How Big Is Your Layout?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I have had a layout on a 36 x80 in. hollow core door for a few years.  It has a provision for possible expansion.  It's partly ballasted but I seem to be in a scenic funk.  I guess it scares me.
Tks Kirk

Go grout! It's so much easier than Woodland Scenics stuff! It'll help you get your groove back.
http://conrail1285.com/n-scale-ballast-using-sanded-grout/

[Ed Kapuscinski]

My old FEC layout was 10' by 12' using one side of a 10' by 20' room. Late last year, I tried expanding it to feel the whole room, and it never ended up feeling cohesive. It felt like the original layout with an extra section haphazardly added, and the expansion didn't do all that much to improve the operations on the layout. (Sidings were still too short, the yard was still poorly designed, not enough run-around tracks for industries) So now I've taken that layout down and I'm modelling the DM&E in the same 10' by 20' space, with a plan designed for the whole room instead of one side with an expansion. So 10' by 20'.

Oh man, have any pictures? FEC layouts are few and far between.

[mplsjct]

My layout is in a 12 x 12 foot room, it is basically a large circle around the outside walls, a shelf layout you might say, the shelves are 18 inches deep. There are no peninsulas, although I often contemplate adding one.

[Missaberoad]

@mplsjct love the bridge scene! Is the inspiration Nicollet island? 

[mplsjct]

@mplsjct love the bridge scene! Is the inspiration Nicollet island? 

Sure is, here's another shot, I've since replaced the static Grain Belt sign with the Miller Engineering version that lights up....

[Missaberoad]

Sure is, here's another shot, I've since replaced the static Grain Belt sign with the Miller Engineering version that lights up....

Very nice!

I've been playing with the temptation of putting "hole in the wall" on a layout...

[mplsjct]

Very nice!

I've been playing with the temptation of putting "hole in the wall" on a layout...

Thanks, I tried to include the Hole in the Wall, but it didn't work out as planned. Definitely an iconic rail fanning spot in the Twin Cities.

[legostudios34]

Oh man, have any pictures? FEC layouts are few and far between.

Sorry it took so long for me to respond, fall semester has started so I'm not paying too much attention to the internet these days. Here are a few pictures from before I took the FEC layout down.

First, some pictures from the layout while it was operating showing the yard, a scene out in the middle of nowhere, and the work-in-progress intermodal yard.





Final picture of the old layout, as I was in the process of tearing it down.


And a couple shots from the new DM&E layout

[propmeup1]

11' X 13', double mainline twice around. Each main is 116'

[dem34]

2x4

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10 TTrack Modules

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1 Single Turnout Shelf Layout

[eja]

Dee Returns    sort of !!!


Anyone know how Kiz is doing ?

[MK]

Dee Returns    sort of !!!


Anyone know how Kiz is doing ?

He Seems to be doing fine over at Trainboard.  Still posting but doesn't seem to be working on anything significant.

[LIRR]

11x17 with a 5-track staging yard in an adjacent room….

as it was 5-years ago….

[MDW]

Two decks in a 25’ x 9’ space with staging in a separate 6’ x 9’ area.
Here’s the back half of the layout.......


Michel

[LKOrailroad]

22x28 L shaped room. Arrangement and backdrops don't permit camera shot capturing the whole layout. The view as you enter the room from about 2 years ago. A walk through picture set is here: http://www.lkorailroad.com/control-panels-complete/ Lower deck construction to begin this winter.