That looks really good. it's really got all the elements- industrial switching, large yard and engine facilities, along with some scenic possibilities. I like it.
I was looking at this last night, I noticed that I forgot something. Every time I added an interchange to my designs, and also with the older single loops I made in the end of march I made a second connecting door layout that would make it an L shape layout. Yes, it will still have the three industral spurs. With room to spare. Plus the interchange line. The second layout will be mainly used as extra storage.
Well, to me, less is more...I started and never finished a door layout. I also like the Carolina Central plan from Model Railroader and I have stopped myself from building a Turtle Creek layout more times than I can count.
Only thing that is troublesome now is the confinement here, it's very strict. It will make the confinement in the USA look like a daycare center. What gets me people over there are protesting just because they are in their house for a month with the ability to move around freely. Geeze Louise!!!
I was building a mountain tunnel on one end, a river behind the yard and was going to have a backdrop in the middle....discovered that I like switching more than roundy round
Well, I wanted both the switching and roundy round on my layout. This is why I placed three spurs on one end of the divider and a sizable yard on the other end. So I will have two switching areas on the size of a 36" x 80" door. Plus the looping will not travel on the same track twice in a row. It will be challenging to have one train constantly running whilst managing two switching maneuvers on the layout.
This will be my final design of the door layout. I also replicated it for the 4x8 on the other thread. So from here out my next phase will be the construction of either of these two layouts. This will depend of the size of my train room that I will have.
Well, I have finally moved in and got my room ready for the next step. Although since the last post I did a final redesign. Took out the curves, because I and thinking that I would be experiencing a lot of string lining. I wanted a more useful yard and industrial area. While keeping the interchange connected. Doing this I will be using the last long piece of track as the test bed. Yes, it will be isolated from the rest of the layout. Here is the design and some current photos of the room.
Well, a quick update. I went to Lowes today and purchased the 36x80 door. Went in to the foam insulation area. No luck either with 1" or 2" foam board! I checked on line and the only substitute that I can find is some 1' thick 2'x2' squares for $5 and change. I will take another trip back out there to purchase them and get some bolts to attach the 30"x 6' table to the door. Then trim and then glue the foam board to the top of the door. I will have to mark the locations of the bolts so I won't drill on top of them.
I'm in the middle of no-where and the local lumber yard has all the foam in different thicknesses. Instead of Lowes have you checked to see if there are any old fashion lumberyards in the area? I'd try that before going for the squares. Sumner
Well, no luck down here. Every lumber yard I have called and the ones that had any foam board. They only had either 1/2” or one inch
If you are going with 1" thick squares why not go with a sheet of 1"? Less joints to deal with. You could always glue two together if you wanted 2 inches, Sumner
I did find some 2" 2x4 foot natural tan foundation foamboard at Home Depot. Though they don't have any in stock, I can order three of them and have it shipped to my house. Though it will take a lot longer time to receive.
There's a lot of hollow core doors at some home improvement thrift stores. They deal in used house hold items. There's three in the Appleton area and another in Oshkosh, WI. and of course Milwaukee area. They are listed on the internet. Habitate for Humanity. I've used them for tables and shelving as well.
