Mine is on a single level - a rock filled raised crawlspace about 24 by 14. After sealing it with a tarp, I put down 8 big sheets of foam board, then indoor/outdoor carpet and started laying track. I keep changing the layout theme every few years. Currently - Ivor the Engine.
Where I go with a layout depends on where I move to and the space. One interesting layout I found in my Internet travels was one by Brian Briggs (I believe he was on the forum at one time). He's since dismantled the layout and gone over to G gauge outdoors. The old layout was a single level without elevation changes, but featured three-dimensional depth that disguised the lack of changes in elevation.
The scenery and build work was inspiring.
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I was thinking about this thread at work today.....and I thought of a few of my own single level layouts over the years.......
1972-73....
1981-82...
1986......
1993......
Peter
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Matt, I like that layout! Is that Brigg's?
Originally Posted by Enginear-Joe:
Matt, I like that layout! Is that Brigg's?
Yes. Typo. Since corrected. Brian is still on the forum as DTI989 and moved the outdoor layout back indoors. Haven't seen a recent post since last year, though.
On the layout that I've designed, I have a single level layout with separated mains for freight and passenger, a la the NYC 4-track water level route through Utica. The passenger mains followed the city (south) side of the yard into the station tracks, and the freight mains followed the north side of the yard, and the yard, 26 in real life, is between.
In mine the station and yards are side by side, like the prototype, but more compact, again single level... But, in order to get it into a loop, I went to a Syracuse-type separated main line with the passenger main elevated and cross the freight main into an multi-story concrete station.
In order to do this, yes I had to vertically separate the lines, the freight goes to staging and the passenger goes to the station (visble staging). Both lines' grades are kept at less than 1% and just like real life, there is a constant slight grade, either up or down, which aids in the separation by naturally providing the easements.
The verticality of the layout comes from the scenery and the buildings.
Hope this helps...
Thanks,
Mario
In mine the station and yards are side by side, like the prototype, but more compact, again single level... But, in order to get it into a loop, I went to a Syracuse-type separated main line with the passenger main elevated and cross the freight main into an multi-story concrete station.
In order to do this, yes I had to vertically separate the lines, the freight goes to staging and the passenger goes to the station (visble staging). Both lines' grades are kept at less than 1% and just like real life, there is a constant slight grade, either up or down, which aids in the separation by naturally providing the easements.
The verticality of the layout comes from the scenery and the buildings.
Hope this helps...
Thanks,
Mario
