Hello everyone. I just stumbled across this board and am really enjoying looking through everyones layouts and design thoughts, etc. I have attached some photos of the layout I just started working on. The room is small (our laundry room) that I did some remodeling on to make it look nice. The layout is 4 feet x 15 1/2 feet long and due to the narrow width of the room, I put the layout on wheels so I can pull it away from the wall to work on the side that butts up against the wall. I was surprised at how well this has worked out!
My main goal is to have a "very scenic" layout and I am not entirely concerned about the prototypical correctness of the track (is that a real phrase?) anyways, I wanted the trains to be able to run around the loop constantly as I am not concerned about modeling operations, but more about scenery. The layout is running a Prodigy DCC system and the loop is long enough to run two trains at the same time and have enough space between them. I built in a small yard in the event I want to do some switching, but again, its more about making scenes for me.
I'd appreciate anyones comments and I would love to hear any ideas from anyone on where you would go if you were putting scenery to this layout. The area next to the mountain/tunnels is going to be a farm I think, and the area where all the tools and supplies are will be a village... I am aiming for a New England autumn look, so the mountain will be full of colorful trees... coming soon!
Thanks,
--Rob.
My main goal is to have a "very scenic" layout and I am not entirely concerned about the prototypical correctness of the track (is that a real phrase?) anyways, I wanted the trains to be able to run around the loop constantly as I am not concerned about modeling operations, but more about scenery. The layout is running a Prodigy DCC system and the loop is long enough to run two trains at the same time and have enough space between them. I built in a small yard in the event I want to do some switching, but again, its more about making scenes for me.
I'd appreciate anyones comments and I would love to hear any ideas from anyone on where you would go if you were putting scenery to this layout. The area next to the mountain/tunnels is going to be a farm I think, and the area where all the tools and supplies are will be a village... I am aiming for a New England autumn look, so the mountain will be full of colorful trees... coming soon!
Thanks,
--Rob.