I'm waiting

Well I'm waiting for my first DCC train set to arrive, I have a couple of DCC locomotives that I used to run on a club layout but due my past work schedule and now a lack of employment I've not been able to use them for a while.  While cruising Ebay the other day I stumbled across a brand new DCC train set for a price I couldn't turn down, about 1/3 price of new, its a Bachmann DCC set but after research I found that I can use my existing Loco's on it so it might not be fancy but I can use my equipment again.  Now if the UPS guy would deliver it!

 Howdy folks,

Well I've been dreaming again and planning, trying to decide where to put things on the layout.  The snow is finally starting to melt which will soon allow me to go to Lowes and buy some of the building materials that I will need to make Hootersville a reality.  I've uploaded a video to show some of the buildings that I've been working on over the past several months I would guess there is approx. 20 of them.  Not all of them are going to appear on the layout and I'm sure that as my ideas grow my needs for what goes on the layout will change but for now this is what I have.

I recieved a  message yesterday that someone wanted to use my track plan as a part of their layout which I thought was neet, maybe one thing I should do is to post a few pictures of what the layout could have looked like.  I kept finding layouts that I sort of wanted until I picked each one of them apart until I came up with the current one.  Its been a great adventure so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTXonCeWfc8

Episode 2

Well being stuck in the snow does have its advantages, you get to work on your layout plans more.  I was looking at my plans when I started to see areas that I think I would like to have some sort of scenery.  The areas in blue are where I see either Commerical, Industrial, or Housing development.

This layout is in HO scale and measures 2'wide and 8' long.  The gridlines are 6''. The Operator side is between area "A" "F" & "E".  I decided where the Mainline of track was assigned so that sometime in the future if I wanted to expand the layout I would have an exit on both sides of the layout.  Until then this will be the area where the Arrivals and Departures would occur.

I must admit its exciting to see this layout going from a simple hand-made drawing on paper to what I see today.  One thing I want to suggest, if you see something or have an idea post it up on the blog.  Yes this is my dream layout but I'm brand new to building a layout so all ideas are welcome.

Here is my layout plan

Howdy folks,

Well I've actually been working on the design of this layout for more than a month but I finally put it into my anyrail program. This is an HO scale layout measuring 2' wide by 8' long. I will be using code 83 track and No.4 turnouts.  This will be a scenic'd layout featuring switching.  My goal is for this layout to be operations not a "timesaver" type of puzzle.  On the left side will be pulpwood yard a two track supply track for Pulpwood Paper Products.  On the right side of the layout is the Happy Moose Winery Yard or at least that is the names that I have given the yards so far.  The layout is based in the town of Hootersville, Oklahoma governed by Mayor Hoot (whence the name of the town).  Stay tuned

I'm ready to go

Well a new world has started today.  I just set up My Hootersville Layout blog.  Come along with me as I start the planning and construction of my new HO scale layout named "Hootersville".