The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

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Wow  ! ! ! !

Did I walk into that ! ! ! !

see ya
Bob

Kinda left ya flat didn't it Bob?

Tom

[bparrish]

Tom...

That may be from a previous layout but it is a great structure.  Ya gotta find some place for it.

see ya
Bob

[bruce.oberleitner]

Wow  ! ! ! !

Did I walk into that ! ! ! !

see ya
Bob

Kinda left ya flat didn't it Bob?

Tom

It did leave him flat Tom.  He just doesn't want to admit it!

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Tom...

That may be from a previous layout but it is a great structure.  Ya gotta find some place for it.

see ya
Bob

Bob,

Are we talking about the yellow "Sinners Mill" flat pictured below?



If so, then yes, it will be used right where it is.

Tom

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Wow  ! ! ! !

Did I walk into that ! ! ! !

see ya
Bob

Kinda left ya flat didn't it Bob?

Tom

It did leave him flat Tom.  He just doesn't want to admit it!

Hey Cousin Brucie, how have you been?

Tom

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I'm way behind on this thread. I think I left off with the cork shaving episode.



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The decking on the level two east side is now in place.





It's time to lay out the track plan for this side.



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Erieman Frank and Howard Zane say no straight track. So, I'll try it on the east side.

I'll start off with a little curve where the track appears from behind Delwin's Boat and Net Storage.



Okay, there's my curved track Frank and Howard. Just kidding.

I used two sections of 8ft. PVC piping and attempted to get some sort of very large curve on this side.





I definitely don't like the looks of that one single bit.

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Getting rid of the pipe helps and here is how the same curve looks with one side of cork roadbed on the line. Now, this doesn't look that bad.





However, I need more space and this huge radius curve takes up entirely to much room. For one thing I need a medium length of passing siding on this side.

I left the cork in place and moved on to some track laying on the second "Y" reverse loop.

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The second level has two "Y" reverse loops. One on each side of the ovalix. The two "Y" reverse loops are on one PSX-AR. This works fine as long as no two trains are in opposite directions on each "Y", meaning one train on one Y and the other train on the other Y. Anyway, the track is being laid on the south Y.



I spent quit some time arranging and rearranging track in this location. I ended up going with a Walthers #8 left hand turnout on the bottom side of the south Y. If I didn't do this then to get to the middle section I would have to install an X crossover in the Y and thus creating a reverse loop in the reverse loop. Now you understand why the #8 curved turnout was used.





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Here are a couple of extra shots of that area.

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Here is what I decided to do on the east side. I needed a passing siding and yet I needed to leave room for a rural North Florida farm scene. To separate the farm scene and the area where the passing siding is located, I"ll cut in a small river basin. More on that in a later post.

In the next few pictures I've placed the cork roadbed in place to see how it looks and to figure out the spacing for what I need.







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Being content with the track plan the cork was glued in place.





In the next few days I'll go over the river basin being cut in and how I did that little task.

Tom

[cuse]

That's going to be a beautiful vista to train watch. I'm proud of you for resisting the urge to put another yard in 


John