I’m doing a
second project for when the New Jersey Southern model railroad club does small T-Trak
and N-Trak setups for kids at libraries and other functions: a very portable
small layout capable of running multiple trains in a modest footprint. I’ve
done this track layout for each of my grown children’s Christmas layouts. Using
Atlas flex and snap track I could fit it into a 27” x 48” footprint.
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One of the 27"x48" Christmas layouts
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I had a
large pile of Bachmann E-Z track (I am NOT a fan of E-Z track or of Kato
track!) so I set out to use it. That “grew” the layout to 32” x 60” due to
available curve sizes and lack of flex track. Keeping portability (size AND
weight) in mind I started with 1x2s and 7/16” plywood (boy has that become
expensive!) and utilized a cookie cutter method for track risers and reduced
weight (removing the empty centers).
A glue gun,
corrugated cardboard strips, and paper shopping bags (now banned in wonderful
New Jersey!) created the mountain framework. Hydrocal soaked paper towels are
scheduled to follow. Here’s the progress so far.
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| Sketch out the track plan (from a SCARM sketch) on the 32" x 60" plywood panel |
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| Plywood cut to allow grades (and eliminate some plywood weight) |
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Track with risers in place
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| All but one area of glued corrugated cardboard strips covered with brown shopping bags. |
Video of test run before scenery is to be added
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