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I just finished the roundhouse for the first level yard. I built this from plastic sticks and sheets not kit. I had to many changes to make if I used the kit. Here is a picture from above. The track that the train is on is the reason I did not use a kit. I had to build around the...

I got a lot of work on the layout this weekend. My sons and I were able to get that last 4 levels of track put in place about 780 pieces of flex track. The way the layout was built was the main line was worked on from both directions. We were happy when the mainline finally met at the top. We...

Here are some pictures of the rest of the layout. The top shelf of the layout is going to have 3 sidings with industries. One of the sidings is going to be an oil refinary, one is going to be a loading area for cattle with the ranch near by, and the last is going to be a factory...

My crew and I reached the top of the layout. I can now run a train without stopping and turning it around. I still have to design the second yard but the needed switches are in place to get into the yard area. The main line is finally finished. I have a few sidings to put track down for and...

I am hoping to get the rest of the main line put down on the unusuall layout. I might try to get more of the roundhouse built.

It has been a while since I had an update on the layout. I have been working on my first scratch built building. Here is a pictures of it. I have been making my own windows which is hard to do in N-scale. I did just get in another 100 flex track and can continue making the layout grow...

I spent the weekend working on scratch building a round house. This is the first building that I tried to build without a kit. The hobbyshop did not have the right size styrene for the roof and the windows.

Thanks guys. I got the track up to the sixth level. There is 420 feet of track in place all ready for the main lines. I am only going up to nine levels 630 feet of total main line tracks. I have one main line for up hill traffic and another main line for down hill traffic. I could either...

Here are some more pictures of my unusuall layout. The new city is built and waiting for people and cars to move in I am planing to hide the curve track in the corners this way. Here are some pictures of two section of the layout the new city and river scene. One of the unusall things about...

This weekend I got a couple of scenes from my layout finished. I put in the bridges and the final touches with the grasses and plant life plus some animals to complete the scene. This is the other scene it is across the layout on the other side then the one from above.

more finished sections I have more pictures of finished work. I still don't have people or cars for the city scene they are the only thing missing from that scene. Let me know what you think of the work.

My plans for the weekend are to finish some of the scenes that I started on the unusual layout. My son and I finished one already today. Pictures are posted in the photograph section of the forum. There are a couple more that we started and did not finish.

finished scene One of the scenes is completed. My son did most of the work the only thing I did was make the trees and the bridges. The only thing left to do is to take the boxes of screws off the track. right now they are holding the bridge from falling while the glue dries. Here are...

I tryed to post these yesterday but could not get on the forum. My son and I got some work done the other day on some scenery. Neither scene is finished I have to make bridges and my son wants to plant some trees. These scenes are the kind that would be between the city scene. Here...

It is n scale just a close up picture.

I was able to get 80 pieces of flex track put down on my layout. I put pictures of it under the photograph section under unusuall layout. I added another 3 1/2 levels to the layout. My oldest son did some work with the scenery. He started putting in retaining walls concrete made from ceiling...

Pictures from the test runs. I used a deisel on one of the main lines and a steamer on the other. once the trains made it to the top I took the engine and caboose off the track and switched there positions to get the train running in the right direction. Once I reach the top there will be a...

Sunday's updates. I left off in the middle of the 6th level with the track. I put in 80 pieces of track this weekend I have 20 left from the 100 pieces I got during the week. My son started on retaining walls for one of the scenes. I am too tired to run the trains to take some good pictures...

Here is an update on the work for Saturday. I was able to get 2 levels of track in today with half the plywood for the next level. The train with the box cars is on the second layer of the layout. That section will have scenery that is different from the section below it. The tank train is...

I fixed the problem by getting rid of the middle curves and just made it straight. Here are pictures of the redone area. Just in case some people are still confussed about the idea for this layout. I figured out an other way to explain the scenery idea for this layout. Say if you had a...