Smokin' Train

From the time he wakes up until the time he goes to sleep, Wesley is interested in one thing: Smokin' Train.

Take a look on my site at http://www.crilecrisler.com/ModelRailroad/album/index.html to find the train layout. We are hard at work creating a pretty neat setup if I do say so myself. Julie has been the artistic force behind this project coming up with how to build the tunnel and the grass for 1/2 of the setup. I have been the engineer building the box, the elevations for the track and the wiring.

Together, we have build what I believe is one heck of a cool first train layout for Wesley and I believe he thinks so too. We have two transformers controlling two track blocks. There is a switch to change the locomotive from block 1 to block 2 and then another switch to bring the train back to the first block. The track provides for two tunnel under-passes and 1 long over mountain pass.

I have enjoyed the setup as much as Wesley and look forward to the periodic opportunity to continue track and layout improvements. The next important additions are going to be some more straight track. In the layout we have, we came up a little short on straight track, but in due time that problem will be corrected allowing some more layout enhancements. We will also likely need some more switches to continue layout growth.

Back to train smokin' :)