The Transcontinental PRR

[Philip H]

Next one is on door. Half a Dutch door.

Thats @eric220 folks!  What a stand-up guy; except when he's sittin down on the job!  He'll be here all week.

Don't forget to tip your wait staff and try the veal, ok folks?

[eric220]

Are you going to try to salvage anything from the current layout?  If not, HO scale welcomes you.   

You speak in strange tongues, sir...

The only acceptable alternative to N scale standard gauge is some sort of narrow gauge.  I happen to know Eric is a DSP&P fan!

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Dave V]

Smokin' hot though that C&S narrow gauge is, I can't help but feel like those boxcars are out of proportion to the loco, or vice versa.  The boxcar roofline is essentially level with the center mullion of the cab window, which isn't what I see in photos:

http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/file/n5212/C%26S_65_1938_%283%29.jpg

[eric220]

The boxcars are definitely undersized. (So is the tender, for that matter.) Compare to the fine scale caboose roofline. On the other hand, they're RTR and available on short notice for the purpose of this experiment.

[wm3798]

I suppose you're staying in the area, and upgrading the living quarters...  That's coool.

I would spend some time thinking about just exactly what makes sense for you to model.  I could never get my head around the whole coast to coast in one basement thing.

But really, what I'm trying to say, is if you come to your senses, and model the Delmarva Division, I'm in with both feet.  You can get all the reference photos you need from me, even soil samples.


And of course, part of that is hoping that you won't need all those building I sold you, and I can buy some of them back... (even though I don't really have a practical use for them...)

Best wishes on the transition.  Which part of the layout are you sending to Eric's?

Lee

[seusscaboose]

Actually, if I recall correctly, the Westvaco building, as well as the WM freight house were (are???) in his plans all along...  they are currently (for how long???) located near/at the southern pacific interchange on EW's pike.  There was some mention of the freight house needing some "minor" modification(s) but that may be still tbd 

[Dave V]

I see a segment of the Colorado & Southern from Idaho Springs to Silver Plume in Nn3...

[eric220]

I see a segment of the Colorado & Southern from Idaho Springs to Silver Plume in Nn3...

There's a very real possibility that that may be the next project.

[eric220]

Our offer on a new house has been accepted. Obviously, there are still hurdles, but it looks like this is a done deal. That deal means the end of the transcontinental PRR. Well, at least the first iteration of it. I'm currently enjoying what I anticipate is the last run of the layout. A Kato GG-1 hauling the Pennsylvania Limited and a BLI M-1 hauling the upper level local. I'm sad to see this layout come down, since I won't have space for anything better for decades. That said, there will be a next layout in the new house; it just won't be as big as what I have space for now. I wish I could pretend that railroading space was the top priority, but when my wife is willing to entertain the idea of exiling a car to the driveway so I can take over part of the garage for a layout, I really don't have much room to complain.

[seusscaboose]

congrats on the new house... I know it's been a priority. 
sad news about the TransCon ...   take a video for the memories in years to come.   

[MichaelWinicki]

You may find the smaller space to be a blessing...

It will reduce the amount of time and other resources needed to get the thing to a reasonable level of completion.

[davefoxx]

I wish I could pretend that railroading space was the top priority, but when my wife is willing to entertain the idea of exiling a car to the driveway so I can take over part of the garage for a layout, I really don't have much room to complain.

Oof.  I'm not a fan of a layout in a garage, but I think your climate is more moderate than ours here on the East Coast.  So, hopefully, it will work out for you.  A layout is better than none.

DFF

[eric220]

I'm not a fan of garage layouts either. Out here, it's the temperature swings that really take their toll on the layout. That and I've been spoiled by having a climate controlled work space.

[Dave V]

If you have a hobby room for your work area and stuff you could always do a shelf layout of some sort in that room.  It sure won't be a transcontinental PRR but that'd be a great place to run a little Nn3...  And it can scratch some itches before you jump into the garage layout.

[eric220]

If you have a hobby room

I don't.