Rebuilding

As the July 30th blog entry indicated, I tore apart the layout and decided to rearrange some portions of it in the hopes of adding staging. All the rolling stock was moved to the undisturbed Camden Pavonia Yard. Fortunately it holds over 125 cars by itself.

Three of the four end sections were removed, The right leg (Westville) was moved to the left middle. The previous middle (Woodbury) is now the right middle. Nine track staging (for both ends) is planned to now occupy the vacated right wall.

I have started connecting the Westville leg with the undisturbed Philly-Manayunk section.

Ten layout legs have been shortened (8 more to go). Looks like I’ll need:

• Another sheet of plywood
• (8) 2x3s, 
• (4) 1x3s, 
• and another 10 turnouts

Whose idea was this anyway?  😕

S Scale

I got to revisit Bill Lane's S Scale layout again and once again got to drool over the engines he has built or rebuilt.

Baldwin AS-16

Pennsy B6 backed up by a K4 and another B6

String of Pennsy Geeps (and boosters)

Reading Atlantic

Some of Bill's new express reefers

REA depot

Woodbury's Ace Motor Company

A theater named for Woodbury's movie house