Construction on the original Gn3 layout

From 1991 thru 1996, I worked on benchwork, trackwork and started hard-shell scenery. These photos are a quick overview of the contruction on the layout. The layout had hand-laid track and scratch-built switches with slow-motion turnout motors. A main control panel with two throttles and PFM sound systems for on-board, controlled locomotive sounds. Please note the empty room, windows and sun shining in, and fire-place that all gets "covered up" for the train layout!

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Before moving in, a view of the 13x16ft "living room" area	1x2" benchwork starts, note the windows and fireplace	Track is hand-laid, hand-spiked code 250 rail, scratch-built switches
Laying truck in the "hidden" storage yard, standing in the access hole	Paul and Barry, building the framework for the hydrocal mountain range and tunnel portal	Marek Mountain, 6ft 6in tall, this view is what visitors would first see
July 11, 1993, final track was laid, in the Loma Alta station area	Windows are covered, hard-board backdrop starts to go up	July 31, 1993, blue sky painted on the backdrop, clouds will follow
Los Pinos town-site, before the ground scenery was started	A tip: paint the surface before you start laying track down	Filtered dirt from Paul's back-yard and watered-down white glue
Alamosa, the 3-track hidden storage yard under the mountains	Lower main line, switch to storage, the grade and upper tracks	A night scene at Loma Alta, with basic hard-shell scenery started

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