Pitt-Trolley
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I have recently broken ground, so to speak on my layout. I don't have a name for it yet, but it will be both a train and trolley operation...
Here's the basic design...
Everything in red, yellow and green are for trains, the blue is dedicated trolley. The little stretch of gray goes through a wall (which I may remove and expand the layout) into my future "RR Workshop & Rail Storage Center" I am planning on DCC for everything. Layout size is about 21'X8'. Scale is now HO, was going to be N, but I'm getting older...lol
This is where the layout is going to go... Before everyone wonders, the basement doesn't leak anymore, and those issues have been addressed... House sat empty before I got it...
On to construction...
I think this is the hardest part for me...
Slow but sure...I need some totes... Going to go and get a few today. All my stuff was in the living room...lol... Moved it to the bench, now I can't work! lol
Here's some of what I plan to run. It will be DCC, I need to figure out how to add DCC to some of the older stuff. I also wish I had made the blue a wee bit lighter...
In some ways, I wish there was a way to make it a DCC/DC combo, as Then I wouldn't have to figure out how to add the DCC to the older stuff... But I'm not sure that's remotely possible, or if that's even something to worry about.
Some of the rest coming soon! But, there you have it. The beginnings of my still unnamed rail system. I am open to any suggestions you may have for names, or whatever else... This is my first layout..Newbie for sure!
Shawn
Here's the basic design...
Everything in red, yellow and green are for trains, the blue is dedicated trolley. The little stretch of gray goes through a wall (which I may remove and expand the layout) into my future "RR Workshop & Rail Storage Center" I am planning on DCC for everything. Layout size is about 21'X8'. Scale is now HO, was going to be N, but I'm getting older...lol
This is where the layout is going to go... Before everyone wonders, the basement doesn't leak anymore, and those issues have been addressed... House sat empty before I got it...
On to construction...
I think this is the hardest part for me...
Slow but sure...I need some totes... Going to go and get a few today. All my stuff was in the living room...lol... Moved it to the bench, now I can't work! lol
Here's some of what I plan to run. It will be DCC, I need to figure out how to add DCC to some of the older stuff. I also wish I had made the blue a wee bit lighter...
In some ways, I wish there was a way to make it a DCC/DC combo, as Then I wouldn't have to figure out how to add the DCC to the older stuff... But I'm not sure that's remotely possible, or if that's even something to worry about.
Some of the rest coming soon! But, there you have it. The beginnings of my still unnamed rail system. I am open to any suggestions you may have for names, or whatever else... This is my first layout..Newbie for sure!
Shawn