Building My First Layout

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I've assembled 4 buildings since my last post. I want to see how and where all of my buildings fit on the layout before I glue the roadbed and nail the track down.

I have many buildings that were already assembled, but these are some that were still in their boxes.

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migalyto said:
Great progress!

like the variety of buildings being used.
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Thank you!

I'm considering buying another left hand turnout and adding a spur on the top part of the layout, to the right of the other spurs, to use for my grain elevator.

I have 2 or 3 storage bins full of assembled buildings, so I have to figure out where to build my downtown area, my residential area, business area and industrial area.

Streator had a Burlington Northern office when I lived there. The building is still there but the tracks are long gone now. They had an EMD NW2 switcher there that they kept busy with. Here is an old picture I found on the internet, and I don't recall who took the pic.

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I bought a used EMD SW1 in BN colors that I might put where my grain elevator is, along with this warehouse model, rebranded with BN logos
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I had no idea how long it takes to assemble these buildings and structures. I also had no idea how lousy the assembly instructions are that comes with these models.

It took me almost 7 hours to assemble the "warehouse" last night. I'm waiting on some Burlington Northern decals to add to the building, and I'll paint those yellow crates, ladders and barrels a more realistic color before I add them to the warehouse. I renamed it "Streator Depot".

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My EMD SW1 arrived in the mail yesterday. It's DC only, and has the hornhook couplers. I'm pretty sure it was made by Model Power, but this one didn't come with the original box. It works as it should and looks great for it's age.

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I have a few more structures to assemble, and then I can figure out where to put everything.
 
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Marlin338MX said:
I had no idea how long it takes to assemble these building and structures. I also had no idea how lousy the assembly instructions are that comes with these models.

It took me almost 7 hours to assemble the "warehouse" last night. I'm waiting on some Burlington Northern decals to add to the building, and I'll paint those yellow crates, ladders and barrels a more realistic color before I add them to the warehouse. I renamed it "Streator Depot".

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My EMD SW1 arrived in the mail yesterday. It's DC only, and has the hornhook couplers. I'm pretty sure it was made by Model Power, but this one didn't come with the original box. It works as it should and looks great for it's age.

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I have a few more structures to assemble, and then I can figure out where to put everything.
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Love the buildings, quick question, you say it's called "Streator Depot" but your building sign says "Sreator Depot" which is it ?? 🤔 :)
 


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