Now that I have gotten the fascia added around the layout I am working on getting the support structure for the upper level on the peninsula roughed in.  a 2x3 wall down the center of the peninsula will provide the support framework for the upper level.  As well this wall will let me add shelving under the layout to clean up some of the stuff under the layout – hopefully.

I'm designing a new double-deck layout to fit inside my 12x16 'train shed'.  It will have an 'outdoor' helix structure,... outside the main shed, but in its own enclosure.

It will have shelf's on either side, and a peninsula. For the longest time I had been planning for a 6-8 track staging area to be located approx 8" under ONE of the side shelfs,...perhaps like this

Some of this info on LED lighting I posted in another topic elsewhere on MRH but it's the next update in my layout project, so here it is... :)

Today I put the finishing touches on my latest control panel for my PC&N Ry. I reporposed an old document frame and created the track schematic using Power Point. Once I had the schematic printed I took it to my local Office Depot and had it laminated with .010" thick plastic to protect it.

Next I used the frames cardboard insert as a pattern to cut out a piece of 1/8 inch Masonite and glued my laminated schematic to it. I then glued some scrap pine strips to hold the panel into the document frame permanently.