Due to ongoing issues with the new family beagle thinking parts of my nearly ground level railway being chew toys, and my aging back and wanting to run mostly all live steam. We are downsizing a bit and building up to the height of my deck railing. Layout will be small, roughly 7 foot by 7 foot, using all LGB track and turnouts and will have live plants. I am copying this gentleman's design and track plan, but will go my own route on scenery(pictured below is his past layout). With this new line, I can make it dead level as this makes running live steam much more enjoyable. On my old line you where constantly opening and closing the throttle due to grades and getting rid of them would have been a major rework. I want to be able to detail my railway to "bring it to life" and the dog would trash those efforts if I continued with my old line. Pictured below will be his layout and the live steamer I am planning to use on the railroad. Mike
