Layout Phase II - The Upper Deck

It's shaping up.

John:

When the work is complete on the upper deck, how many main lines will your layout include? Also, you need to run some of those passenger trains that are stored on the shelving. 

Three for the upper deck. 2 parallel "race tracks" with on off ramps to the 3rd which will have staging yards to store those passenger trains below.

Thank goodness the lower deck is running fine... have to run trains. 

Thanks John, it looks impressive and I was curious as to how many main lines were involved.

Looks Great!

It really looks awesome so far.  Your scenery is beautiful and I love the bridges.

Art

Wow what a great looking R.R. Thanks for posting.

Brad

Hi John,

I don't know how I missed this thread, lots of nice progress. Your layout and train room is really really nice. John take us for a ride around your layout, I would love to see more of it.

Thanks,

Alex

Thanks guys, and thanks Alex for the complements. I will do a layout tour but not sure how to start...

The layout design is in my head, no CAD or drawings. Maybe I can show an overall room shot zipped together after the "mess" is cleaned up.

There are some Detroit 3 railers meets at my house on video done by Train Room Gary if you would like to watch.

These are a coupler years old but shows the over size of the layout...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IczatbaiWKE

John,

Looking GREAT!!!!!!

I did a video at your house too.

Thanks Charlie. Yes. Thanks for the reminder. Do you have the link?

I think I just figured this video thing out! Thanks Charlie. That was a good video.

Here is my son Nate having fun with the trains before last years Detroit 3 Railers get together...

Hey Charlie, who snuck that modern EMD diesel into the video? (nice)

John,

Looking Good!!

Some of those Ross turnouts look very familiar...

John here is the video of the 2013 Meet.

Thanks Charlie. That was a good time. This will put a boot in my but to get busy!

I think bench work is my nemesis. 

Very nice! What is the deck-to-deck separation?

Wow John, and charlie

Thanks for the video's, what a great layout and train room you have. Absolutely awesome.

John no need to draw a track plan, the video's where great. When I said take me for a tour around your layout, I meant a video, which you and charlie have posted.

Thanks very much

Alex

John,

I almost forgot, your kids are beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,

Alex

Looking good John.

Say Hi to the girls for me.

Thanks again guys... The deck separation from top to bottom is 20 inches.

Wow John……….Looking good!!

Clem  k

Hint never put young smiling children in the same post as your layout. They always steal the show.  

Layout looks very nice also.

Yeah kids are the best, makes it all worth it....

This week I was trying something new. Roof felt over the plywood to help dampen the vibrations.

I used this 027 test car and it makes a big difference!

Then I installed my 4th MTH rust colored arch bridge...I cannot wait to race some engines through here.

BTW if you use the Roof felt product shown above use gloves! It has fiber glass matt in it and it gave me the case of the itchies last night.

John,

The bridges look great, and so does the entire layout and train room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,

Alex

WOW! That is looking awesome!!!

John,

You did a really nice job with the sky back drop! Is that hand painted, or what?

Chris

LVHR

Fantastic, John!

Peter

Looks great !!!

Thanks Chris, yes its hand painted.

Well here is an update... will not be going to York so hope to knock down some more track laying.

Here is the Yard going in. 

They yard will continue around the corner to be about 42 foot long...

The plan is to make this Passenger staging. The station will be elevated above.

I am looking at scratch building this station along this stretch. Yes I am a dreamer....

I will eliminate the road going underneath the station and just have it span the tracks.

The layout is looking fantastic.

I started to carve in this corner with a large river and double track truss bridge that will be on a curve the truss assembly will hang down from the track...

I was looking at some unique lower truss bridges... something that has lots of detail...

I must have had my head in the sand last fall when you posted most of this.  yes, I have seen some of these photos on other topics, but never saw the whole thing!  Wow John, you are building quite a nice layout!  Lots of room to get lots of trains running, and the scenery is great!  I am so glad you just posted this last photo!

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the kind words. I saw this bridge kit on the internet and it intrigued me.