Lisneal Road

[The Derry Road]

Hi everyone, just a quick note on the progress of a new layout I’m currently working on. Firstly a huge thank you to my son Stephen and nephew Chris who have built the base boards and assembled and erected the display cabinets, current and ongoing health issues mean I can only do some things . I will over the next few weeks/ months be laying the track which will have three circuits and incorporate as much of the bits and pieces from the old layout. The new layout is called “Lisneal Road”. I’m hoping if space permits a 10 track storage road. Overall size is 16ft x 6ft. DCC powered with one circuit switchable to DC running if required. Regards TDR

[Flying Snail]

thats some nice looking benchwork and cabinets! 

[The Derry Road]

2 hours ago, Flying Snail said:

thats some nice looking benchwork and cabinets! 

My nephew Chris is a self employed carpenter, I'm well pleased with the result, looking forward to getting cork glued down and then track sorted

2 hours ago, Flying Snail said:

thats some nice looking benchwork and cabinets! 

 

[Patrick Davey]

Fabulous space!

[DJ Dangerous]

That’s an amazing space and the cabinets look sublime!

[The Derry Road]

Hi All, Quick update, I’ve started the track work on the fiddle yard first, mainly to test if I could get ten storage roads and it works. All the track is Peco streamline OO gauge with the points being at least medium radius and electrofrog. The storage roads are numbered 1-10 from the wall outwards, 1 and 2 are 11ft long and will be doubled powered with DC and DCC through double pole double throw (DPDT) switches, I still have quite a few DC powered locos waiting conversion to DCC. Roads 3-4are 8ft the remaining are 7ft so I can have some good scale length trains running. The roads have a distance of 15mm from sleeper edge to edge, I took inspiration form Everard Junction’s video, where he placed his at 12mm, and there is still room to get your fingers in between the rolling stock. So permanent fitting begins shortly with wiring and fixing each point in place, complete with Seep PM1 point motors. If anyone can add or give any constructive feed back/advice that would improve before I begin it would be most welcome. Thanking you all for your interest thus far. Regards Ray