Hello all! This is my first time really on this forum properly and under the encouragement of my brother (Alsager model railway group and Weaver hill). Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your preference I am a fan of American Railroads over the railways we have here...
Anyway here is my layout topic from start to finish so you can all share the progress with myself, as all models it starts with laying things out on the living room as an idea, and I shall build it up from there. I have some simple objectives for this layout which will be at a show in the Staffordshire area at the end of July so I best get on with it!
The objectives
1) This is a layout that is purely here as a place that I can run my models and have some scenery to view them in!
2) The layout will be a "round and round" one as I prefer to be able to leave the layout running and see trains running then spent time "switching".
3) The layout will be a fictional location that I can run whatever train I would like in whatever consist. 4) To build on my model skills and learn new things to potentially use on other model railways.
The idea of the layout as above is so I can finally have a permanent place to run my models, and not on the Roco Flexitrack whenever there is space to as the clearance on the garage layout is not wide enough to allow for my locos let alone double-stack containers. The idea is this will be set somewhere in the North American wilderness, somewhere in the wastes of Wyoming. I have spent a considerable amount of time in Idaho and Minnesota and seen a variety of liveries and cargo's so my collection represents this. The scenery on this layout will be canyon wall with the railroad cut into the rock with a lake lapping up to the side, common in the North. It will be a simple oval with storage sidings on the rear behind a break, this will allow me to base this as a scenic layout with running trains. The idea of the name is from a location I used to travel to watch trains called "Wapello" Idaho. Adding the creek makes it entire fiction so allows the license to do whatever I would like. So enough typing and onto some pictures. This is the progress right now, some boards on the floor with flexitrack. Idea is to have a 12ft front to the layout to allow a large run for the models. I will keep you updated as I progress this layout...
Thank you for you time in reading this. Seb.