All I know is that www.4nscale.com has taken my reserve order for SP&S units. I assume that they know something that I don't yet.
Excellent!
For better or worse, I have added a 3% grade branchline on the far west end of layout. In one of the previous CAD designs this branchline is...
Go buy the Woodland Scenic layout with the Atlas track pack that is made for it. Building that thing will teach you sooooooo much about every...
quick question - dry time for latex Liquid Nails on foam? I put down one layer of foam and then load it with heavy book to keep it down. Just...
great work!
Did someone say "RS3"? Special SP&S RS's by Atlas and Lowell Smith here in Portland, OR. Right now I am just stacking pink board building up the...
Just completed my own version of a 'nohelix' (forgot the spelling) to raise elevation just a mere 4 inches. The 3 % grade (for a logging line and...
After the UP accident last week the crews have worked hard to get the mainline up to standards. We are now running 6 axel SD40-2 on a consistent...
Far Corner CEO Barry Taylor expressed great pleasure today after several hundred RR executives and business leaders took a excursion trip to view...
[img] Gold Spike driven at 5:21pm today on the Far Corners layout! First complete trip completed at 5:32pm! Official ceremony and photo's to...
"Far Corner" is a reference to the upper right corner of the US, that is, Oregon and Washington. Came from my brother-in-law who got it from some...
I love this Board. I can honestly say that my layout would be a 3 x 5 Atlas plan with sectional track on plywood if it were not for the advice I...
I recall recently reading an article about using Goo Off to clean tracks after painting them and ballasting. It mentioned that it works well put...
3rd Planit has worked well for me. Now that I am building however, I would have to say that the time spent going into details with track plans...
after much deliberation, this is a rough CAD of what I will now try to draw on the plywood for the branchline. The turnouts to empty space is...
I've used PECO 55, I didn't want to have to change the wheels on all my MT cars because of the flange situation.
I have updated the track plan to include a full branchline (SP?) in the middle. This is a 'rough' outline, as I have found that it is not worth...
Does anyone know the width of a PECO Double Crossover (NOT the double slip) measured from center to center?
I have started to ballast the yard area, so that is the first picture. But of bigger concern is I am at a lost for how to scenic the 'loop' area....
