Put together a bit of a table for 2X8' extension of the Blacktop Crossing in hopes of developing a connecting railway that serviced Panama City, FL, paper mill -- The Bay Line.
Used legs from moving the Knowledge Park Shortline to its new display home for the table. The legs plus a little lauan plywood and the pink foam (1") should make a reasonable foundation. May have to add a couple of cross braces, but will wait to attach more permanently to the existing layout -- just to see if things stiffen up a bit.
The legs had adjustments for height, so lining up the connection should be pretty straightforward. Did have to "hollow out" some of the connecting side to allow for the heads of a couple of carriage bolts!
Had thought there were two 8' 1X4's left over from another project. One 8-footer ended up being more like 6 feet. . . . Just pieced it together with other scraps. Added cross supports roughly at 2-foot distances.
Next, transfer the track plan to the pink foam and rough out some track to see if it will work. . . .
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