After a two year hiatus from model railroading, I've decided it's time to jump back in. Winter's are brutal here and
not much to do but stay inside. Actually warmer in Alaska than here. I looked at a few plans for a small N
layout, one was outstanding DKS mocked up for me. The Rat Hole/Alameda Street on SP in LA circa 1960.
This was based on his Trenton Transportation small layout. I also looked at the industrial lead of the BNSF and
UP in Cheyenne (interchange too). Settled on below --- BNSF FRONT RANGE SUB
The problem here is, I WHO HAVE NOTHING (Tom Jones). Everything was sold when we moved to Alaska. I
have tools and that's it. It would have cost a fortune to model the aforementioned layouts LDE. One day when
we were heading to the "big city" Fort Collins on I-25, I noticed the BNSF, former C&S, CB&Q, BN line from
Cheyenne to Denver and how awesome it would be to model. Lots of open land between Cheyenne to Wellington.
There is a huge passing siding in Owl Creek Canyon, CO and not much else. A siding existed in Wellington. There
were two grain and feed industries there, one is a brewery now and other is closed. A station closed on the C&S in 1959.
I will model the station, the elevators, Cleveland Ave. in Wellington, an I-25 overpass near the state line and lots
of brown rolling hills.
Dave Foxx talked about C-40, would love to do so. This would make the track much closer to scale and help improvise
on such a small layout. The following pictures are the start of the layout today. I am using 2x4' 1/2" MDF handy panel
for the foundation. There will be several levels of 1 1/2' foam. A scenic divider will be 1/8' 1x4 MDF Masonite panel .
Enjoy the start of the new layout:
