Category Archives: Layout Design

Design of my SR&RL and/or general thoughts on Model Railroad Layout Design

Track plan completed

Posted on May 15, 2021 by narrowtracks

Till now, I’ve been working with concept diagrams of the layout. The concepts were good to work out grades and get an idea of what would fit into the room. However, they were not sufficient to describe the railroad to … Continue reading →

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Farmington Planning – Part 1

Posted on April 10, 2021 by narrowtracks

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 →

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Harry decides to flip decks on his Sn2 SR&RL

Posted on January 2, 2021 by narrowtracks

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

Posted on January 2, 2021 by narrowtracks

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 →

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Tom Sullivan’s On30 SR&RL Upper Deck – K&DR Again

Posted on December 6, 2020 by narrowtracks

A few of us have been helping Tom Sullivan refine his On30 SR&RL. He has responded by taking in the critiques and making the adjustments to make his version of the SR&RL look more and more like the photos in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bigelow, Kingfield, Layout Design | 11 Comments

Layout Construction – Mushroom Design

Posted on November 29, 2020 by narrowtracks

For years, I’ve been procrastinating on the build of my Dream Sn2 SR&RL layout. I’ve been in this house for 13 years….So I’d say I’ve been stalling for more this 8 years. Even as recent as last month I was … Continue reading →

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Wiscassettesq – A dynamic Sn2 Free-mo design

Posted on February 1, 2020 by narrowtracks

This week there has been a renewed interest in Sn2 Free-mo on the Sn2_Trains groups.io list.  So I thought it would be timely to share an Sn2 Free-mo design I did back in 2014. Back Story The Sn2 Crew displayed … Continue reading →

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Solo Sn2 Free-mo Setups

Posted on April 8, 2019 by narrowtracks

I’m hoping to display some of my Sn2 Free-mo modules at the 2019 NASG convention.  It would be nice to use the same “U” shape I’ve used at the Midwest Show, but that may not workout.  So I’m putting together … Continue reading →

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Dream Layout V2 Concept – More work on grades

Posted on November 20, 2018 by narrowtracks

I continue to play with my dream Sn2 SR&RL plan as I want to locate Bigelow is a location where I could start building the layout.  By shifting Bigelow under the South end of Strong and moving Carrabasset to the … Continue reading →

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Harry’s Farmington – 2,3,4…

Posted on November 29, 2015 by narrowtracks

As soon as I made the post “Farmington Faithful for Harry” he sent the following email and images to the Sn2_Trains yahoogroup: Dave,  The 13.5 feet is the lenght of the wall at the back of the section of benchwork. … Continue reading →

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