13. One of the signature scenes along Oregon's
Columbia River that I wanted to capture with this
layout. Looks like we're going to need a lot of
fir trees (Photo by Jim Nieland:
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Columbia River, isn’t it!” That’s when I knew I was doing something
right!
Part of the challenge I gave myself on this layout was "nothing under
the layout". So even though there are some wood supports under
this one, I told myself nothing goes under the ply support, to mimic
the real shelf conditions: all wiring and power block/lighting toggles
are all in the fascia and in channels in the foam (14).
Since I was planning to use DCC for this layout, I created a space
for the NCE DCC panel in the middle of the mine side of the lay-
out, mainly because that was the only area that had room for the
electronics. While the riverfront scene is the “front” side of this
