Looking for Forumite Who Asked Me About My Garage Layout

You could show all of us.

Mike  I'd love to see it also. My layout is in my breezeway and goes into my garage and is not complete. so I'd love to see what your layout looks like. Thanks  Scot

  Or you can email me   email address is in my profile.

But then it wouldn't be "special."   

Oh what the heck...

Mike,

It was me when you had replied on another thread about the 8 x 12 dimensions.  I had emailed you from my work email.  Thanks for posting the picture for I remember you said you had 4 main lines.

Thanks again for remembering.

David

I plan on building a layout in my shop.  I hope it looks as good as yours!

Great job!

Mike

What did you use for the Track piers on both of your elevated sections.  I saw this and I am thinking I Can add Two more Trains to the Christmas layout. This also may solve an issue I have had with a track plan I have been working on

Thank you in advance

Very nice looking. like the scenery details a lot!   Joe

Nice Mike , I like that it's not just square.

Mike:  How about some more pictures? Close ups?  From different angles?  I'm trying to get some ideas for my 8 X 10.  Thanks

Thanks Mike

Really nice job, Mike. Sorry we missed seeing you yesterday. We will hook up with you I am sure in the future.

Mike,

More pics would be great...just say'n!    Excellent layout!  Do you use DCS or Legacy or both?  Where do you store the control systems?  Thanks.

Bobbie, I used 1 x2s.  Cut them to height and then screwed them in from underneath.  It was a pain trying to hold the support pier in place with one hand while screwing it in from underneath as I don't exactly have a large "wingspan."  I was a total novice back then, knew nothing.  I had no idea that there were companies that actually made stuff like bridge supports, elevated straights etc.  I would've gone with professionally made stuff…would've looked much nicer.

But I had bought this book and was eager to try making some of this benchwork, and I got caught up in the open-grid section.  The thought that I could actually make something that would allow train to run above what I had already built at table level was too much!!   

- Mike

Thanks…no, there's nothing sophisticated about my control system.  I only run conventional.  I know I'll probably want to try something more advanced someday, hopefully when i get space to build a larger layout.  My "control panel," such as it is, is a 6-foot metal folding table.   

Sure Jay, I will try to round up ones that are representative of different angles.  (I post pics on Weekend Photo Fun every now and then. you might find some there.)

Mike....this is the first time I remember ever seeing the entire layout....WOW...it is simply beautiful!!  MORE..MORE..MORE..

Alan

Jay, Chessie, here are some shots from different areas of the layout.  Feel free to e-mail me if you want to know anything specific.

Brian, Alan...thank you for the kind words.  Layouts like yours  are what mine wants to be "when it grows up!!"  

- Mike

Mike - Very nice layout!  You really have some great scenery vignettes.

Art

Mike, very nice layout & photos, except for the 4th one. It has that other delivery company. I've always enjoyed your weekend photos.

Thank you, I appreciate it.  And as for the problem with the 4th photo, guess what?  Look what I happened to pick up at The Big E show up in Springfield last Saturday!  

Very nice.  Now that's a delivery truck. (LOL) Sorry I didn't run into you @ the Big "E". Actually the only forum person I did see was Marty & Dotty.

Mike:  Thanks for the photos.  Your photos have given me food for thought as I search (constantly) for what to do with my 8 x 10 space.

Well done!

peter

Very nice layout, Mike.

Mike

As always I really enjoy looking at your layout. I catch some of your pictures on the weekend photos. I run my layout in the conventional mode as we'll. I have used Legacy and DCS but come back to the handles in the conventional mode. Nice pictures