I was fooling around today at lunch time, and came up with this shot of the south end of the yard on the first deck. I'd cleared the yard so I could work on the ballast, so I just plunked the camera on the tracks and shot. This is the "exit" end, where trains take a 90 degree turn to cross the Cape Cod Railroad Bridge, shown here towards the left. The magenta poster behind the bridges is meant for "Chroma-Keying" the garage door out of the picture. This shows a bit better trackwork than my last photo on the second deck, which you can see above the yard. Some of the squigglies are actually introduced by Helicon Focus! In this photo, you can see my building technique for the "west" wall--foam board on top of wire racks. This technique is NOT to be emulated! It just didn't work very well. The racks are strong, but have a lot of play in them. And getting the foam to stick to the racks was a major problem. If I had a do-over, I'd just cantilever the decks out of the wall--a bit more work, but more trustworthy and steadier. [ February 08, 2006, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: Pete Nolan ]
Looks great. "Some of the squigglies are actually introduced by Helicon Focus!" Wrong you are. They are caused by virtual contact with me through board osmosis.
Board osmosis? I think you mean my foam board is osmozing your bad karma? I will call upon my special track god--Tulip-Eater--to protect my straight track from developing the squigglies!
Having my track work recently compared to yours ( I took it as a compliment ) I can only hope to have a similar learning/ability curve. Along the same lines as your upper deck I submit another similarity. Bi fold closet doors are available in widths from 12" and up. This one is 18", it's sister visible with other surplus doors against the wall. Two brackets provide plent of support with no flex.
