The NW-2 switcher arrived promptly and is all I hoped it would be. I paid a little extra to have S Helper Service install scale wheelsets and wire it for DC running. What a nice locomotive! It has excellent detail.
We've had family visiting the last couple of weeks so work on my layout is just now resuming. I have several feet of track laid, including the first turnout. My Code 100 rail has been used on four previous layouts, as have my spikes...not bad recycling, I think! I'm using white pine for roadbed this time, and so far I like it better than homasote, especially the way it holds spikes.
I'm also researching websites for vintage photos and advertising signs I can use on my layout, though scenery construction is some months away. Laying track, wiring and testing the whole works thoroughly of course must come first. However, I do enjoy the historical research aspect of the hobby and I want to do my best to recreate the look of April 1947. From what I've found so far, it won't be a large shift from my previous layout's portrayal of 1939. Not much changed in the appearance of towns; World War II put a lot of things on hold.
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Chuck,
ReplyDeleteSounds great so far. I'm curious what you are using under the roadbed, and what kind of "scenery" you will be using. I hope the pine roadbed doesn't lend itself to excess noise.
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