built as a home for a bunch of N scale structure kits that have been gathering dust on a shelf. The theme is southern Colorado mining circa early 1950s, and the idea is that this was once an old narrow gauge line that has now been widened to standard.

So far this has been a nice change of pace from my On30 line and I look forward to sharing more progress with the good folks here. Stay tuned [:-jump2]
I spent the weekend torturing some plywood and MDF into a reasonable facsimile of benchwork and trains are already running.

Obviously it's a very small and simple layout. The base measures 32" x 60" and track level is about 56" above the floor - plenty of room for shelves and storage underneath. I'm using Kato Unitrack this time out because it's easy, reliable and I have a bunch of it from old projects. The plan is intentionally simple with power routing turnouts allowing up to three trains on the line without any complex wiring. Control is from a standard DC Kato power pack.

This is a train runner's display layout, primarily being built as a home for a bunch of N scale structure kits that have been gathering dust on a shelf. The theme is southern Colorado mining circa early 1950s, and the idea is that this was once an old narrow gauge line that has now been widened to standard.

So far this has been a nice change of pace from my On30 line and I look forward to sharing more progress with the good folks here. Stay tuned [:-jump2]
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