McLeod
Forest Lurker
Hello
I was close to turning 65yrs in February of 2020, when I was standing on a snow-hill over-looking the CN tracks in Whitecourt, Alberta. Up until that point, I had never noticed a whole lot about trains. Then one came by, at a speed that I thought was away too fast for in town travel. I took a photo of that train. That was my very first railroad photo, and I suppose was the first bite of the railroad bug.
This was that very first photo:
After I took that photo, and others photo's to follow over the following days, I decided that I was going to get into the railway hobby. I was already a modeller, just one who modelled in plastic and R/C aircraft balsa.
So, after much thought, I claim this spot in layout construction, to record my simple efforts in the building of my first layout.
Some time back, I had decided to build a layout very loosely compatible with the actual real layout of Whitecourt town and CN track. I realized that the set-up would not be an exact match to the real thing. It would be geared to a 'somewhat' resemblance, and have a heavy slant to grand-children being able to play with it without total destruction.
So, my basic plan was to have town buildings, a complete, fairly long circle to run a train, a good staging yard, industries with switching opportunities, and a road around the layout where children could run little dinky cars. For myself, the joy would be in the building and modelling of the layout.
Anyway, construction of the layout did begin in 2021. It proceeded at a snails pace, with real-life priorities constantly interrupting, and the frequent falls from lack of mojo.
However, I do intend to post the efforts here. This thread will be photo heavy, and I hope the photos will describe the construction and modelling well enough. I do not intend to spend lots of time writing words.
I begin with the basement space that I cleaned up, and basic construction of the layout tables. 44" high x 30"deep on average, with a swing-gate entrance.
A basement door needed to move to make room for the layout.
To be con't... whether you like it or not!
I was close to turning 65yrs in February of 2020, when I was standing on a snow-hill over-looking the CN tracks in Whitecourt, Alberta. Up until that point, I had never noticed a whole lot about trains. Then one came by, at a speed that I thought was away too fast for in town travel. I took a photo of that train. That was my very first railroad photo, and I suppose was the first bite of the railroad bug.
This was that very first photo:
After I took that photo, and others photo's to follow over the following days, I decided that I was going to get into the railway hobby. I was already a modeller, just one who modelled in plastic and R/C aircraft balsa.
So, after much thought, I claim this spot in layout construction, to record my simple efforts in the building of my first layout.
Some time back, I had decided to build a layout very loosely compatible with the actual real layout of Whitecourt town and CN track. I realized that the set-up would not be an exact match to the real thing. It would be geared to a 'somewhat' resemblance, and have a heavy slant to grand-children being able to play with it without total destruction.
So, my basic plan was to have town buildings, a complete, fairly long circle to run a train, a good staging yard, industries with switching opportunities, and a road around the layout where children could run little dinky cars. For myself, the joy would be in the building and modelling of the layout.
Anyway, construction of the layout did begin in 2021. It proceeded at a snails pace, with real-life priorities constantly interrupting, and the frequent falls from lack of mojo.
However, I do intend to post the efforts here. This thread will be photo heavy, and I hope the photos will describe the construction and modelling well enough. I do not intend to spend lots of time writing words.
I begin with the basement space that I cleaned up, and basic construction of the layout tables. 44" high x 30"deep on average, with a swing-gate entrance.
A basement door needed to move to make room for the layout.
To be con't... whether you like it or not!