Happy New Year to everybody. Spent the New Years weekend working on the layout and was able to run the first train, FINALLY. Now working on the electronics for the yard, prepping the backdrop for paint, finishing applying the drop feeds for the buss. After getting all the gremlins out and the track work complete will proceed with painting the track and start the scenery phase, YAAAAA.

The Room

After tearing out the old layout this past summer, construction started on this current one. Here are some progress pictures to get everybody up dated with what has been done.

Trackplan

Here is a trackplan I've come up with:

History of the layout

This layout is based on the FWWR's Everman Job. This job originates from Hodge Yard in Ft Worth, TX and proceds to the Everman Industrial Park, a route of approx 15 to 20 miles.

It starts at Hodge Yard:
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Leaves the yard on either FWWR tracks or cross's over to UP tracks and heads southbound to Tower 60 depending on availability at the time.
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Heads Southbound to Tower 55. At Tower 55 takes east leg on UP tracks.
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Turns southbounnd again on FWWR tracks and heads to the Everman Industrial Park.
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And it begins

This is my first of hopfully many posting of my progress of the construction of my model railroad.