I have been working on the roadbed for my layout. I setup a camera to record my progress. You can follow along on YouTube.
Category: Building the TERMINAL Railroad
Continuing roadbed work on the TERMINAL Railroad
Laying Out the Track Loops and Installing the Cork Roadbed
I finally had a few good days and was able to install the loops and apply the cork roadbed. It turned out great. The video fish-eyes a bit and the lighting was bad, sorry ’bout that. Not a How-To video, but I hope you enjoy watching me get a bit of work done on the…
Modeling a Stargate as a virtual interchange.
If you have been following along, you know that I am modeling a railroad that exists in an alternate dystopian future. As such, my layout doesn’t exist in present or past current reality. This makes it difficult to interact with other who model a more traditional time and road…unless you have some way of bridging…
Continuing making the plan. Using AnyRail.
I have been working to refine my layout track plan. Pantex-Carousel loads the White Train with Human Resources (H.R.) and transfers it to the Soylent Biscuit Company for processing. Soylent Biscuit Co. unloads the H.R. from the White Trains and makes tasty biscuits. Some of the biscuits are loaded onto boxcarssent to Terminal Yard for…
Modifying the TERMINAL Logo specifically for the White Train and Pantex Carousel.
Modifying the TERMINAL Logo specifically for the White Train and Pantex Carousel. Pantex Carousel is the facility where HR will be loaded onto to trains for transfer to the Soylent Biscuit Company for Processing. Since I modeled the TERMINAL Logo after the classic fallout shelter sign, I figured I would hold with that tradition…
My Old HO Scale Layout
The Importance of Planning
It is very important for me to be able to run whatever rolling stock, or locomotive I want. Any equipment from any era from any prototype from any manufacturer from any country…anything that I want for whatever reason. This is a big reason why I have set my layout in an alternate future. Who’s to…
Track and Benchwork Planning
The space allocated for the layout measures approximately 15 feet by 45 feet. In addition to the bench-work/layout, the space must contain a work bench plenty of room for walking around.This basic overall plan was created using AnyRail, a program created for designing model railroad layout. The actual track work will very quite a bit…
What is the TERMINAL Railroad?
Being a child of the Cold War, like many of my generation I grew up believing that any day the Russians were going to blow us all up. World War III was just around the corner. Global Thermonuclear War was eminent. Duck & Cover. Growing up watching movies like Soylent Green, Logan’s Run, and Blade…