After having my Marx packed in boxes for 52 years, today I laid an oval that is 12 foot by 4.5 foot and is the innermost track around the opperating pit of my 19 feet by 10.5 feet layout. I have next to my new track, a loop of ON30, then a switching loop of O-gauge and a running loop of O-gauge on the out side of my layout. When I get all the rewiring done, I will be able to run four trains at the same train. What a nice farthers day gift to my self.
Al
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Great! Can you post any pictures??
Cobrabob.
I will try to post some pics, but posting pics is always a b***h for me. I need to get some more work done, securing track, relaying the ON30 and getting the wiring in place.
Then I will get my buddy Mopac to help on the Pics.
Al
I recommend posting them to PhotoBucket and you can then just use the IMG link to paste the link directly into messages here. It's easy and effective.
Hi Al, glad to hear you are setting up your trains again, and also glad to see someone else is going the O-27 route. I have a six by six O-27 layout with two manual switches and an elevated line. Recently I sprang for all the fancies like postwar style lamp posts, an operating semaphore, MPC whistle shack, and an automatic station (not all at once though, I'm not Mr. Monopoly)! I think its cool you have a twelve foot straight run, gives your engines a chance to stretch their legs. Have fun.
Hello NewHaven, Most of the track I have on hand is rather old and dirty and is a poor conductor. So I am getting new Lionel O-27, but there are no O34 curves to be had, so I have ordered O42 curves which will work just fine for me as I have the space. I had a test of running all steamers with smoke. I could still smell smoke fluid two days later. As for fancies, they are hard to find here in Spfd as there are only 2 of us tinplaters.
Al
Have got the wiring pretty much under control. Using TMCC, conventinal, and a Marx transformer. Now I have to start clean up a few little odds and ends. If it all works out, some pics should be on Wednesday afternoon.
Al
Go Marx, go! They're so much fun, and relatively easy to work on. Have a good time with them. 
Okay, folks, I promised pics for today and here they are. Maybe not the best, so no complaints.
Lookin' good. Can you share your track plan?
Billshoff
I will be happy to post a track plan, but I will have to draw it up first. I didn't think it would be a worth while project. Thanks for asking.
Al
Al,
Those are nice pictures!
Thanks for sharing -
Alex
My bench work is 19' by 10.5 and you can do a lot of thinking about what you want to build. When I get the plan, you will see it can have many options.
Al
The portable layout featured on page 42 in ogr issue 258 has some similarities with my layout. When I get finished, I hope I will have my layout looking as well.
Al
Great pictures Al....thanks for sharing.
Here is a video of my blayout with my Lionel Blue Comet running on it before I started re-doing it. Hope you enjoy the Blue Comet.
Al
I like it. Well done!
Okay, folks, I promised pics for today and here they are. Maybe not the best, so no complaints.
I want to thank Robert Tolley for doing most of the work getting these pics in posted.
Sorry I didn't do this earlier Robert.
Al
The vidio of the Blue Coment (which if got while hunting and not aware of what I was getting) shows a lot of my layout space. And as I mentioned before, I have a done a lot of construction to my new layouts.
Al
Okay guys and gals, more pics and videos coming your way which will show more of the layout.
Al
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