Greetings,
I have been my first 10’ x 15’ Atlas ‘O’ layout and have been posting my progress on my website http://www.ogaugelayout.com
It is based on a layout in the November 1999 issue of Classic Toy Trains.
I would appreciate any comments ( good and possibly bad) on the layout and my website. There is a main photo page with clickable photos and a construction log page that follow the work on the layout since last February.
Thank you in advance for taking a look and your comments,
Mark
Mark - nice job on the web page.
Great looking track plan.[^]
Thats pretty nice! and just about the same space i have available accept i would have no perimiter.
Keep it up and run some trains![:D]
Wow!..Looks like you have a nice Track Plan for a very busy layout.Thanks for sharing the photo’s.Take Care.
Very nice job. The trackplan is amazing, and a lot of action. A quick question. The Amtrak Dash8 pulling the bi-level cars, does it happen to be Atlas O?
Good layout. Keep up the good work.[8D]
I am jealous. Lots of activity!!![tup]
That is a nice job, Mark, on that layout & nice web-site, also.
[#welcome] to the forum & don’t forget Suday Photo Fun & we have a Coffee Pot !
Thanks, John
Great looking layout. Nice job cronicling the progress. It’s gonna be a beauty when it’s finished.
Mark,
Admirable job. I like the track plan. I do have one question, and please don’t take this as a negative. Your overall scheme, you have a passenger station right next to the log loader and freight operations, seems like it would limit you that you could not use one while the other is in use. Secondly, it looks like you have your businesses mixed ie, you might want the dairy/cattle operations next to the ice station. I am no expert and that is why I am asking the questions. Please keep us updated on your progress and let us know how everything works. Good Job,
Dennis
Mark,
That’s going to be a really nice layout when you finish with it, which will be soon at the rate you’re going. I admire your disipline in keeping a construction log. I wish I had done that. A lot of my construction was done shooting from the hip. I didn’t have much money when I first started, so I used a lot of old lumber and track I had from previous layouts. I’m curious, are you building it in a loft? I think you will like the Atlas O track. I absolutely love mine.
Thanks,
George
Nice setup! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you all for your comments.
Colin the Dash 8 is Lionel. I have 5 TMCC engines and a MTH SW1500 BNSF Switcher.
John , What is Suday Photo Fun?
Jake, It has been hard to remember to write down comments and take photos along th e way.
Dennis, I have to admit accessory placement was done mainly by where things will fit. Having so much trackage creates very limited placemnet opportunities . The ice station is actually the UPS package station that looks like the ice station.
George, Yes, I am buiding in my loft that overlooks the living room. I could never have cleaned up the basement enough to make room.
My next step is wiring. Plan is a hinged 3 x 3 foot board with both TMCC and DCS. I have bought both SC-2 and AUI and plan to wiring switches to both since DCS cannot control TMCC accessories. I believe this to be a big shortcoming of DCS. History has shown that keeping a system closed will limit its growth and acceptance and accomplishes the opposite of intended result. Opps, slipped off the soap box…
Thanks again to everyone for there comments. Any suggestions are appreciated and can only make me try to make the layout better. The one real limitation to tmodel trains is that the actual layout can only be shared with only a few and so many people have done such a fantastic job with building their layouts that pictures alone can not convey.
Mark
very nice, out of curiousity what program did you use to design the track layout that you have on your site?
Mark, It all looks great!! Keep us updated as it gets further along.
usairways85, it says on the front page of his site that he used RRtack 4.02
Good Job MARK,
[#welcome][#welcome][#welcome] to the forum.
Looks like your having fun.
laz57
Mark,’
Looks good. I thought that may be the case. You have a lot of action there. When it is up and running, you may find things fit a little better somewhere else, and then change it 10 times. I think this is why they say that the layout is never really completed. It is always a work in progress.
Dennis
great track plan cant wait to wee more@@[tup]
Mark, great layout and website! Thanks for providing the link.
Mark,
Maybe you can help the Chief w/his layout. 
Like the folding table idea.
You managed to get a lot of track in there. Reminds me of my visit to the rail yard in Zurich a few days ago.
Keep up good work.