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I built a couple module frames ‘on-spec’ last summer, which have come in handy to pile crap, er, construction supplies on. Then I did some measuring and realized that one of them is perfect to fit in a little corner between the new and old train room areas, to represent Durand.
It won’t be laid out in the standard way, since one end has to have the track leaving a few inches off center, and the other end has a track leaving from the side a few inches away from the end, at about a 30 degree angle. This will connect to the line leading railroad north, coming from Osawatomie. There will also be stubs representing the lines leading east, toward Fort Scott, and south toward Coffeyville. Fortunately, today, that land has trees that obscure the view. Since there was a creek crossing both lines, the trees very likely were there in my era also. I had to fudge the angles of the track layout to get it to fit, but it may look convincing.
Next to this will be a right-angle module connecting this one with the Yates Center module, which will be a standard end with single track centered on 24″ end. And, it avoids cutting a hole in the wall, but it just barely clears the door jamb. It actually can be done with 30″ radius, which frankly surprised me. These three modules, when assembled, will more less lock into place against the wall but I’d like to build them out so they could be viewed from all sides free-standing.
Author’s note: Those two modules that wrap around the door jamb became modules 2a and 2b. They fit precisely against module 3, Yates Center, effectively locking it in place lengthwise, and against module 1, Durand, effectively locking it in place lengthwise also, except that the track orientation changes 90 degrees in between.
Ron Merrick
