@Mark Boyce posted:Wow, it has been a while since I did anything noteworthy on the layout. I finished the outdoor fall work and my portion of my wife's Christmas decorating, so I worked on two backboards for my permanent wiring. I plan to hang the TIU and MTH terminal blocks on one side and whatever I put up for switch control and other things on the other side. The shelf provides space for my Z4000 and TMCC controller. By splitting the 24"x24" area in half, I can be within about 13" of everything I'm doing. That is much needed with my farsightedness. I got out the old trifocals this week.
This is one side of the place for the lift up bridges.
On the other side of the chasm the bridges will cross, there is a nice 4-foot long area of Mianne benchwork that would be good for shelves for engines and cars. I just had enough 1x2 stock to make a frame to attach the 2 foot x 4 foot section of plywood and provide braces on the backside to attach four aluminum shelves I bought from Alan Dechant (aka MrTrain) from nearby Knox, Pennsylvania. I first thought of painting the plywood white to show off the shelved trains, but then thought it might be nice to use the same light blue I used to paint the walls. There is a wall across the aisle painted that shade as one enters the train room.
With that I have finished the carpentry work until I think of something else, so I moved some of those tools back to the garage. It is a little less crowded now in an 11x11 room with an 8x11 walk-in layout with an 30"x30" extension in one corner.
Nice Work Mark! Great ideas with the electrical center and having display shelves. Looking forward to how you wire the layout.
