Robots_walk_the_earth
Active Member
So here we are. Some of you have read my introduction where I shared plans to build an around the room basement HO layout. Well I’ve come to the realization that with my wife and I working opposite schedules and having 2 girls both under the age of 3 that it was much to large of a project for me. Especially seeing how its my first go at a legitimate layout. So after much thought I’ve decided to start out in N scale. I have a work bench in my basement that currently has all my train stuff on it plus a couple other things as you can see here. The bench is 8’x3’ and 39” in height.
At the end of the bench is an old dresser that the previous owner I’m sure used for tool storage. I believe this was his work shop. So if I remove that old dresser I could gain an extra 3‘ of length making it 11’x3’
Now that you see what I’m working with, here is a track plan I’ve been working on if I stick with the 8x3. I basically stole the main idea of this plan and made a few changes so its not outright fraud... I want to model New England. No specific railroad per say but I’d like to run B&M engines at the least. I was thinking the large industry in the middle left would potentially be ossipee aggregates, which is a very large gravel pit that feeds Boston sand and gravel with up to 40 car drags a few times a week.
So there it is. Defiantly a work in progress but I’d like to at least start construction this month and be able to run trains this year.
Any thoughts, ideas, criticisms are welcome. I may lean on you guys here pretty heavily in the coming months. Floating around the forums for a couple months now, I see there is quite a bit of knowledge and talent here that I would love to tap into.
Thanks for reading and an advance thanks for your help in my adventure into building an empire,
Bill
At the end of the bench is an old dresser that the previous owner I’m sure used for tool storage. I believe this was his work shop. So if I remove that old dresser I could gain an extra 3‘ of length making it 11’x3’
Now that you see what I’m working with, here is a track plan I’ve been working on if I stick with the 8x3. I basically stole the main idea of this plan and made a few changes so its not outright fraud... I want to model New England. No specific railroad per say but I’d like to run B&M engines at the least. I was thinking the large industry in the middle left would potentially be ossipee aggregates, which is a very large gravel pit that feeds Boston sand and gravel with up to 40 car drags a few times a week.
So there it is. Defiantly a work in progress but I’d like to at least start construction this month and be able to run trains this year.
Any thoughts, ideas, criticisms are welcome. I may lean on you guys here pretty heavily in the coming months. Floating around the forums for a couple months now, I see there is quite a bit of knowledge and talent here that I would love to tap into.
Thanks for reading and an advance thanks for your help in my adventure into building an empire,
Bill