After some thought and finally getting some time to start I have decided to start over on my layout. So I am building a railroad room in the garage to build a double deck railroad. It's a 10' x 10' room with a storage deck above it. Once the construction of the room is finished I will have to build the bench work and start laying out the roadbed for the railroad.
Very special thanks to my son Bradly! Without his help I couldn't have done this. I would still be trying how to figure out how to build the walls so I could have a storage space above the train room.
Brad hanging the joist for the storage area overhead.
This lay out is history but I will be using the scenery on the new lay out.
The goal is to have a mining and logging theme railroad set in the late 1930's using the Verde Tunnel & Smelter railroad as the main inspiration. I will have a more northwest scenic theme so it will not be a model of the Verde Valley as such. Not enough trees for me.
It will have two decks one at 35" hight and one at 54" this will allow for more railroad in less space. I want to model Hope Well and some of the smelter at Clarkdale as well as a logging branch. Maybe if I can fit it in the mainline will be Ash Fork depicting the transfer of ore from Clarkdale to the AT&SFP.
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