The layout is in a 12' square room (with inconvenient chimney breast jutting out) and was started nearly 5 years ago. I started with two layers. The upper was to be US outline and the lower UK outline. Over the years I have given up on the UK and gone wholly American.

My layout was originally envisaged as based on the New Haven in the 1950s on one layer. A few years ago, a friend suggested going down to the lower level and I also bought a couple of South River roundhouses. These then lead to a never built lower level with a steam servicing facility. This was to be set in the 1930s. You can see it here. However, the upper level just wasn't working so I have now pulled it down and rebuilt it.

You can see the build pages for my current layout here:

January 2013 - A few more odd jobs on the layout.

December 2012 - Little men and finally the layout!

November 2012 - Still on the dark side (otherwise known as non-railroad modelling) which you can see here.

October 2012 - I know I should finish something...

September 2012 - Thomas Yorke Bordello and the fascias are finished. Now onto those curtains...

August 2012 - Thomas Yorke Bordello continues - how to light those little people... and a fascias again

July 2012 - Holidays and fascias

June 2012 - Schmidtchens and the Thomas Yorke Bordello

May 2012 - Just starting a few small projects to keep my hand in.

April 2012 - Change of work means no modelling really :(

March 2012 - I finally got going again at the end of the month but did also did a bit on my FremOn30.

February 2012 - I went on holiday and fell off the modelling wagon...

January 2012 - Finishing off some of those projects

December 2011 - Laying the upper track and then videoing it from a little video camera

November 2011 - Finally working on the layout

October 2011 - Transformers

September 2011 - Distractions!

August 2011 - Boats and harbours

July 2011 - Harbour area

June 2011 - New projects

May 2011 - Martin Machine getting near the end and back on the layout river.

April 2011 - Martin Machine...

March 2011 - Martin Machine carries on

February 2011 - DIY gets in the way a bit!

January 2011 - New Year, new bits of the layout.

December 2010 - Yippee - back to scenery and structures

November 2010 - Wiring and more track laying

October 2010 - Still laying track...

September 2010 - The sky is finished - hallelujah! On to track laying on the lower level.

August 2010 - Mostly backdrops and sky painting with some new lights thrown in

June - July 2010 - New plans and the beginning of the backdrop epic saga

February - May 2010 - To helix or not to helix

January - February 2010 - The loft and plans

November - December 2009 - Ripping out the old layout and moving the staging yard down