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The Pennsy Trail Railroad An indoor layout that got started with a bang Here are some pictures of my indoor layout. This room is, at best, 15' by 15' with 2 sloped walls, which made it a challenge to do a 1/29 scale layout. As you can see, I managed to get three complete loops with a siding to the grain elevator. My loops consist of 9 foot diameter on the outside, then 8 feet, then a 6.5 foot loop. I don't have much straight area but it still works for me. I am not finished with a lot of my details, especially the grain elevator and silos. I have enclosed some still photos of the grain elevator and silos to give you an idea of what I was trying to model. This is still used in Greenfield today. Years ago it had a siding for train cars to be loaded and now it is truck only.
The switches are remote and wired, also the crossing lights work and flash. I am using chicken grit for my ballast. The road signs and the utility poles are hand made. I choose to use 1/32 scale vehicles. In my opinion they look more to scale with 1/29 engines and rolling stock. This room was originally an unfinished attic until one day I got the bright idea to take a sledge hammer (while my wife was at work) presto - train room. So I have a narrow opening to get into the room and no draw bridge as of now, but I still have fun and make it work. Well, anyway, maybe this will give some people who think they don't have room to do a layout of this scale indoors, renewed hope in what can be accomplished with a sledge hammer and when the wife's not home.
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2012 Calendar
Sat May 19, 2012
ILSR Annual Banquet
Noblesville Golden Corral 6pm
Speakers Jim Melton and Damien Gabis from TaltreeSat June 9, 2012
Module Display at the Strawberry Festival
Upland, INSun June 10, 2012
Silent movie ‘The General’ Buster Keaton 1927
Accompanied by the Grande Barton theater organ
Warren Central High School in Indianapolis
$12 in advance, $15 at the door
See the May/June NewsletterSat July 14, 2012
Four Club Bus Tour
Indianapolis, INSat Aug 11, 2012
Club Road Trip to EnterTrainment Junction
Cincinnati OH
Details to followAugust 14-19, 2012
National Garden Railroad Convention
Chicago, ILSat Sep 15, 2012
ILSR Pizza Train Picnic
Details to followSat, Sun Oct 13, 14, 2012
ILSR Modular Display
Great Train Expo
Indiana State Fairgrounds2013 Calendar
June 5-9, 2013
National Garden Railroad Convention
Cincinnati, OHSummer, 2013
Four Club Bus Tour
Probably not Cincinnati
Maybe not at all2014 Calendar
May 4-10, 2014
National Garden Railroad Convention
Tampa, Florida2015 Calendar
Summer, 2015
National Garden Railroad Convention
Denver, Colorado2016 Calendar
Summer, 2016
National Garden Railroad Convention
Bay Area, California