Yankeedave23
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I joined the forum this past Winter when I got back into Model Railroading after my wife and I got settled in our new house last November in Effingham IL. I built standard 1"x4" select pine bench work to accommodate a 6'x10' layout (I can reach the middle of the table w/ease). Used 1/2" BC Plywood with 1" EPS foam board as a top. In January I started laying roadbed and the track in February. In early March I had backbone (BUS) of the wiring done in anticipation of getting my NCE Power Cab for my birthday on the 23rd. I never took any pictures of the track or wiring (my bad) but I did snag some of the table and roadbed. Pictures below:
I had lived in Illinois for closing in on 5 years. My wife and I sold my first house and had moved into a new construction that had everything we needed and a great space for Model Railroading. Well on the morning of March 17th while in my office I got a phone call from the corporate office back in Maryland and I was asked to come back and replace one of our retiring staff members. Amidst all the excitement and tears (this meant moving my wife who had lived in the same town her whole life, minus college) we decided within two days that we had to accept this opportunity. Within a few weeks I was checked out of Illinois and within 4 days of our house being on the market we sold it! So from March 17th to July 27th MRing had to take a back seat. I painfully disassembled/dismantled the layout (salvaged about 98% of the track) and tore apart the table .
Fast forward to today. We are all settled in our new home and the table has been re-assembled and I am ready to roll on this new layout. In the few short months I got to enjoy my layout in Illinois I learned a wealth of knowledge through this forum and the internet. I hope to not repeat any of my shortcomings from the short lived Illinois layout. Below are a few pics of where the layout (table) sits tonight. I quickly put the table back to together and hit Lowe's and HD today to source some 1/2" MDF, 2" EPS foam board (def better than 1"), and some cheap reject earth tone paint (thanks to this forum I never thought to look for mis-tinted paint, $9 gallon). I hope to have a track plan ready in the next couple weeks and I will start laying roadbed shortly thereafter. I will use this thread as way to post my progress and to ask questions! Enjoy!
I had lived in Illinois for closing in on 5 years. My wife and I sold my first house and had moved into a new construction that had everything we needed and a great space for Model Railroading. Well on the morning of March 17th while in my office I got a phone call from the corporate office back in Maryland and I was asked to come back and replace one of our retiring staff members. Amidst all the excitement and tears (this meant moving my wife who had lived in the same town her whole life, minus college) we decided within two days that we had to accept this opportunity. Within a few weeks I was checked out of Illinois and within 4 days of our house being on the market we sold it! So from March 17th to July 27th MRing had to take a back seat. I painfully disassembled/dismantled the layout (salvaged about 98% of the track) and tore apart the table .
Fast forward to today. We are all settled in our new home and the table has been re-assembled and I am ready to roll on this new layout. In the few short months I got to enjoy my layout in Illinois I learned a wealth of knowledge through this forum and the internet. I hope to not repeat any of my shortcomings from the short lived Illinois layout. Below are a few pics of where the layout (table) sits tonight. I quickly put the table back to together and hit Lowe's and HD today to source some 1/2" MDF, 2" EPS foam board (def better than 1"), and some cheap reject earth tone paint (thanks to this forum I never thought to look for mis-tinted paint, $9 gallon). I hope to have a track plan ready in the next couple weeks and I will start laying roadbed shortly thereafter. I will use this thread as way to post my progress and to ask questions! Enjoy!