Well, everyone, I'm happy to report that progress on Carstenbahn One continues. I added some more benchwork to widen the top station level. This was done to provide enough room for the Vollmer 'Neuffen' station building. I also painted the top of the station a light brown. Here's how it looks with the station in place:
As you can see I also placed the signal tower in a provisional location. Same goes for the freight depot:
Here is a view from the opposite end of the layout:
There are a few Preiserlings sitting on the loading dock of the freight shed in the station. They are probably wondering when we might see a train...
Well, as you can imagine, the answer was "very soon!"
The local passenger train made up of a V100 and three-axle 'Umbauwagen' has been waiting a few minutes for the arrival of the F-Zug, pulled by the beefy V200. Meanwhile a pair of V36 diesels pulling a freight train wait at the signal at left for permission to ascend the grade up to the station.
Next I will wire up the switches and remaining reed switches, and begin the programming of the layout...
So great to see all this progress and encouraging me to get back to my horribly undersized (H0) layout.
ReplyDeleteHey Peter, As much as I adore this scale I really can't recommend it. Would I go back to HO? Not likely, but there are certainly things I miss in HO, and more than once I have looked at the layout and thought, 'Wow, four tracks in the station, eh? In HO it could have been EIGHT...'
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