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Life & death of a layout. 2-15-11 to 6-18-23

corsair29corsair29OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Well after many nights with good intentions of working on the layout and ending up running trains instead, I took the plunge and tore into the layout. It involved destroying the few areas that were somewhat finished (like the roundhouse) but in the end it should be a better design. Here is a rough sketch of the layout.



Here is the roundhouse before demo.



And the same view after demo.



Before.


After.


Here is the rough placement of the roundhouse area.


Since I'm ripping up about 75% of the layout anyway and it was wired before DCS, I'm planning to rewire the whole thing as well. This is going to take longer than I planed. I'm having serious train withdrawal!

Steve C.

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corsair29corsair29OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Ralph, Thanks. You are still welcome to come by and help with the layout.
Zett, The loop around the roundhouse is 82.
Tom Tee, I have been using DCS and TMCC since about 92 but since everything originally went back to the transformer location there is a lot of wasted wire. I do have toggle switches on the storage tracks that I plan to keep. It's good to store the command stuff off power as well.
Steve C.
L luvtrainsOGR Forum Member
Steve, I live across the Delaware in New Hope,PA. Your layout looks great! Reconstruction is developing nicely. I still have a carpet central. I do need someone with experience to help me with the transition to an around the wall layout off the floor. I have some ideas thanks to this forum. Unfortunately, I am very inept with many of the wonderful skills illustrated here. Also my age has crept up on me. Plus that withdrawal creeps in when I can't run the trains. Would you mind if we can meet to talk? Or maybe I can call you via the ph# on your weathering site? Thanks,Fred.
corsair29corsair29OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Extended 2nd part of the table into the other room last night. This will hold a 7' double track wood trestle and various industries for switching.





I also took 2 display cabinets that were mounted high on another wall and dropped them down to counter height. It will get a 22" x 96" counter and double as a work station.



Most importantly the 2 main lines got reconnected (temporarily) so the trains are running again!



Steve C.
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KundeKundeOGR Forum Member
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Originally posted by corsair29:


I also took 2 display cabinets that were mounted high on another wall and dropped them down to counter height. It will get a 22" x 96" counter and double as a work station.





Steve C.


Are you going to take out the glass doors? It looks dangerous and uncomfortable for anyone to be sitting there with knees up against the glass. A deeper countertop would help a lot.
corsair29corsair29OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Thanks Cesar,
For the longest time it was hard to get motivated to work on the layout. I think subconsciously I knew there were too many things that just weren't right and I couldn't see putting time into finishing any one part. Hopefully the new track plan and rewiring will alleviate most of the annoying things and let me get back to having fun working on it. It was hard to tear out the two spots that were the most finished, but once I saw how the new track plan flowed so much better than the old one there was no looking back.

Steve C.
corsair29corsair29OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Cesar, unfortunately the areas that were the most "finished"are the areas that I had to demolish. Yours is looking great!
Luvtrains, The roundhouse and turntable were transplanted from one part of the layout to the new location.
Still working on the new parts of the table, not much to take pictures of yet.
Steve C.
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