My Expanded N Scale Layout

I am almost ready to build the tables to put the layout on. I will need to build 3 or 4 4X8 tables where I can set up the track. I will have 2 loops in the configuration shown above. One loop will fit inside the other. On the inner loop I will run a Canadian Pacific Freight Train. On the outer loop I will run a Canadian National Freight Train. I still need to buy the balance of the track that I need, I have most of it already. I am thinking I am still about 2 years away from completing the tables and track.

The Expanded N Scale Layout

The Expanded N scale layout will be 2 tracks that run parallel following the basic design shown above. The inner track will feature the Canadian Pacific Railway. and the outer track will feature the Canadian National Railway. Both railways will be depicted by Freight trains. There will be considerably more space between the 2 end loops shown above to allow for a much longer streight away section and also allowing the operator room to walk between the end loops. to allow ease in landscaping and fixing any derailments.

The Canadian National Locomotives Are In

After a long  wait the Canadian National locomotives finally came in from Walthers to Mountain Town Hobbies in Mt Pleasant Michigan. The 2 EMD GP38-2's made by Walthers have been on back order for months. My Canadian National effort is finally finished.

My enhanced N scale layout is progressing along I am now working on the Canadian Pacific side of the layout.

Checking on my Canadian National Locomotive Order

I have had an order in for 2 Canadian National EMD GP38-2's from Walthers their web site shows that they are in stock. but as of yet they have not been delivered to Mountain Town Hobbies in Mt. Pleasant Michigan.

The only things I am waiting for on the Canadian National side of the expanded N scale layout is the locomotives. They were scheduled to arrive January 28th. I wonder if Walthers lost my order.

The Canadian Pacific Locomotives Are In

Yesterday I got word that the Canadian Pacific Locomotives have arrived at Mountain Town Hobbies in Mt. Pleasant Michigan.

 

 

 

I have yet to get together the rolling stock I need to support the Canadian Pacific Freight Train I am putting together.

 

 

 

I am still waiting for the Canadian National Locomotives to come in from Walthers they were supposed to ship December 28th 2014 but the shipping date was revised by Walthers to Jan 28th 2015. once they come in my Canadian National Freight train will be complete.

 

 





I Have All The Canadian National Rolling Stock I Need

I now have all of the rolling stock I need for the Canadian National N scale layout I am putting together. I have 2 40 foot boxcars, 2 50 foot reefers, 1 60 foot boxcar, and 1 50 foot double door boxcar, 2 tank cars, 2 coal hoppers, and 2 gondolas and finnaly a baywindow caboose. This makes up a very nice freight train for the outer loop.

Front Half of the Freight Train



Back Half of the Freight Train

I figure it will take me a few years to get together everything I will need for the entire layout. The inner loop will be a Canadian Pacific freight train.

My Inventory Is Growing

I have been using the program called "Yard Office" to log my inventory of Locomotives and rolling stock that I have collected to support my hobby of model railroading. I have managed to log in all the stock into this program which allows me to print off a wide variety of reports. I can also create custom reports. so my every need is met with information on my stock at my fingertips. I have concentrated primarily on HO scale and supplemented my inventory with G scale to occupy my summers. There is a large G scale track out in my backyard.

Lately however, I have become interested in N scale. I began by creating a coffee table layout featuring an Ann Arbor freight train. The layout is progressing along and will provide me with a lot more hours of enjoyment as I complete the landscaping.

I have planned a new much larger N scale layout that is still in the planning stages. My plan is to have two tracks powered by separate transformers allowing each track to run a train independently. The first track I have already decided will be a Canadian National freight train I have already began to accumulate the rolling stock and the track to support this effort.

The second track I have not yet began to plan out so far I was thinking a passenger train would be nice.
I began pricing the passenger cars in N scale and discovered the cost is a bit prohibitive. so I am still wide open as to what the second track would run.

Lastly I began putting together an HO layout for my grand kids. Its a BNSF freight train. So far I have been working on creating a model of their house and barn.

 

Caboose On Order

My work on gathering Canadian National rolling stock is progressing along I just recently ordered an N scale bay window caboose from Walthers. It should be coming in the mail soon as it was in stock. I am close to having all the rolling stock I need for my freight train. I am still looking for Hoppers both covered and uncovered. The layout I am planning will have two tracks. On the second track I was thinking of a passenger train.