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Is anyone doing Large Scale INDOOR layouts?

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Actually there are a few guys doing indoor layouts, in addition to some who run overhead around the wall. There is a forum over on www.myLargescale.com that is just for indoor layouts. I am using r3 for my mainline curves and r1 for for my sidings and yards. The entire layout is built using "L" girder (Linn Westcott) construction. I have built it 51" from the floor and it is all flat top. The around the wall sections have storage underneath for my train boxes and some household storage. I can't start scenery yet as I don't have enough buildings done to complete an area. The trackwork is basically just a large L shaped oval with 2 passing tracks. I incorporated 2 lift out sections (1 is almost 9 ft long and the other is 6 1/2 ft long) so as to have access through the layout to the furnace and hot water tank. I do have to duck under the 9 ft section to get to the controls. I did not use any rail clamps and my lift out sections are connected with sliding rail joiners. There is just 1 place where power is applied to both of the rails, and 1 wire to each of the blocks. I have not noticed any voltage drop anywhere. I have divided the layout into 22 blocks. I use 2 MRC control master 20 powerpacks. I have the ability to unpug and move to another spot and plug in to run trains, by using phone jacks. This layout is almost 2 yrs old. I do not spend as much time on the layout as I would like. Now that I can run whenever I want, I find myself in my shop working on buildings for the layout. All buildings are wood and most have wood clapboard siding. I buy windows and doors, but may start building my own to cut costs. Present building under construction has $70 in doors and windows. Which seems like a lot to me as everything else used was from materials on hand. I have built a small frieght station from Garden Texture plans. A house/gas station form an article in N Gauge magazine. Another small town building form ? a railroad magazine. A water tower and a Chama coaling tower based on plans form Ghost Depot off the internet. A generic sandhouse from another magazine. The present building is from a kit Walthers introduced this past January in ho scale. I am working form their ad picture. All buildings are built in 1/24 scale and some can get quite large. All engines and rolling stock are narrow gauge except one NW2 that is used for yard switching and pushing my trackman 2000 track cleaning car. I have 12 engines, 65 cars and it is all on the layout. Most engines and rolling stock are lettered for Colorado n.g. lines. I do have 2 engines lettered for EBT and then the Shays and Climax. A great portion of this collection was funded form a 35 year accumulation of ho scale as I sold it all over a period of about 5 years. I am just having fun, running what I like and follow no specific prototype. I did that in ho and I just got tired of it. My switch to Lagrescale was to allow me to join my two hobbies together - trains and woodworking. I have 1/20, 1/22 and 1/24 engines and rolling stock. Almost forgot, 1- 1/29 NW2. My goal is no purchased kits on the layout, all buildings to be built by me. douglast
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