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postwarsOGR Forum Member

Hi, This is my first post, been reading for years. Finally getting the basement (daughter went to college). I would like your guys opinion on this idea.

I have this crudely drawn up in Autocad Electical.

The outer loop is O72, the inner loops are O54 and O42 using Gargraves and Ross.The grades are around 4% which I know are high, was planning on experimenting some.

I have mostly smaller diesels and don't plan on running large passenger cars.

The lake will swing down for access and I am planning to be able to pull it out from the wall.

The second pdf is the basic benchwork along with my waterjet file (no sawing)! Was planning on 3/4 birch plywood for benchwork.

I am a controls guy and have a large supply of automation hardware. Planning on having a plc and touchscreen control some of the layout.

Looking forward to wiring it!

Let me know what mistakes I have made.

Thanks, Scott

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6/5/148:06 AM

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postwarsOGR Forum Member

Sorry didn't realize it had to be opened in Adobe reader to get all the layer tools.

They explain the layers better.

6/5/148:12 AM

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ObsidianOGR Forum Member

I like what you've done so far. I too have a 11 x 13 train room. I'm glad you included a O-72 loop for you existing (future) scale articulated/centipede. Interesting putting bench work on casters so it'll move. I have O-72,O-82 on outer loop but must tighten to O-54 inside the horseshoe curve to fit a dogbone layout in my room.

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postwarsOGR Forum Member

Thanks for your feedback. I've made about a dozen drawings, a couple look similar to yours. I am worried about not being able to reach everything with this layout.

6/6/142:40 PM

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DoubleDAZOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Originally Posted by postwars:

Thanks for your feedback. I've made about a dozen drawings, a couple look similar to yours. I am worried about not being able to reach everything with this layout.

Reach is the only negative I saw when I looked at it. However, I think that can be dealt with by putting the grove of trees and lake on pop-outs.

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postwarsOGR Forum Member

Update... I finally got started on my bench work. We cut out all the curved pieces of the grid-work. This took 30 Min to cut out. It worked very well, I think I will do the road bed this way also. All it cost was a case of beer.