Wow Peter, you’re moving right along. Very nice. I hope you had some help moving that plywood. I like your track plan too. The transfer table will be a great feature.
Andy
Peter nice progress!
Great Job PETER!!! Can’t wait to see it all done and trains running.
@Steamfan77 posted:Wow Peter, you’re moving right along. Very nice. I hope you had some help moving that plywood. I like your track plan too. The transfer table will be a great feature.
Andy
Andy......I turned 69 on June 7th......I hired two college kids to bring it up 3 flights of stairs.......
Peter
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.......hoping for a delivery from Ross sometime this week!
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:.......hoping for a delivery from Ross sometime this week!
Peter
They always deliver Peter.
Happy belated birthday Peter. Good call on hiring the young, strong backs!
Andy
Happy birthday Peter, your layout will be awesome, thanks for the updates. Happy Railroading Everyone
WOW! Things are really looking good! I am with Andy and good call on hiring the young backs to do the heavy lifting!
I am just wondering where the elevator is located in the train room. I didn't see it in any of the photos and 3 flights of stairs would just kill me! LOL
@mike g. posted:I am just wondering where the elevator is located in the train room. I didn't see it in any of the photos and 3 flights of stairs would just kill me! LOL
Mike.......a regular day at home is always over 10,000 steps......and, I'm loving it!
Peter
Hi Peter, I am too much of a DYIer, but I think you made the right call to get help with the plywood. You are now officially a "house manager" with the motto of "I love work, I could watch it for hours"...
Plywood is one of mankind's greatest inventions, and when matched with toy train track, it is truly a match made in heaven.
Peter you are making great progress. We are impressed with the quality of the benchwork and your organization. The train room is beautiful.
I probably missed it but do you plan to use something like homasote to deaden the sound?
@Bill Webb posted:Peter you are making great progress. We are impressed with the quality of the benchwork and your organization. The train room is beautiful.
I probably missed it but do you plan to use something like homasote to deaden the sound?
Rossbed.......no screws (maybe one or two in certain areas) through to the plywood.......the glued scenery elements will hold it in place.
Peter
Peter, I applaud you for the 10,000 steps a day! I also get around that but for me the steps would just kill my knees!
Peter,
the next time you are in New York City you are going to have to make a stop inHighlands, N.J so we can do 10,000 steps together in Hartshorne Woods. You will love it. Enjoy every minute of building your layout.
5 to 8K a day is my average at work. Nice thing about working on a College campus. Good to have a stairmaster to the trains Peter.
Bob
Holy mackerel!!! 
That is amazing progress! Well done, Pete!
George
A lot has happened over the past week.
1st......I receive noted of my credit card being billed from Ross Custom Switches. This arrived late Friday:
Time to paint.....a base coat of flat gray primer:
Base coat applied......
Then a veneer of textured gray stone.....
Peter
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Looks like the box lids do a good job of keeping overspray from getting on the handsome sidewalk,
WOW Peter you're pulling out all the stops! Are you putting that under your full layout?
2nd.......a Ross track layout entails accurate track cutting......I was praticing on some Gargraves that I have......I had this cheap Harbor Freight chop saw ($30, ten years ago)......it was hard to sight where to cut......so much so that my nose was getting awful close to the cutting wheel to be able to see.
I was walking through Home Depot and saw this on sale for $68. I figure that it is less than an ER copay and has great visibility to sight the cutting line.....
Lastly, I have gotten a notice that the 27", five track Transfer Table from Ross, arrives this week. There is lots of excitement here!
That's why I started my next building project: the Yard Office that houses the key pad......by TW TrainWorx.....
Peter
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@mike g. posted:WOW Peter you're pulling out all the stops! Are you putting that under your full layout?
The whole layout.......the stone spray is very close to the RC3R blend for blast: three parts coarse gray and one part coarse cinders.....
Peter
Great news Peter. The miter saw is a nice addition too, only $68.00? Really?
Bob
Peter,
You stole that saw! I thought it was a good deal.....
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I cut all my Gargraves/Ross track with the $30 Harbor Freight chop saw, no problems at all.
@gunrunnerjohn posted:I cut all my Gargraves/Ross track with the $30 Harbor Freight chop saw, no problems at all.
Oh come on John.....can't a guy buy new power tools when the need arises???????😂😂😂
Next to new trains, they are my favorite purchases. 👍👍👍🤪🤪
Bob
Well, I bought that chopsaw for the layout build... 
Very exciting time Peter. Have fun!
I told you that Ross delivers Peter. Your layout is going to be rocking with a transfer table and the yard office, as well as that chop saw chopping. I can't wait to see more.
Try to find a vacuum connection point with on your power tools or have some one follow the blade, sander or router as it cuts through the plywood. The saw dust can take over real fast before you know it.
Maybe drape some painters plastic over your many racks of trains.
Some tools have optional clip on vacuum attachment ports.
Vacuum attached belt sanderI run a Delta dust collector mounted on a furniture dolly near my cutting area.
* "Vacume" is a colloquial rendition. 
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Nice progress, and great deal on that saw.
You can add a miter saw laser guide to help with cutting the track for about $30. Here's a sample - https://www.amazon.com/Oshlun-...657121149&sr=8-3
I also looked up the saw…..quite a deal
Very exciting times Peter! The arrival of new supplies and tools = possibilities 😉
Glad you’re enjoying this so much, I know we are too.
Andy
Peter I have a question - May have been answered a while ago in the initial construction phase but - what exactly are you using for general room lighting ? How many lights etc. and what is the overall size of your train room ?
We recently made settlement and are in the process of moving into our new home in Charleston SC - I have a 20 x 21 foot room that’s going to be the train room
I am planning on building a layout and displaying trains on the walls similar to what you’re doing / I was thinking of installing 12 flush mount 6” LED ceiling lights (3000k) - 3 rows of 4 lights - this seems to be the go to amount from most lighting manufacturers - not sure if that’s enough or overkill ???
Just wanted to get your thoughts
Thank you
Joe S
PS Peter - everything you’re doing looks great / it’s so cool watching your build come together 👍🏼🚂
@Putnam Divisionn, Peter, it’s early evening here in middle Tennessee and it’s hot, seeing your accomplishments on your new (man cave) train room is so cool and relaxing. You have approached this fun to review project with foresight and proper planning, it’s going to be a fantastic train room. Thanks for the updates. Happy Railroading Everyone
@dorfj2 posted:Peter I have a question - May have been answered a while ago in the initial construction phase but - what exactly are you using for general room lighting ? How many lights etc. and what is the overall size of your train room ?
We recently made settlement and are in the process of moving into our new home in Charleston SC - I have a 20 x 21 foot room that’s going to be the train room
I am planning on building a layout and displaying trains on the walls similar to what you’re doing / I was thinking of installing 12 flush mount 6” LED ceiling lights (3000k) - 3 rows of 4 lights - this seems to be the go to amount from most lighting manufacturers - not sure if that’s enough or overkill ???
Just wanted to get your thoughts
Thank you
Joe S
Hard to describe…….I’ll take a picture over the next day or so and post it. I have dimmers.
Peter
Joe S,
Here is what I have in the train/guest room. My son-in-law is an electrician and this is what he installed. Recessed Halo dimmable LEDS wired to be controlled separately or together, meaning one side or both. Material obtained at Home Depot in a six-pack. They are spaced six feet apart from each other. The center "pillow" LED was the only light there originally. The room size is 18 x22' on a second floor.
Here is the control. HD didn't have a dimmable LED control, but I found it on Amazon. $67.
The slider is for the pillow light. Sorry for the crappy pic.
There will be a backdrop around the two walls adjacent to the layout, so no trains on display on the walls.
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Son-in-law did a nice job, @452 Card
