West Hayleytown and Emmaus Railroad

An excellent start, John. 

That's cool! 

Very nice. What size curves are you running?

great progress! glad you got pix posted.

Fun! 

Dear Matt,

The radius of track is 49.5,45.0 and 40.0 - standard Atlas O 2rail.

This railroad was meant for 2-6-0, 2-8-0 and B truck diesels which I think is great.

I run my bigger power on the Cherry Valley club in Merchantville NJ

BTW, Thank you Chris and Others under the Tech Support section for guidance to post what will be my first (of many) photos. 

I used nothing but standard Atlas O scale 2 rail track. 

At the young age of 60 I can truly say been there, done that with hand laid track, when you start attending too many funerals for your friends or clients its time to run trains and don't reinvent the wheel.

I ask all you arm chair O scalers to get of your chair and start your layout.

Trust me, the layout won't fit in your casket or urn!!!!  John

I forgot to provide a track plan schematic which is now attached. John

Your walking the walk John with an excellent example of what can be accomplish using readily available supplies. ...sadly all to many layouts exist only in the dreams of armchair enthusiasts.

Bob

John,

Great layout! I am planning another layout now. I really thought of handlaid track again but I may go the route that you have chosen. I am 66 and I want to run trains as quickly as I can. It looks as though the Atlas 2R track is in short supply right now though. I will have to do  a little internet surfing today and check it out.

I can't wait to see the finished layout.

Malcolm

Looks great! 

I'm also 66; the track plan is ready but the place is not yet available!!!! 

jpv in France

Wow ! Very nice.

Congrats, John.  Hope you have lots of fun with it.

Regards,

Ed

John,

What you have so far looks great!  I'm looking forward to seeing your progress.

Well, I will joining the 60 club in a few short weeks, and with our last daughter marrying last weekend, we now are empty nesters.  Well almost.  She and our newest son-in-law are still in the process of emptying her art studio room that will be my train room.  My first dedicated train room in 25 years.  The planning is still in my head, but I will be starting a topic of my own here about my ideas.

OK John, tell us about the RR's name.

jdunn posted:

At the young age of 60 .....!!  John

 

Old phart!

Dear List,

To answer Chris question on the origin of the layout name-our 3 Grandchildren

Weston, Hayley and Emmalyn - West Hayleyton and Emmaus Railroad Co.

Thank you Bob,Ed and Marty- Your layouts have given me inspiration on this forum and seeing in person and would like to see more  photos of your layouts to perhaps further inspire the future 2 rail layout builders.

Malcolm, check with Tom Thorpe (TOM TEE) about the Atlas track-I believe Tom has a fair amount in stock.

I also received a email from a OGR forum member asking about the manufacturers used so far-

Atlas track, Mianne benchwork, Woodland scenics sub terrain riser system and scenery , NCE DCC, Frog Juicers.

Thank you, John

I'm 68 and am thinking about rebuilding the Nebraska, Dakota and Western.

John,

I am very pleased to see that you are building your own O scale railroad.  Enjoy!  See you at Strasburg next month.

Joe Foehrkolb

I usually get track from some of the two rail vendors.  Norms O scale in Maine or Public Delivery in California.

I am sure others will jump in with with knowledge of existing stock.  The biggest problem IME is curved track.  Use of a track bender solves that problem.  I can make any radius desired.

John's layout could be a great advertisement  subject for several present day products.  Mianne benchwork, Woodland scenics elevation foam, Atlas track products, and some recognizable buildings. 

After seeing John's RR, excuses for why one is not building a RR dissipate.  Nice job John