Dunbasye is the home we built to cover the New York Southern Railway. In fact, the house was designed to cover the basement required by the layout. This section documents the year long build process and has relatively little model railroad content.
Preparation of the basement for a model railroad layout was integrated into the basic house construction. Some work was done by the pros and some was done working around them. Dedicated storage space was built in, and this really helped with sorting and organizing all the "stuff" we had to move in. It wasn't perfect, but it was the most organized move I've ever had. Hopefully it was also the last..............
The NYS employs stud-wall construction for its basic benchwork. Benchwork was included in the Third PlanIt design process and it is interesting to be able to visualize the incremental construction progress as well as the finished model railroad.
NYS staging consists of 3 serially connected 5 track double ended yards and two balloon tracks. Railhead height of all staging trackage level and at 42" above the nominal basement floor. This section documents layting of all three staging yards and two reverse loops.
Basic DCC wiring is installed and operationally tested before the final, visible trackage level is built. Staging operation and DCC wiring is verified before moving on to the final phase. Automation of the staging yard(s) is still a major issue and will probably not be fully resolved and implemented before Phase 6. But the basic block system to support the ultimate automation scheme is installed and tested during this phase. This section documents the overall progress and the detail staging level wiring scheme.
The final major construction phase builds the visible main line benchwork and trackage over the staging level. This section documents this final phase.