Hey everyone
Since the last layout (Foxshire Light Railway) took so long to complete (started it a few months before i announced it and then stalled) I have decided to revive the 4x8 layout designs often ignored by creators in this community. As you may be aware I have built a few of these 4x8s before and released them on the DLS.
I will be taking the trackplans for these layouts from Model Railroader '102 Realistic track plans: How to build realistic layouts No.5' and I intend to crank out these layouts fairly quickly using only items available on the DLS or built in to TS12.
The first layout I have been working on is the 'Black River Junction'
The layout's Description is as follows:
The Black River Junction plan is for a freelance railroad junction town set someplace in Ohio in the 1950s. Here, a Baltimore & Ohio branch line meets up with a New York Central main line.
Having an operating Junction between two railroads works on this small layout thanks in part to a 1-6" x 6'-o" four-track staging yard that runs along one edge of the railroad.
Both the B&O and the NYC keep active passenger stations in Black River, and the NYC also has a small commuter station on the outskirts of the town at 'East Switch'.
The original plan was designed for Kato Unitrack but you could easily build it with flextrack and turnouts.
And you could extend the B&O main line through the NYC's curve at the left of the plan to extend the layout onto another shelf for more staging or another town.
Don't want to set the railroad in Ohio? you could easily adapt the plan for your favorite railroads and region. The curve radii would work with four-axle diesels and 50-foot boxcars.
My intention is to release this layout in short order, just to get back into the swing of things.
Future layouts in this series are:
Deer Mountain
Dorrville Branch, NYNH&H
Havaphew Central
Illinois Midlan
Spokane Valley & Northern
The $500 Layout
More to follow as work progresses. This Layout has reached this stage in only 5 hours or actual construction, so expect updates to come hard and fast from now on.
Since the last layout (Foxshire Light Railway) took so long to complete (started it a few months before i announced it and then stalled) I have decided to revive the 4x8 layout designs often ignored by creators in this community. As you may be aware I have built a few of these 4x8s before and released them on the DLS.
I will be taking the trackplans for these layouts from Model Railroader '102 Realistic track plans: How to build realistic layouts No.5' and I intend to crank out these layouts fairly quickly using only items available on the DLS or built in to TS12.
The first layout I have been working on is the 'Black River Junction'
The layout's Description is as follows:
The Black River Junction plan is for a freelance railroad junction town set someplace in Ohio in the 1950s. Here, a Baltimore & Ohio branch line meets up with a New York Central main line.
Having an operating Junction between two railroads works on this small layout thanks in part to a 1-6" x 6'-o" four-track staging yard that runs along one edge of the railroad.
Both the B&O and the NYC keep active passenger stations in Black River, and the NYC also has a small commuter station on the outskirts of the town at 'East Switch'.
The original plan was designed for Kato Unitrack but you could easily build it with flextrack and turnouts.
And you could extend the B&O main line through the NYC's curve at the left of the plan to extend the layout onto another shelf for more staging or another town.
Don't want to set the railroad in Ohio? you could easily adapt the plan for your favorite railroads and region. The curve radii would work with four-axle diesels and 50-foot boxcars.
My intention is to release this layout in short order, just to get back into the swing of things.
Future layouts in this series are:
Deer Mountain
Dorrville Branch, NYNH&H
Havaphew Central
Illinois Midlan
Spokane Valley & Northern
The $500 Layout
More to follow as work progresses. This Layout has reached this stage in only 5 hours or actual construction, so expect updates to come hard and fast from now on.