structive feedback from your crew and visitors.
Add scenic dividers in peninsulas to
avoid being able to see “over” the layout and plan for adequate lighting. Open staging yards work easier for opera- tions and re-staging. They create the po- tential for another active operating po- sition. Limit the number and length of hidden tracks to minimize maintenance challenges and diminish the psychologi- cal aspects for operators that cannot see the trains for extended periods of time. Avoid duck-unders if possible, and if one is required, build a gate or a lift out that is well engineered from the start. Try to avoid large expanses of scenery since they consume a lot of resources and time, unless you are trying to cre- ate a specific scenic feature or scene. Consider a continuous-running connec- tion in the mainline for public open houses, layout tour groups and running in equipment. Build big industries much like the prototype. I started off with small buildings and they looked to- tally out of scale and almost toy-like. Weather your rolling stock. When I did that to about half of my cars, it made a huge difference and everyone noticed. Try building mock ups for major struc- tures, particularly if they will ultimately be scratchbuilt. We used various tech- niques, including the use of basic card- board and foam core board.
Business is the reason a railroad exists. On the Subdivision layout, operations are an important activity. All along the mainline are small switching spots. Among these are a fuel oil warehouse (top) at Coltern Junction along with a team track (right) at Eholt. A local CP way freight switches a reefer at the cold storage warehouse at Midway (below).
We have now moved into our new
home, and construction of the next lay- out has commenced. We developed a fairly unsophisticated story board ap- proach to the design development for the new layout which included a line schematic populated with photos of the many prototype scenes and structures we are hoping to include. From this, various layout designs/layout shapes were developed in a manner similar to what is described herein. From those a final general design was selected and off we went.
Many things have already been learned,
improvements have been
made, and, yes, we have even torn out and rebuilt a section already. This is all part of what makes this the greatest hobby in the world. Watch for future ar- ticles on the new Boundary Sub. In the meantime, you can visit my website at:
www.cprboundarysub.ca.
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