I think it is important to have a philosophy for a railroad, it helps to set a time, place and feel to a model railroad layout. I have always found that a layout with a good philosophy and good direction is more believable. This layouts namesake was a shortline railroad and then a branch of the Eire and Erie Lackawanna railroad that ran from Buffalo, NY, south to Jamestown, NY. This layout will be similarly located in the Buffalo area in the time from of 1960-1968. The railroad will be own and operated by the Buffalo Creek RR and will see locomotives from the EL, NYC, LV, PRR and Buffalo Creek RR. The layout is 6' x 10' consisting of an interchange (top), a yard (right) and 3 towns. This layout will be my first so I am trying out a few things. First the layout will need to be portable since I am in the Air Force and will be moving every 4 or so years. That being the case the layout is section in 4 3'x5' sections allowing it to be moved. This is also why the framework is made of 3/4" birch plywood riped into 6" strips.
The layout will also feature a few different benchwork types, the two sections on the right will be made of a plywood top with 1/2" foam top where the two on the left will be just 2" of foam. Track will be code 83 on the main, 70 on the yard and siding with a few places of code 55. Ties will be the central valley tie strips on a combination of campers tape and homabed roadbed. This is an idea given to me by the latest Model Railroader special Realistic Reliable Track.
Construction started on 11 Nov 2009, Veterans day.
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