New HO scale switching layout

Welcome to my new blog.

I decide to write a blog about my new HO scale layout.

 Main characteristics:

• Modern era
•  Built as a module, must be easy to move
• Using some freemo standards
• Try to be the most realistic
• Using smd led for day/night
• Using this small layout in the future to make photos.
• Hand laid tracks
• Using #6 turnout

After days and days of research, I decided  to build a small layout. It will be my second layout, the first layout was to big and I can't finish it, so I prefer build a small one more realistic.

It's a switching layout inspired from the switchman's nightmare.

Source: http://mrsvc.blogspot.ca/2008/09/westcotts-switchmans-nightmare.html

Source: http://www.layoutvision.com/gallery/id48.html

At the beginning, the layout size was 8 ft x 2ft, but I prefer to extend the length 1ft more to have a 9ft x 2ft layout. I use some of Freemo standard to design the layout. The Freemo standard allow to add other sections of layout when i will have more space and allow to build a layout section by section.

For designing my switching layout I use Anyrail. After hours of test and design, I finally have a final design.

  

Thanks for reading.

http://www.free-mo.org/

https://www.anyrail.com/index_fr.html