HO Scale Shelf Layout Built For Operations - Complete Build 

@toddw6716 glad this was helpful!

@@roady1710 I'm not exactly sure how to take this comment. However, I also enjoy scenery very much as well, and my next layout after this one will have more than plenty of that. This layout is a temporary one dedicated solely to figuring out how I want to run my operations without any distraction. It'll be torn down in the near future once that task is complete to make way for a layout with both an operations strategy and great scenery. Thanks for watching?

Oh that's cool!

There's still lots for me to explore before I have enough information to flush out the entire application, but it'll be a fun process

Thanks for the kind words. I'm just trying to be helpful :)

Thanks! Yeah, I thought about NSC as an industry, it's a great excuse for the interchange for sure! The two track industry on the right side would serve as a representation if I decide to use it for operations testing

Thanks, glad you found this useful!

That's awesome! I work in health tech, personally. Hope you find the time to write your ops software. I just completed my "prototype" to where I can test it with my layout... and I discovered I want to rework it already lol. I learned a bunch about what I thought I needed versus what I actually needed it to do.

@@JoeyBPhotography That's cool. Maybe we will swap software someday and see how things differ! lol. I worked for Carestream / Kodak for a short period of time on the RIS healthcare system, but most of my 20+ years have been in Aerospace. I will keep watching your vids and see how you get along.

@@dannymacnevin3939 you mentioned small world…I used to sail for CSL and transited the Welland Canal all the time. I am retired and have a cottage in Canoe Cove where I spend my summers. I’m eagerly awaiting delivery of my Rapido RSC-14 so I can model Hunter River or Borden-Carleton operations. Wow, small world indeed. Cheers!

Thanks! It's a lot of fun! It lends itself to quite a bit of variety, too, actually

Thanks! Yes, I very much do enjoy the entire process of creating model railroads. It's funny, whenever I get to a point of completion on a project I feel a bit sad, because it's so much fun for me to be in the building phases. Glad to know you also enjoy the work!

Thanks for watching! 2R O scale is something that has intrigued me, I'm just too invested mentally in HO right now to add another scale to the mix lol. Are you planning on sharing your layout anywhere?

I haven't thought about sharing what I do online as I have no personal medium to do this at present. For now my focus is on preparing a 50ft x 20ft modular exhibition layout for two displays in early Oct (I run NZR 9mm/ft and US 2R O scale on it). This is currently stored packed up in the garage space where my switching layout will be built so I guess I have some time to think about doing something in the online space when I start the shelf layout.

The turnouts I'm using have springs in them so I can just flick them back and forth to switch them, so no need for any additional controls. I thought about hiding the brackets, but to be honest they don't bother me, since I'm not doing any other scenery anyway. Thanks for watching!

Very cool, and thanks for stopping by!

Thanks! It's a full stack TypeScript application.

Thanks, to answer your questions in order: - I created a prototype app that had basic functionality and a database for all the inventory. It needs a lot of refinement, but life has got in the way and I don't have a lot of time at the moment to work on it. - I am the application's primary audience, for use on my upcoming layout, but if I do make it public, it'll be "as is" and folks can decide if it'll work for them. It will be generic enough that others could use it, but I won't be requesting any feedback or updates to it, since my free time is extremely limited. - My next layout will be medium-sized, so it should work on that and anything smaller. I don't see this as a large club layout type of operations program. - No website at the moment, again, life got in the way. I don't know when/if I'll be posting about this application again, but it'll likely be a video on here explaining what I did and how it works for me. I don't have a timeline at the moment. Thanks for watching and commenting, though!

Lol thanks for watching

I'm still exploring operating schemes at the moment. I don't have a lot of spare time to work on the project, but I did write a proof of concept program shortly after I built the shelf layout. It was very rough, but had the ability to import my spreadsheet of rolling stock to use for inventory and some basic logic for assigning the cars to various trains and industries. I'm hoping my spare time will free up soon to work on figuring out operations again.

Everything is holding up just fine so far. This layout will come down in a couple years anyway, so it's not a huge concern either way.

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I got it at Hobby Lobby. Since it comes in a roll, I recommend laying it flat and putting weights on it overnight to help keep it from wanting to roll up again, that helped a lot

I use 1/2 inch building foam from a "big box' store.

They're called Bandy Clamps, you can pick them up from rockler.com