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Author Archives: narrowtracks
SR&RL Size Perspective
Denis, a local friend who does narrow gauge live steam and dabbles in On30, has started following my blog. He has a keen interest for the two-footers so my version of the SR&RL intrigues him. Last week he send me … Continue reading
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Farmington Planning – Part 1
I’m making a push to formalize the track plan sufficiently to explain it to others. Farmington became the starting point. I had worked out Farmington on the floor and now transferring those thoughts into the 2D plan. Here are the … Continue reading
Posted in Farmington, Layout Design
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Progress – Locking in the roadbed and Spline for first turnout
At the end of February, I worked to locate the first turnout. The first one is the turnout at south end of Reeds to the Reeds Mill(s). This is south of the Reeds depot, and is the turnout before crossing … Continue reading
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Starting homasote spline roadbed (rather than foam board)
Last week I started putting in the “brackets” and roadbed under the new roadbed. This supports from Madrid to Perham Junction and back up the Barnjam branch. I will not go into the details of the design. That is for … Continue reading
Posted in Comentary, Current Layout, Layout Construction
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2020 Wrapup
2020 has ended with lots of action here on the web site. For 10 or so years, I’d been wandering in the hobby. No rudder. I would dream of S, Sn3, and Sn2…Even HO and more. These wanderings resulted in … Continue reading
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Harry decides to flip decks on his Sn2 SR&RL
A while back I designed a version of Farmington for Harry Downey. Recently he and I have been corresponding about the decks on his SR&RL layout. As these discussions have progressed Harry has decided to flips his top deck for … Continue reading
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Phillips planning
I started putting up backdrop last week with the goal to complete the upper level backdrop around the room by the end of this weekend. Before the backdrop can go up, I needed locate a few key elements which required … Continue reading
Posted in Current Layout, Layout Construction, Layout Design, Phillips
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40 Feet of backdrop
Having proved that I could build mushroom benchwork, I’ve changed directions. Rather than continue to build the mushroom into the middle of the room, I decided to start working the perimeter of the room while I can still move materials … Continue reading
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In Progress – Tom Sulivan’s On30 SR&RL – Lower Deck
Tom Sullivan is building an On30 version of the SR&RL. You may remember that I designed an upper deck (Kingfield to Bigelow) for him. Here are progress photos on the lower deck, along with a rough trackplan. I appreciate Tom … Continue reading
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Sn2 layout traveled to shows
A look back… The original Sn2 layout traveled to Gary Kohler’s 2-Foot meet, later the Midwest 2-foot show. The original layout sections were built form 4″ of foam board, laminated with plywood and Masonite. Gary Kohler provided the photos, he … Continue reading
Posted in Layout #1 - Portable, Layouts
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