NTS & B Tinseltown South Village started

It seems that the village of Tinseltown South has sprung up almost overnight. Well, it might have taken a bit longer than that. The original plan was to have 2 rows of houses with a trolley track in between. The problem with that concept is that you would only see the back of the houses from both sides of the layout. I then remembered a little town in Norway that I visited that was built on the side of a hill with roads barely enough for 1 car. By setting the village up in this fassion, the front of both rows of houses can be seen from the front of the layout. It also has the advantage of blocking the view of the trestle located behind the houses. I was going to leave the trolly out, but the plan left just enough room for a bumper trolley track in front. I used the K-Lionel Super Street track create the appearance of a road / trolley track combination. In place of the standard bulbs in the houses, I used 14-18 V wheat lamps. The street lights are from a lead of Christmas lights that my son-in-law bought me. The string of 10 lights was cut into individual posts, which are 12 V each, and run off a standard Lionel transformer along with the wheet lamps. Although the center of the village is wired, much work needs to be done on both ends to add a more lights, houses, and accessories.

Village of Tinseltown South, on top of my first ever attempt at a mountain

Town in Norway. Streets are pretty much for walking only.

Tinseltown South, as seen from end. Trolly track runs to left.

Town in Norway. Notice the sign.

Overall view of layout, showing planned area on left also.