Foam core goes down on the S and NE - track layout tomorrow.

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I have now laid out all of the foam core. It all fits very nicely and very tightly. It is 80mm high to accommodate the DCC Concepts point motors.

 

Here is a video of the layout as it stands. I hope that you like the music ( see my note at the end).

 

 

 

The next step is to start laying out the track. I have tried in the past to design the railroad on paper or on the computer but I never seem to get the spacing correct. This time, I have set my Givens and Druthers (fine old American expression that we don't have over here in the UK. I picked it up from the John Armstrong books and then heard it in a duet between Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer  on "Two of a Kind" called "I'd Rather Have My Druthers" (a CD I heartily recommend!). Anyway, I will start sliding points around along with some of my industry buildings so that I get the spacing correct.  I am looking forward to that.

 

The music is, as you probably guessed, "The Little Red Caboose Behind The Train" as recorded by the Pickett Family sometime before WWII. YouTube picked up on the song and they have a claimant to the copyright so you may find an ad appearing! Sorry if that happens:-(

 

Check out the whole story in my blog - http://www.gmrblog.co.uk

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Looks well constructed.  For a switching layout a plan is not totally necessary.  It is more useful when trying to figure out where to place a helix or will a main line fit around a room with this radius. 

Keep up the good work.

Steve