This is a bi-weekly updated (usually every other Friday) record of the construction progress of my model railroad layout. I conduct a poll at the end of each update asking my viewers what area of the layout they would like to see me focus on for the next video.
Details of my layout are listed below:
Scale: HO/OO
Design: Triple deck, around the walls with a peninsula and two helices
Design Inspiration: Layout style around-the-walls - David Barrow's Cat Mountain & Santa Fe.
Location: El Dorado, Kansas to west of Canon City, Colorado via highway routes: 254/400/50
Era: 1980's to Modern Day
Roadnames: Missouri Pacific, Southern Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Santa Fe, BNSF, Union Pacific
Style: Prototypical-Freelance
Size: L-shaped room, larger leg is 26'x15', smaller leg is 14'x5'
Construction: Combination shelf and box frame
Materials: 1/2" plywood base with varying thicknesses of extruded foam board subroadbed, over 1x and 2x lumber frame
Track: Atlas Code 83 in Staging and helices, Micro Engineering Code 83 on the main lines, Micro Engineering and Walthers Code 70 everywhere else
Minimum Main Line Radius: 24"
Minimum turnout frog: #6
Lighting: LED fixtures and strip lights
Operating System: DCC NCE PowerCab with booster(s)