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My layout in progress
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2000

These are pictures of my layout progress from Christmas 2000 onward.
It still has a long way to go.

These two are from Christmas 2000. It was just a basic over and under loop.
The grandkids wanted it to go "up up up" and they wanted tunnels.
2 sheets of 2" pink styrofoam glued together and set on milk cartons made the base. 4% Woodland Scenics risers were used for the grade.
Cardboard, styrofoam, spray foam insulation, and plaster soaked towels made the tunnels and hills. Then I painted it with white latex paint and dry brushed the EZ Track with the same paint. The track was glued by putting a little white glue every few feet on the base of the track..
The tree is on a separate plywood base that I remove after Christmas.
I put strings of blue Christmas lights on the two walls in the corner.
Then I bought a long piece of sky blue linen like material and hung it over the lights. I painted mountains on the material with spray snow.
It looked really neat at night with just the blue lights on.
The animated pieces in front are set on white felt on boxes.

After Christmas, I was tired of watching it run in circles and decided expansion was necessary. I added 20" on the side and 15" on the end. At this point, the width was dictated by the amount of room I had between the wall and the TV. The length extended about a foot into the arch doorway and I didn't want to go any farther and block the doorway.