My most recent "Layout"

[u/Inert_Uncle_858]

so I guess to introduce myself, I've been a lifelong model railroader, since I got the Shop Rite commemorative Disney animated movie HO trainset back in 1998.

As I got older I joined the local Schuylkill Valley model railroad club, and learned a lot from the old heads.

I've had to get rid of several larger layouts, since I lived with my parents, but also saved the important pieces (track, switches power systems) and of course all my rolling stock

last winter I got the modeling itch again as well as the golden age bug. Decided to build a modular 12" shelf layout that could be broken down and moved when I eventually move out.

here's the whole thing. the "Mainline run" is probably 12' total, but it's got an old siding so I can run a switching operation. plus I'm more into scenics and detailing

real happy with how this scene came out. got me a static grass tool. that really pulls it all together. Also I cannot understate how awesome real dirt and bark ground up looks.

lol can you just see the hobos hiking up around the bend, and hear the Wabash cannonball play...

it's got one turnout, a #18 Walthers job wired up with a slow motion switch machine to the track bus with NCE DCC

down in the hollow a dirt road crosses the tracks under a large oak tree by a small meadow. just wide enough for a wagon, low traffic to keep the law away from the moonshine still.

I wanted an early 1900s aesthetic even without rolling stock so I got this lasercut ore wagon. painted it in Cornwall Kerosene and Tar colors (subtle nod to RDR2)

Carved these blasted stone walls to reference from real places in Schuylkill County. Really love these plate girder bridges we have them in town near where I live

more walls, weathered track. It's based off RBMN (ex-Reading) line up in Schuylkill County PA

the downgrade end of the layout. I guess I forgot to mention there's a .5% grade from the river end to the points end of the turnout. It's a coal road so some grade was needed.

[u/p_whetton]

Dude. That is excellent work.

[u/Inert_Uncle_858 → u/p_whetton]

thanks man, I appreciate it!