A little video of a test run I did on one of the mainlines that I completed on the Marigny side of the layout.

Hoping to the have other main completed tomorrow.

Shaun General

I decided to give the layout a new name (and the site a new look while I was at it) today.

Previously I’ve been trying to pick a location for the layout so things would fit in to prototypical location. I’ve conclude that trying to do so is a PITA to me. I simply want to build a railroad with scenes, industries, etc.. and not worry about if it fits or doesn’t fit into the location the layout supposedly exists in. Basically I’m just pushing the layout into more of the freelanced world.

So anyway, welcome to the Elmwood And Marigny River layout.

You can find more info on the About Page.

Shaun General

Got a shipping notification from Digitrax on my DT402D upgrade. It’ll be back here in about week probably.

So about a 15 day turn around on the upgrade. Not too shabby.

Shaun General

Over the last few days I’ve been thinking about my modeling options here in the new house.  The space I have available is a roughly 10′x’7 space in the single car garage.  Conveniently, the house we’re renting seems to have a finished garage.  All of the walls and ceiling are insulated and drywalled, edges are trimmed with moldings, and it’s even painted to match the rest of the house.  We’ll never use it for parking so the garage door will only open whenever I go take the mower out come Spring.

I first thought about doing a modular style layout, then considered your typical 30/36″x80″ door layout as well for the space I have.

And then I saw this:

http://www.trains.com/mrr/default.aspx?c=a&id=3613

A quick google also returned two little articles about it:

http://www.trains.com/mrr/default.aspx?c=a&id=3614

It’s the new “Salt Lake Route” N-Scale project layout that Model Railroader is kicking off in their January 2010 issue, which should arrive in my mailbox soon.

It’s a 4′x9′ modern-era layout that fits almost into what the original Elmwood sub was.  A modern, Union Pacific railroad with a city scene and mountain scene.  I was already planning to most likely do a doubletrack plan, and this one jsut so happens to also be double tracked.. It’s like a perfect match, heh.

The mininum radius of 10″ might be a little tight for my taste, so I may widen that narrow end of the plan a bit.  It appears it’ll be Kato-Unitrack based too, but I’m planning on using Atlas/ME Code 55 flex-track.

So it looks like I have starting point for my new layout, The Salt Lake Route.  I’m anxiously awaiting my next MRR magazin to arrive to read about this layout and get this rolling again.

Stay Tuned!

Image: Model Railroader Magazine (trains.com)

Shaun General