I am putting the cart before the house or vise versa. I have posted pics. before of finished areas and/or finished structures. But based on a post in the discussion section on benchwork I would like show what I did for my layout build. But bear in mind this was how I did it and is not the only way.

Richard Superintendent CNW - Peninsula Division

The weekend was spent building a concrete block wall along the front of the house to backfill with drain rock and divert some of the overwhelming amount of rain we had that turned everything into mud around here. Since the concrete takes a week to cure before I bust out the shovel and wheel barrow it seemed like an opportunity to get the layout room some benchwork. 

Due to recent health issues, it has become painfully obvious that I won't be manhandling 4x8 sheets of 1/2 inch MDF (or portions thereof) down into my basement anymore. So, I've decided to finish my layout using 2 inch Styrofoam for the remainder of my subroadbed - which is mainly just the main yard and staging yards.

I'm looking for suggestions on the best way to connect the new Styrofoam subroadbed to the current 1/2 inch MDF.

I have one side of the garage bench work complete. I need ideas on what to use as a "mainline run" spanning the width of my garage door (11') to the other half of the layout.

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NS Frankfort Division (Frankfort Yd. - Tipton Yd.)
Mid 1990's