Train Tables To Be Built Tomorrow

After  a long time waiting, The train table for the New York Central indoor layout will be built tomorrow Tuesday 4.17.2012. I have been planing it for quite some time. My friend Oscar Hagerman, a local builder, will be picking me up in the morning and will will head out to pick up the materials.

It took me all day Sunday to dismantle  the layout on the floor and make the space ready to set up the tables we are going to build. I can hardly hold back on my excitement to see the layout finally set up in its permanent location. I plan to post pictures of the progress in the next day or so.

It Got Nice Outside Again

The weather got warmer again and I began to think about the outdoor railroad. It was perfect for sitting and watching the train as it ran through the town. Sandy worked hard on the landscaping for the layout making it look very realistic. I was fortunate to be able to sit and watch the train for a few hours as I began to plan what I wanted to do to make the layout better. I thought hard about the layout's size and the size of my different trains I run on the track.

I checked online and found 2 new cars I would like to add to my G scale rolling stock. I found an Aristocraft New York Central Stock Car for $69.99 in stock at Trainworld in Brooklyn New York for use with my New York Central Freight train. I also found a 20 ft Boxcar at Trainworld for $35.00 to be used with my Santa Fe 0-4-0 switcher.

The track situation is not to good at the moment, as I find the track I am currently running the train on is to small. With the finances being the way they are, and my desire to acquire a table for my indoor track plus all the additional rolling stock I want for both the indoor and outdoor layouts, the track for outdoors will have to wait a while. maybe next year will find the times more favorable. So for now I will just put the track on next years wish list along with a transformer for G scale, wires to run from the track to the new transformer, plus some more track screws to keep the track together.

Attention is Back on the Indoor Layout

The weather has gotten colder over the past week, so I find my efforts going toward the indoor New York Central layout in HO once again. I have been testing where I should be placing the buildings and the farm. I have a good idea what I want to do with the industrial area. I think I want a park next to the hospital. I also placed the coal mine near where I want the freight yard to go. Once the table is built I will have to paint the table top to match the proposed layout. The passenger station and platform will be just off the downtown area.

I plan to pick up on kits for the freight train so I can add three new boxcars, New York Central Pacemaker design. I have also decided to park my NYC rolling stock with the cigar band logo in the freight yard. As of yet I haven't quite figured out just how I am going to configure that freight yard.

The passenger train is about as complete as I am going to make it for now. I just picked up on an RPO that matches the existing cars I have. That completed a task that was five years in the making. It was produced by Walthers and they stopped making it about five years ago. I got lucky after I posted my desire to find one on the internet. To my surprise someone wrote me back and informed me he had one to sell. The rest is history.

Preparing for the layout table

Back inside now after quite a few good hours outside with the garden railroad.
I have made arrangements with Oscar Hagerman, a local builder, to construct the train tables needed for the indoor layout. We agreed on a price and are ready to go, all I need to do is save up the money and construction will begin. The layout will be a large U shape table featuring a downtown area with a nice park for the residents and a passenger station, a farming area, a coal mine, a freight yard area, and a camping area. I have a few buildings from a layout I did for practice that I will be using.
I figure that I will be ready to start construction on the tables sometime before Fall. I can hardly wait.

It's a Beautiful Day

The weather is turning warmer and there is not a cloud in the sky. I am ready to run my garden railroad today. The New York Central Alco F-A unit is ready to pull my freight cars. The track is all cleaned off and ready to go. Sandy is going to glue down some landscaping highlights. and I've already repaired the buildings that were damaged over the Winter. It tried to run it on March 7th but the wind was to strong. Wish me luck.