Action Plan 1 - Dilemma: Track or Scenery
Recording the progress of building the Denver’s RailRoads N Scale layout
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Action Plan 1 – Dilemma: Track or Scenery
I have spent some time updating the track plan for phase 1. My current dilemma, which i cannot resolve before reinstalling the bench work, is should I lay all of the track in phase 1 first and then add buildings and scenery or should I move a module at a time.
The following is the track plan for just Modules 1-1a:
There is a lot of action in just those two modules. A dozen kits, some mountains and hills, a power station, an ice platform, less than car load platform loading, and a significant loco servicing area. By the time just these two modules are complete a lot of issues will have been resolved. The next 3 modules are pretty much oh hum in comparison.
Web Site Updated
STOP PRESS: I have updated the main web site with the new 3 phase construction plan and updated the track plan to reflect the extra one meter all around to the layout once the new garage is built. The action plan has been simplified as progress will be posted on this blog site, rather than on the main web site.
Re-organisation of Construction Phases
The following are the Construction Phases for 2020:
- Phase 1: Modules 1-5a – Joint Line Loop and Denver Union Terminal; CB&Q/D&RGW Coach Yards; UP & CB&Q 23rd St Shops; C&S Rice Yard; UP Wynkoop Street Branch and D&RGW Burnham Shops
- Phase 2: Modules 5b-9 – Main Line from Salt Lake City Loop to Utah Jct. & East Denver Belt Line; D&RGW North Yard & Industries; UP 36th Yard
- Phase 3: Modules 10-12 – Coors Brewery Branch, Glenwood Springs Industrial District and D&RGW Moffat Line & Craig Branch
I will be updating the information on the main web site as time permits.
13m x 7m (42′ x 23′) Garage Plans submitted for Council Approval
We have today submitted plans to our local council in Western Australia to build a 13m x 7m (42′ x 23′) Garage to house the Denver’s RailRoads layout. If approved I can set up the old Denver’s RailRoads layout, which measured 12m x 6m, without any changes to the basic plan. However the extra one meter (39″) to both the length and width means that I can make the following enhancements to the layout:
- The redesign of the tracks entering Denver Union Terminal Station (DUT) from the North and East including the Wye used to turn passenger trains so that they could back in to the station.
- The addition of the Union Pacific 36th Street yard and the Pullman yard.
- Widening the aisle width between module 12 and module 3 from 1.3 feet to 4.3 feet.
