All four boxes on the layout, no plywood lids yet, here's the view from the turn-around ladder towards the helix ladder.
All four boxes on the layout, no plywood lids yet, here's the right end with the turn-around ladder
printed a 1:1 scale ladder and stuck it in place to work out how to put lids on the boxes. From the helix out towards the yard
printed a 1:1 scale ladder and stuck it in place to work out how to put lids on the boxes. Looking up the ladder towards the helix
printed a 1:1 scale ladder and stuck it in place to work out how to put lids on the boxes. Step two: trimmed and trying to fit accurately....
printed a 1:1 scale ladder and stuck it in place to work out how to put lids on the boxes. Step one: sellotaped together but not yet trimmed
Looking at the run-around ladder space on the staging deck, with just clamps holding it together. Noteworthy is that the two monitors are gone...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. My old friend the...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. A better shot up the yard,...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. Looking up the yard from...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. Looking from the helix...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. The helix space now has a...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. The helix from a better...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. The helix as seen from...
My permanent framing for the layout; staging deck. Comprising a horizontal 1x2 laid flat with vertical cross-pieces. Using some scrap wood and...
5 feet long, 5 tracks, N scale Power is routed to each track through the rotary switch visible on the fascia. The whole thing lifts out to...
After completing the run over the visible layout, trains enter one fo the staging yards. Later, they may be backed across the crux of the X to run...
This view shows the general configuration of the "X" staging, with two stub end yards facing one another, Both these yards and the...
