If you watched the video (in my video) when I started my layout, you can see I have come a long way. I have had allot of fun building it and allot of time has gone into it. In the video I said I was going to put in round house, but it didn’t turn out
the way I wanted so I got rid of it. I’m going to put a freight yard in were the round house was going to go. The mountain that you see in the picture. (above) The train goes inside and comes out the bottom tunnel and returns inside goes around again and comes out 2 more times before it reaches the top, when it get to the top the train will travel around the top of the room, returning to the mountain cross over the bridge and go down another mountain.
You can see where I have done a little landscaping. I build all my own trees and shape all the mountains myself. I’m coming out with a video that will show you how to make your own trees.
As you can see in the picture above I have started to install my control panel, So far all I have put in it is the switches to separate the different parts of the track. Right now all I have separated is the loop that you see at the top of the picture. I also have 5 electric switches ( you can only see 4 in the picture) that will be put all in one spot. On the panel I have 1 uncupler but I have room for more when I need them.
In the picture above it’s probability hard to figure out what I’m doing. I’m starting to build my next mountain. For the track to go inside the mountain I have to have a steady grade. So I started my track from the highest point of the track that I’m working on and begin the grade there. First I lay my track out the way I want it, the I put the white blocks under it and the farther I go the higher the track get. After that I put the 2 X 4 Blocks under it and plywood over the blocks. It’s really very simple.
For now that is as far as I’ve gotten. Hope you have enjoyed it sofare
Thanks Robert Pitt
