Starting back into hobby. New layout planned !!

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Like I said, this will be a slow process, but track(new) will start appearing soon as we have decieded to get new things and not dig anything out of storage. The LGB loco is on the way and I am looking around for a few short freight cars too. There are a few buildings that I will aquire to make it an "offical" layout. I figure an Aristo frieght/passenger station, a pola sanding house - ie. a new "Mr. Squirrley's nut hut" and a couple houses for show. Alas there will be the rose bushes, but I can throw in a few of the fake pine trees. Now here are a few pictures of the rose garden. Note that with the lake of rain lately since we were gone to GA the roses look a bit sickly /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/shocked.gif" border=0> One rose bush is dead from the painters that painted the building dumping their paint or paint thinner into my garden /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/angry.gif" border=0> I plan to run the track around the edge of the garden next to the bricks. I don't have a track plan in the computer yet, but am working on it " border=0>
The last picture is the LGB caboose I found. Rocky





As I said, this will be a small layout with maybe just 2 or 3 switches at most.

But then again, my layouts have a way of slowly growing /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/hehe.gif

So many old friends heard from, Thanks
Yep, once bitten, it grows on you, once again in my case. And growing is what'll get me in trouble again As last night I had ideas of expanding - even before I've laid my first piece of track /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/blush.gif I've thought of expanding the garden, close to the building and planting some nice bushes as the new president of the board suggested. Add some of the same concrete edging to make it look nice and perhaps another loop of track in there too. Ms Rocky warns me that this could get me in trouble with the new board, but we'll see about that /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/tongue.gif I feel that something small and benevolent would not be a threat to anyone, but actually look nice, more plants than track. I could even upgrade to 8 foot dia. curves and run Geeps and 4 axle desiel power. But for now, we'll work with the small stuff and the exsisting garden availible at this time. One could always expand in the future and down here, waiting at this time of year means cooler weather /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/hehe.gif A must for heavy duty yard work. I will try soon to take some "Ariel" type pictures from the top of the stairs and drag them into paintshop and add in the planned route. Like I said, it won't be much for now, just something to entertain the Grandson when they come down in a couple weeks. More yet to come Rocky

BTW. add another tankcar to the "on the way" list. I ordered one last night and this will surprise you, it's a Bachmann. Two new things for me this go around. An LGB loco and Bachmann frieght cars. Something I've never tried before /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/whistling.gif

Rocky,

I think Ms. Rocky is right, be very careful, deliberate and predictable with the board. Did you move or are you in the same development? I think starting small, keeping it small, and primarily a garden is your best bet. I think you'll like the little LGB 0-4-0. I had one of the Southern versions, and it was a fun little loco.

Ms Rocky to become Mrs. Rocky? Congratulations!

Another idea for you: When I was living in a garden apartment, we had access to the back yard. I would build temporary loops. I ripped 4" squares from a 1" x 4" x 8' board. Then, I screwed one end of the track with the joiners in the middle of the board. In this way, I had supports under all my joiners, and supports no more than 24" apart. This was good for running my wedding train before I had a real layout. The track was more than strong enough to handle the weight of the LGB Mikado. In addition, the layout could be put down and taken up fairly quickly since it was not permanent.

Mark