Well, it's been under three months [just barely] since the last post.  And there has been action, but not as much as desired in the layout area.  The motorcycle was sold and what does this have to do with the V&T Railway? inquiring minds want to know.  It frees up space in the shed which provides more space for things in the basement to get moved into the shed which in turns provides more space in the part of the country to be served by the V&T Rwy.  Then in mid May Will, the younger son, come up to be the lead contractor for installation of the vertical supports in the closet AND the bath.  Why the bath?  I hear those gears grinding - well added some shelving to display some of the "G" scale "narry" gauge.    


Here Will is measuring to locate the vertical supports and then getting a level line so the three supports will be even and level.                                                                                                                                

This next photo shows how we got the supports in the closet to match the height in the trainroom - just punched a hole in the wall about where the track will be placed.  The yard located in the closet will be the widest area supported off the wall and it could be as wide as two feet so double channel was used along that one wall and the end wall.  Since the spacing of the slots in the double channel is 1 1/4 inch and the single slot is 1 inch, a key slot level was established at the height for the yard and that level brought through the wall and around the three walls in the closet [in the closet, two walls to have double slot, the other wall and all walls in the train room have the single slot].  
 

 
This photo shows establishing the height for the single slot support based on the adjorning double slot support.

The double slot brackets have two holes in them for screwing the wood benchwork to the brackets as shown below:






















Since the single slot brackets have no method for attaching the benchwork, there needed to be a "magical" answer.  Will suggested a pipe bracket but Chris Schieck suggested cutting angle into little brackets, drilling appropriate holes [intuitively obvious]  I decided that pop rivets would be a quick. solid and easy method to attach the little bracket to the single slot bracket.

Looks like its going to work.

From the last posting "FOR THE NEXT TIME" there is still much to do.

NEW:  FOR THE NEXT TIME

There is a 100 inch long piece of serpentine track from the old layout now in the basement for the checking of trains on different grades with specific locos.  ADDED: Set up Digitrax power supply to power test trains.

Installation of the wall shelving in the closet - uprights completed.

Drawing up scale drawings of track arrangement.

Establishing a line diagram for the modeled right-of-way and an "operating scenario".

Identifying the lighting for the train room and closet [probably fluorescent  or LED track lighting].  ADDED: Review electric current ratings supplied to the rooms.

Thanks for reading.  Comments and questions appreciated.