1. Andy’s redesigned indoor G scale layout
30’ X 24’ AREA TO WORK WITH
PREFERENCE WAS TO HAVE A WALKAROUND LAYOUT DESIGN
BASE RAIL HEIGHT WOULD BE 35” ABOVE THE FLOOR
MAXIMUM RISE WOULD BE 9” ABOVE BASE HEIGHT

2. Everything is 8’ diameter curves except the curves on either end of the lower yard.
This way, the two crossovers can handle the big locos to bypass the lower station.

3. Bridge section that is at all one rail height,
flat-bottomed design for train clearance
over the twin mainline and switching yard
Got quotes from EagleWings Ironworks, after seeing their work at the ECLSTS. Probably over-designed for indoors, but they look great .

4. Initial attempt to lay out the track plan and see if it all fits – I used AnyRail
track planning software, which I liked. If you’ve already viewed my first layout
presentation, you’ll notice I sheet-rocked the walls before building the new layout.

7. Now everything’s up on bench work – this is the lower passenger station…
I added two spurs for storage along the inner bench edge… above is the mainline
straightaway and a passing siding…

8. Here’s the upper mainline as it leaves the station area and approaches the sweeping
curve over what I expect will be a water feature – perhaps a bay…

9. Here you view the twin mainline below passing under the 4’ truss bridge, and
the upper curve passing through that bridge and down to the lower yard.

10. The transition over the yard and into the lower station is plywood now; the original
Through-girder bridge (8’ diameter track) was not wide enough for my Mallet and
Heavyweight passengers cars, and had to be widened from 7” to 9” ID.

11. Here’s the original through-girder bridge in temporary position; it was fine for diesels
and freight cars, but not the longer stuff – I have it back now, and will be reinstalling it
by the end of June 2012… word to the wise if using 8’ curves – you need 9” clearance!

12. Comments are always welcome at info@andyslocosolutions.com
That’s it, as of June I’ll try to add more photos as I get some scenery done
Comments are always welcome at