A hole in the wall X4 - something new! - Page 3 - The Whistle Post

Daryl · #21 (**permalink**) 04-04-2009, 08:36 AM

great idea about two levels,and like Andy said a short step stool is the answer to that problem.Any way the the G scale could reach the outdoors through ,say a cat door

boomerpete · #22 (**permalink**) 04-10-2009, 10:54 PM

belive it or not i visited a guy in neb. that had three scales on a U shaped layout, O / Ho / N basicly each section was a differnt scale. what made it so "SUPER COOL" was there were three loops, one for each scale that led into tunnels. as the o gauge atsf passenger went into the first tunnel a Ho version cameout and when it went in the n scale came out looped to the back into a tunnel and guess what! Yea the o gauge at the other side came out. that was the neatst trick i'd seen in a loog time. the public school came for visits each fall and it was the one thing they all had to see. and all they talked about for days!
I wish i had keep in touch, his stuff is most likly packed away or sold off now.

TrainNut · #23 (**permalink**) 05-04-2009, 01:12 AM

Since the HOn3 distraction, I decided to go back and work on the N scale part of the plan a bit more. This time, I chose to look at the living room piece and see what I could do to enhance it. Since the piece in the living room was kind of a little layout all on it's own, I thought it would be neat to have a small train that could run just on that section instead of having to wait for the mainline trains to come around every so often. Following is what I came up with...

The magenta lines are meant to denote a very short branchline running in the mountains above the town. It will be 3" above the rest and will have a minimum of 8" radius curves... pretty tight but no problem for a short diesel, steam or a trolley.

In the valley below, I only have two industries. The first will be a lumber company reached by backing a single lumber car off the mainline, across the corner of a parking lot and right down the middle of mainstreet before coming to a stop in the lumber yard. The lumber yard was an inspiration from one that used to exist in my hometown before the railroad got ripped out. The other industry is not really an industry but rather a simple loading/unloading dock on the north side of the tracks, inspired by an idea from a good friend. I might elevate the street on the right side to cross the magenta tracks and let the town spill over into the foothills instead of having the road disappear into a tunnel below. I'm not totally thrilled about the way the switch locations turned out on the mainline but my options were kind of limited and I chose to go with what I think will be the easier route.

TrainNut · #24 (**permalink**) 05-08-2009, 11:04 AM

Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision
That was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

hoscalemodeler1967 · #25 (**permalink**) 05-08-2009, 01:34 PM

ok after reading your two posts , i'm thinkin maybe that upper shelf that ur hitting ur noggin on is starting to damage something inside said noggin,,LOL

TrainNut · #26 (**permalink**) 06-07-2009, 09:54 PM

Newest version of the lower half...

TrainNut · #27 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 12:14 AM

Well boys n girls, my wifes out of town for a while and so I thought now would be the perfect time to disrupt the household and move some furniture around to make room for the new benchwork. Gotta start somewhere I guess. Point of no return....

TallDude · #28 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 07:02 AM

Off to a good start!!! Hope the compressor doesn't vibrate that fish tank.

Sawdust · #29 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 11:48 AM

Hey TN just recently browsed your project, I got to get out of the box & check other Threads out more often. Your doing a great job, like your bench work. Sounds like your whole family is involved, mine are too. That helps a lot when you go to buy stuff.

TrainNut · #30 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sawdust

Hey TN just recently browsed your project, ...Sounds like your whole family is involved, ...That helps a lot when you go to buy stuff.

I hope you didn't get too bored reading through this thread!

Yes, having the family involved helps. I've been procrastinating this layout for a while now so to get me motivated, my wife went and bought me a new N scale, Athearn, EMD F45, DCC w/ sound for my birthday. She told me to hurry up and get some track down so we can see and hear it run!