Where does your layout begin?

Alfred E Neuman posted:

Where does my layout begin?  The same place it ends.  Doesn't everybody's?

What, me worry?

I'm not sure I get your point.

However, I can tell you that mine doesn't. It....

...begins...

...and ends......at two different sites.

FrAnkM

HMS2035 posted:

Frank, I know it's been said at least a thousand times, but your modeling skills are outa sight!

BTW,  I won't tell you what you'd first see upon entering my train room.

Hal

Thank you, Hal.

But now you really have us wondering about that entrance ( !)

John Meyncke posted:

Sure looks like one, and your description sounds like one. I'm a sorta student of Gerstner chests. Handmade, top of the line, still being made today in the US. Of course your Father's tools are beyond value, but maybe so is the chest... don't clean it or refinish it please. Leave it just the way it is and enjoy it!

John

 

 

Yes, They are very nice. I have one too, given to me by my friend.

 Tom 

This might seem more like a Christmas Carol...with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come..

Currently, this is my "layout," which is just an oval on my workbench, in my basement. 

This was my past switching layout before we moved.

This is, what I hope, my future layout will look like. 

Tom 

D500 posted:

More importantly for most of us, after years of this stuff, just where does it end?

D500 - That's just it ...it doesn't end

Nenana Depot, AK

Moonson posted:

...and ends......at two different sites.

FrAnkM

 

Frank,

Your layout intrigues me more with every picture you post.

MELGAR

People walk down a short flight of stairs and see this, as they look straight ahead (top photo), a little to the left (middle photo), as nd a little further to the left (bottom photo):

The accessories is what they would most notice at first.

Moonman posted:

Nenana Depot, AK

May we see, Carl ?

Sorry about the mess guys, but it is a sign of progress. It will all be cleaned up for the convention in September.

My layout starts at the door to the train room, with a real cool sign that forum member Chester7 (Chad)  made for me.

Step through the door, and I have my multi purpose entry area with a yard above my workbench. Where the yellow ladder is standing there will be a representation of the Milwaukee Road Short Line Bridge. In the corner to the left is my dispatch desk...

and to the right is the actual entrance to the layout.

In my head , of course!

A better question would be:: Where does my Layout END or STOP??  LOL

My sincere Thanks to the voices who sent me "Likes" for this thread: briansilvermustang; PRRronbh; MELGAR; gandydancer1950; RSJB18; Tom Densel; trainsrob; Southern Mike; trumptrain; Lou N.

And my very sincere Thanks to the numerous voices who posted Replies, some of whom posting several, including pictures.

FrankM

The train layout takes up most of two walls and area of my multipurpose room.   It is the first thing one notices when coming in the door.

Vintage stereos and TV surround sound takes up the other two walls and are not pictured here.

Charlie

To see my OGR Topic on the building of this layout see link below.

https://ogrforum.com/...ra-027-layout?page=1