My summertime project

As I mentioned below, I’m taking the summer to work on getting my O scale 2 rail modules out of mothballs and adding to them so I can finally run some trains. The plan below is what I’m hoping will happen. The stretch of track at the top is basically my existing modules with a bit of modification. The dark colored track is running. The rest is around three walls in my garage. The space is about 27’ long x 13’ wide. I started by building a new wall down the center of my 2-1/2 car garage and insulating so I can run all winter. My Harley currently sits in the center of the horseshoe. It will be in storage over the winter. The notch in the wall at the right encloses a staircase to the 2nd. floor loft. The gray 180 at the left is a free standing pair of curves that can be put in place, in front of the overhead door, for continuous running. They are not built and will be the last piece, since back and forth switching is what I enjoy most. It is a pretty tight layout with mostly 36” radius’s and #5 turnouts, but the largest engine I own is a Pennsy H-9 Consolidation and it runs just fine. Most cars are 40’ with some 50’s. I also have a bunch of small critters. Well that’s all for now. I’ll be back with more.

Comments

[Phil L]

Dave, I'm also a 2 rail O scale guy! I have a layout building under construction. 26 by 48 inside. I have articulateds, and needed
room for the curves. I built some paper structures already, from stuff I got from you some time ago. Some i have built several times! I now laminate the sides for a more 3-d effect, and the larger structures have foamcore supports.

Hang in there!

Phil
Out here in Prescott Arizona

[Paul Egri]

Its good to see you staying with O scale once you get comfortable in a modeling scale its hard to change you tend to think in that scale and learning another scale is more of a job than it is fun My choice of scale HO I experienced this with a brief venture into On30 everything I did tended to be to large but in actuality tended to be under size Scenery was the biggest culture shock trees were giants compared to there HO scale counterparts SO stick with what you know and have fun Thats what the hobby is all about anyway Looking forward to seeing photos