Hello. It's been a while... I didn't realize it has been 3 years since I last posted here... I apologize for not updating the posting. I had a very challenging year the past two years and the project railroad got derailed. As a matter of fact, our old table and layout got tossed out during custodial change last year, and I didnt get much interest from my prior students in recreating a layout so it got sidelined...
This year appears to be different, however. I have incoming sixth graders who expressed interest in creating a new layout. I was able to get a 4x8 table from our woodshop so we are making headway. I am also fortunate that I was able to box up most of our engines and train cars, and some brass tracks. We can easily build a simple layout just to run the trains for the mean time until we can agree on what layout to build. I actually found an old layout book and saw one called Waterlevel Western... looks promising and we might consider using it as our design.
This year, I am not planning on advertising a club, rather, just keeping in low key and offer it to interested kids... ofcourse, all students are welcome to visit my room to operate the trains if so they desire... I was going through our current supply and may need to ask for help from you guys... at this point, we have not started anything, just trying to see what we have on hand. Our admin also relocated my room with more space.
I am hoping to gather specific tracks in code 100, namely:
RH and LH Atlas turnouts (we do have a bunch of motors we can use)
22R curves
25 deg crossing
45 deg crossing
If you guys don't mind donating those items above and maybe other stuff, we would gladys appreciate it. I can personally cover the shipping cost if need be. Thank you in advance!