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 Posted - March 20 2014 : 5:45:38 PM
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This is my friends layout. I spent a lot of hours and enjoyed this endeavor for the last 10 years.
I'm going to miss my friend and the time we spent together.
I wish I had more pictures.
Regards, John *************************
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. <> Helen Keller
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Posted - March 20 2014 : 9:19:10 PM
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Wow! The bench work alone looks like a major project. It's really tidy work.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - March 20 2014 : 10:50:13 PM
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Very impressive layout - looks like a club-level one. I like the yard too, coincidentally was reading an article on yard design today and that one looks like it followed all the design principles.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 21 2014 : 12:08:43 AM
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WOW -- look at that helix! 
The Tyco Depot
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Posted - March 21 2014 : 10:31:20 AM
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Thanks Guys,
Tim was proud of that helix. Most of the work on this layout was done after the train club lost it's location for a layout. The track design was on butcher paper so I cannot reproduce it here. I wish I had more pictures. The yard in the middle section to the left was a hump yard. He had basically three yards and a town done.
Most of the work was done in the first 5 years. The overall layout design was Richard Brown. Tim built or modified all the engines or rolling stock, Brass steam engines of T&P origins and all the rolling stock had Kadees and metal wheels. The operation of the track work and trains was very good. Tim was a machinist and a perfectionist. I took care of the wiring and DCC with a lot of help from Richard. Bud was our resident old guy who had once worked for the Union Pacific in Bakersfield Ca. My son-in-law Jay Johnson was the young guy and got to do the heavy lifting and crawl around under the layout. In the last five years we were down to Tim, Bud, and me. Health and the oil boom limited our energy and time, so not much happened the last 5 years. Lot of fun, fellowship and good times were associated with this layout.
Regards, John ******************
PS. That helix was a real locomotive tester.
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws. <> Andrew Jackson
Edited by - JRG1951 on March 21 2014 10:34:25 AM
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