Well seeing as I'm back on the road and I'll be taking my small partially built N scale switching Layout with me, thought now would be a good to start a thread on it.
First a little history. When on my out of town work assignments I would bring Kits with me to build while I was away. This was fine at first, but then the interest in doing that waned as I was missing something. I realized that since covid I haven't operated on any layouts and that was one part of the hobby I really missed. I've been home for a year now so I have started doing operations again. So on my last work assignment in Henderson Kentucky, I decided to build a small N scale switching layout called "Henderson" as that was where I was working at the time.
I originally was going to build it to the T-trak standards but found the Kato unitrack too restrictive for what I wanted. By this time the module frames were built so I used Atlas code 55 track and turnouts. The modules consist of 2 - 14" x 12" modules and 2 - 14" x 24" modules which are easy to box together and transport.
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The track plan...
To date all the track is laid and the wiring done, the building for the town proper itself are built and painted and half of them have been detailed.
Let the adventure continue.
Looking forward to you working on this again Ron.
Jerry
I'll be watching. Nice switching layout.
Bernd
Thanks for looking in and following along Jerry and Bernd.
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The module stand complete and assembled. Everything is bolted together for easy assembly and knockdown.
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The modules set on top of the frame.
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The module stand knock downed and ready to go.
Thanks for looking in.
Very nice job building the stands.
Howdy Ron,
The excellent stand design and construction promise to be a lot of fun. The switching layout module should keep you out of the bars—nice work as usual.
Have fun,
mike
I'll be following this too.
I'll be looking in too Ron..... 8)
8) Travelin man! That will keep you occupied!
Howdy Ron. Nice carpentry work on the layout & stand. Looks very neat.
Good switching plan too.
When you say you are back on the road. Is that holidays or still for work ?
Very nice. It's going to be fun following along with this one.
Ron,
I'm happy you are bringing this one over. I enjoy the first version and will be following along.
Tom
Thanks for the comments Rick, Mike, James, Greg, Philip, Rob, Bob and Tom.
Rob, "back on the road again" = work :o I started this switching layout when I was working in Kentucky in 2023.
Tom, I think we can call this version 1.1
....And he's back!! Looking forward to the "1.1" version so I'll be peeking in. Nice to see this sub forum coming to life. Have safe travels to Florida.
I'm looking forward to future developments here.
Mike
Time for a quick update.
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The modules are now all set up and ready to be worked on.
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A view of the town scene. I had to look up old pictures to see where the buildings go. :o The goal is to have lighting in all the buildings. So far there is lighting in 3 of them. One of the buildings is complete and the two other just require signs. At this point in time nothing is glued down. The asphalt road was glued down but has lifted up since then. Note to self, don't use white glue to glue plastic to wood.
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Another view of the town scenes.
Thanks for looking in.
Ron, pretty much how I remember it from the RR-Line.
Will be nice seeing you work on this again.
Quote from: Rick on March 10, 2025, 09:59:53 PMRon, pretty much how I remember it from the RR-Line.
Will be nice seeing you work on this again.
Rick,
That is how far I got with this project on the RR-Line.