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I got big plans for this weekend. I just got a 100 pieces of track and I have a stack of plywood alread cut to use as the benchwork cookie cutter style. I also ran into a problem with the layout that I plan to fix before today is over.

I found a problem with the layout. The middle section is tilting inwards. I have to take it out and rebuild it. I might take it out completely and just run a straight track along that wall. It would give me more room for different scenes. It would also be easier to put it back as a straight...

It has been a couple of days without an updates I just want you to know I have not forgoten I have been busy with other stuff. I just got 100 pieces of track to continue the track work. I also cut out enough plywood to build the next couple of levels. This weekend I will be spending most...

I get different stuff from different manufacturers. My engines are all Bachmann spectrums they are cheaper and easy to fix plus they would replace any engine no matter how they broke for $15. My rolling stock is model power and atlas they are the cheapest I found that stay on the tracks. My...

An other update on the layout. My son and I just got done working on the city scene. I still have to go out and get cars and people to make the scene complete but here is what we got so far. I am going to take the scene out of the area and paint the sides of the risers blue. Once I get...

My son and I started to work on some scenery. I have to wait on a track order to come in and I put the last piece down earlier today. We started on the mountian area in the middle of the layout. Here are the pictures of the work.

I got a lot of work done on Saturday on my layout. I got a couple of levels of track up and running. I am up to putting track down on the third level and the plywood leading up to the fourth level. My son started dry fitting the scenery he is making the scenery to be able to come out in case...

My son got started on some of the scenery. He did not get much done and cannot put it into a fixed place yet because I still have to work behind it. Here is pictures of his work. This is his plans for the scene. First he has been looking on the internet for pictures of what that buisness...

Now that I got a lot of the layout built let me try to explain my vision beter. The layout is going to look like there are three layouts stacked on top of each other. The bottom layers will have 4 tracks the top 3 tracks 11 levels in all. The section that looks like a ladder will not have...

two levels up and running The layout is starting to take shape. I have two levels completely up and running. I left off just as the track would start the third level. The pictures are of a train starting at the yard area heading up hill.

have up dated pictures for you guys. I got the last of the risers in and finished the plywood section of the first loop. I have a little more track to put in before I cross over the bottom track. The work will be quicker now that all the risers are in place. The piece running over...

I am working on my new layout. I plan to finish the first level and put more pictures of the layout on the forum once I get more track down. Once I get that level done I am going to test the track before starting the next level.

I will take pictures once I get the rest of the first loop in place during the test runs and post them. How do I change the title to let others know there are new pictures of the work I did.

I have an update on the work. I finshed the risers before I ran out of time today. I will install them tomorrow and put the track in to finish the first loop of track. If my math is right I should be at the next level. I want to run a test train through several times before starting the next...

I am not sure if it could be call a helix or not. The one track by the yard is like a helix but the other tracks do not stack on top of each other. The idea came from a helix and my last layout which use to climb from start to end. How do you guys want to get updated on the layout. I do get a...

unusual layout more pictures added thanks guys. I was not sure how you guys would have reply to the layout since it is an unusual design. I took a few more pictures to try to get the whole area in the picture. I could not get it all in one picture. This picture shows the reverse loop at the...

The layout is basically a crawl under. I got tired of the short line layouts. Having so many ideas for scenery and not having the room for it all. It is a point to point layout with reverse loops in the yard areas. The levels run around the round they stack up into one stack because of lack of...

unusual layout more pictures added I have just started an unusual layout design. I have some ideas for scenery but I am not sure if they would work out or not. I am still in the construction stage and only got half of the first level done. There will be ten levels maybe eleven if I have the...

I was thinking about putting the pictures of the layout on the forum once I got enough of the layout done. I just don't know were to put them. here is a picture of the yard that I did over the weekend. The turn table and track around are not wired up yet.

I did get done a lot this weekend. I got the benchwork finihsed and seven risers in place. I also got some track laid down and some trains running smothly over the tracks. Friday I got the freight yard in and wired up. Saturday I finished the benchwork for the main lines. Sunday I put in...