My New York & Atlantic layout

[cnw1961]

Well, my last layout never got beyond the initial stages ... I hope this one will not be so short lived. I am modeling the New York and Atlantic Railroad, a shortline that took over freight traffic from the Long Island Railroad in 1997 and operates freight trains on the lines owned by the LIRR. My layout will be based on a scene from Blissville on the Montauk Branch.
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The size of the layout is 15 1/2' x 1 1/1-2'. The narrow part on the left is a removable extension that can easily be plugged in when I want to run trains. As you can see in the trackplan and the aerial shot above, the trackplan of my layout is almost prototypical (even the switchback in the upper right corner). I only added two spurs and a crossover to make running trains more fun.

Construction has already started. I hand built all the turnouts and two days ago I got my flex track. I cut it to length and soldered feeder wires to it. The only thing that is still missing to start laying track are the wood ties that I need to finish the turnouts.

Here are the first shots.



Don’t get fooled by the CSX engine. I am still working on my NY&A Geeps.





Doesn’t that look like the perfect GERN plant?