Eric's O-Scale Railroading Journal

The guys from the NMRA are coming to view the layout next Monday, so I’m working as hard as I can to get the layout as ready as possible. My main goal is to have the single track tunnel on the north side of the layout done before they get here. I think I can pull it off, but it’s gonna be close.

I’m now working on the hardshell for the tunnels in the main room. Here’s what I’ve got so far…

This is the entrance to what will be a very large network of tunnels to the left of the South Tunnel. You can see that the tunnel splits off with one spur going through the wall in the corner. The open section of tunnel around the switch will eventually contain a removable panel that will allow me access to that section of the track. I need access to those 2 switches because that’s the most derailment prone spot on the layout:

Moving to the left, the tunnel work continues…