I just received all the parts I need to build my 18 stall roundhouse and two double track engine houses.
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Wow, suddenly having all the required structural pieces for the centerpiece structures makes the whole layout project seem much more like a real undertaking.
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I am thrilled about beginning construction. I am so happy right now with the way things are progressing towards this end.
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-Kevin
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Kevin,sounds like a nice relaxing time at the bench.
How many locomotives will the whole complex house ? Cool center piece.
Patrick
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The 18 stall roundhouse will have 15 functional stalls. The position of the staging tracks behind the backdrop will make three stalls only about 3-4 inches deep.
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The diesel house (built from the machine shop) will hold 2 A-B-A sets of diesel locomotives. Only about 9 inches of the structure will be visible. The long tracks go through the backdrop to hold the A-B-A sets.
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On the other side of the layout there will be a double track engine house built from the side walls in the extra full roundhouse kit. This will give everything a “family” appearance (I hope).
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All I need now is a train room!
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-Kevin
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Cool stuff Kevin.
I remember bringing home my six stall WRH and the Machine shop at the same time. I found that it is a project that you just need to keep plugging along on. I am putting lighting in and that makes for a lot of time looking and thinking as this is the first project with lights I am doing.
I built mine on some Kerdi board so I could move it back and forth to the layout from my desk. Eighteen stalls may be a little big to do that with though.
Have fun and good luck!
It’s a good feeling to arrive at the job site first thing in the morning and see palettes of brick and bags of mortar neatly stacked and ready to go. The actual work is the easy part.
Good luck.
Robert
Better staring it in the eye than staring it in the butt.
I built my 12 stall roundhouse on a 54"x26" piece of 1/2" plywood in the garage. I don’t have anywhere large enough in my layout room to build that large of a model.
Good Luck!
Looks like a great project Kevin. I suppose in Florida, you have to do cassions or piling, and connect them with grade beams, for a foundation.
Your going to need a bunch of masons! [(-D]
Mike.
Are you folks familiar with the Age Of steam roundhouse built by the late Jerry Jacobsen in Sugarcreek, Ohio? It is about as close as you can get to a 1920s style roundhouse built to modern standards as you will ever see.
The masonry work, not to mention the timber, woodwork and iron work is spectacular. There were construction photos once on the site but most of those are removed.
http://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.com/
Browse around and appreciate the quality of construction.
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I found the construction photos, here is 2011 and 2012 as an example:
http://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32&Itemid=144
http://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33&Itemid=145
I’m nearing completion on a nine-stall, Walthers, Modern roundhouse, too. It is a beautiful kit with finished inside walls and nice timber work. Everything fits precicely, too!
I left the paired, wood side doors off mine and built a channel steel header and jamb for the opening.
RH_door_frame1 by [url
It looks like when I built my cardboard layout last year I got all the measurements right. I put together six floor pieces and made some crude measurements.
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It looks like the outside diameter of the roundhouse will be about 58 inches. I estimated 60 on my mock up. Perfect! The radius of the front of the building is just a tad over 11 inches. My turntable has a diameter of 16 inches, so that should give me 3-4 inches of approach from the turntable pit wall to the roundhouse front. Again, that is perfect for me!
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-Kevin
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