Hello all, I hope this is the right place to post this, I wanted to share photos of my hi-rail layout. This is my first layout of this type, my previous one was built when I was a teenager this is going to be my last. I have spent the last 10 years slowly building it and dreaming of what I wanted it to look like and how I wanted it to operate. It is about 80% complete, there are still little details I will always be adding, but for the major part it is almost there. There is a working turntable, classification yard, a station complex and industries with sidings (Scrap yard with Gantry Crane, Brewery, Cabinet Factory, and lumber mill). I used Atlas track for the visible sections and tubular for the hidden. The layout is a dogbone style, and has an interconnection track hidden to connect the lower section to the upper main line. MTH DSC is used to control the layout. There is only one piece of the layout I can not find a spot for and will have to omit is a large coal breaker with sidings for cars.
I am modeling the spring of 1961, the Erie and the DL&W have been merged since the past September, and the variety of paint schemes is still evident on the line. The a new one stall engine house has been erected on the grounds where the roundhouse stood, it was destroyed by fire years ago and a portion is still standing, (In Scranton where I live the roundhouse did burn in the early part of the 20th century and many engines were destroyed, the railroad did leave and use the sections for a time until a new roundhouse was constructed.) The D&H and NYO&W still make stops to the yard and have trackage rights from time to time, A DL&W Camelback has been preserved and is used on special occasions, but sadly there is no money to restore #565 (which rests in Steamtown in Scranton ) it needs an upgrade to this new PS2 drive system and is on the back burner but it is saved from the torch.
I am always learning so please if there are any tips, suggestions please pass it along..
