Mill Road.

[amdaley]

What do you do when you have too much stock ?

Build another layout of course 

Not content with my main layout downstairs I decided to build another one in a loft bedroom. 

It will be L shaped 12 ft x 9 ft & I decided to call it Mill Road because I couldn't think of anything else  .

It is built in modular form so that it can be taken down & moved if the need ever arises. Baseboards are 24" deep so easy to reach the back if needed.

Fortunately I have a very understanding wife & it keeps me out of trouble, well most of the time anyway.

Here are some early photos. I'll post more on a regular basis.

The framework is 3" x 1" with 9mm ply for the top.

The legs are 2" x 2".

Tony.

[Patrick Davey]

Wow - plenty of space!  Enjoy!

[DJ Dangerous]

Mmmmmmmmmhhh, Burger Bites...

[amdaley]

More photos of some track progress.

 

Edited May 6 by amdaley

[amdaley]

Progress continues.

 

 

 

Scenic side track plan complete.

 

 

 

Track has been connected & tested.

Point motors are a mixture of Tortoise, MTB Mp4's & Ip Digital's.

I used a Roco 108836 accessory decoder for the Tortoise & MTB point motors. The Ip Digital have built in accessory decoders.

The command station in a Roco Z21.

Next up is track laying in the fiddle yard.

Tony.

Edited May 12 by amdaley

[west_clare_wanderer]

You've got a fantastic space to work in there Tony. I'm going to enjoy following this.

Where/when is the layout set? It looks like you have come up with a track trackplan with lots of operating potential. 

Keep on sharing!

[amdaley]

6 hours ago, west_clare_wanderer said:

You've got a fantastic space to work in there Tony. I'm going to enjoy following this.

Where/when is the layout set? It looks like you have come up with a track trackplan with lots of operating potential. 

Keep on sharing!

Not set in any particular area or time frame. It's a bit of a rule one layout.

Any big four British steam or early diesel, even pre grouping but nothing modern

I have another larger layout as well but I wanted to do something new & different. I've never built an end to end layout before.

It's more about the building rather than operating with me.

I'll put up more photos as I go along.

If anyone has any questions just ask away 

Tony.

[Colin_McLeod]

On 30/4/2025 at 6:39 PM, amdaley said:

 

Not content with my main layout downstairs I decided to build another one in a loft bedroom

Tony, you will need one heck of a helix for through running of trains.

[amdaley]

1 hour ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Tony, you will need one heck of a helix for through running of trains.

Now there's an idea although I think I'd need planning permission

[west_clare_wanderer]

19 hours ago, amdaley said:

have another larger layout as well but I wanted to do something new & different. I've never built an end to end layout before

 

Good stuff. The operating potential should be excellent. 

But man, many can only ever dream a layout this size, never mind a bigger one! 

 

 

[amdaley]

3 hours ago, west_clare_wanderer said:

 

Good stuff. The operating potential should be excellent. 

But man, many can only ever dream a layout this size, never mind a bigger one! 

 

 

I can understand that.

I'm fortunate that there is only two of us in the house now so the space is available.

[amdaley]

First loco test & a little shunting.

   

Fiddle yard track is down but needs to be wired up.

 

 

Edited May 20 by amdaley

[Georgeconna]

Nice set up, Is that the Heljan Class 11. Nice sound out of it when compare to the Hornby one I have.

Edited May 20 by Georgeconna

[amdaley]

Yes I got this one from Model Rail.

It has a Loksound 5 micro decoder with upgraded speaker & a small stay alive fitted.

[amdaley]

Fiddle yard is now wired up & tested.

Next job is to prepare Ip Digital point motors before installing them so updates may not happen for a while. There's a total of 38 point motors on the layout 

I usually wire & setup the point motors before I install them on the layout. Makes it much easier to wire them into the system. If anyone is interested in how I prepare them let me know & I will post pictures or maybe even make some sort of video, although I can promise it won't win any academy awards  I will try though.

Here are photos of the fiddle yard wired up. I have wired it on the baseboard top surface as it's easier than trying to fiddle about under the layout.

 

Edited Monday at 17:19 by amdaley

[Colin_McLeod]

Very neat wiring Tony.  Not a piece of spaghetti to be seen. 

[amdaley]

3 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Very neat wiring Tony.  Not a piece of spaghetti to be seen. 

You haven't seen the rest of it

[DJ Dangerous]

11 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Very neat wiring Tony.  Not a piece of spaghetti to be seen. 

Mmmmmh, spaghetti…

[jhb171achill]

13 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Very neat wiring Tony.  Not a piece of spaghetti to be seen. 

I ate it all for him.