OK YouTube finally finished processing the 4K final version of the video. Many thanks to my son for shooting about 30 short videos and doing such a great job of editing and adding music. And my daughter has done some great scenery work painting the clouds and mountains on the backdrops and making some very realistic trees.
A few quick notes: The layout is 23 feet x 40 feet around two long walls.
The curves are 096 (48 inch radius) minimum.
It's powered by a ZW-C with 4 x 180 watt power bricks.
The signal system is NJ International B & O CPL (color position lights ), Brass signal heads. The single main line is 240 foot long and is a folded over dogbone configuration. There are 11 blocks on the main, the signal system monitors and reports on "block occupancy" 2 blocks ahead. This turned out, ironically, to be exactly how the prototype B & O system worked. Many thanks to Stan2004 for his help designing a 3PDT relay system to accomplish this.
The layout is actually built in irregular shaped modules, so it could be taken down, and moved if necessary. I know I won't be starting another layout from scratch, at least not here on earth. The 1st 3 modules were actually built and moved into the current basement. The benchwork is L Girder/Joist. All the lumber is dimensional 1 x 4.
Many folks have asked for "track plan". I did the original track plan and early modifications in RR Track V4.0, which now will only run on an old off line desk top computer. I don't actually have an "as built" track plan, and it's pretty confusing to review as I didn't make multiple levels. Figured, it made, makes, more sense, to do a Walk Around and Talk about the track plan to show how and why it evolved into what it is today.
