Building the Bench

Once I had settled on N scale for my railroad, I laid out a preliminary track plan. This led me to decide on a 3x5 foot total layout size.

I then began the construction of a bench to hold the layout. Using 4x1 inch pine, I built the frame and underlying supports.

Each of the interior supports was then drilled to support the wiring that would come when I installed the track's power grid and turnout controls.