Folks here is Version 1 of my Baltimore yard terminus for the WMRY 1944 HO scale.  There will be 6 tracks on the docks, a car float operation, plus yard switching. Traffic will originate from the west (Hagerstown and west) and arrive at Baltimore. Eastbound trains will have 2 options when entering Baltimore, stay on main and use hidden loop under Baltimore Harbor for continuous running, or take the switch and enter the yard. 

Have started a rbuild of an area that will have a small intermidal secrion at the front a nuce new road that leads to a gas station, firstaion and merchants row then in the gey area will be some induatral buildings, and a plastic pallet loader. We arw in the mists of eewiring the yard with some better relays and some ardunio based wireless controllers will post these up once they are functional.

Layout update.

Added a few new photos of the layout. I have added some buildings to my version of Kent Ave. Still have to add some detail items, etc.

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Below, a different angle on Kent Ave.

I have started another scratch build project for the CNW Peninsula Div. It is the F.H. Kearney & Co. feed mill located in Ironwood, MI. I found the plans in the August, 2009 issue of Model Railroader mag. The plans were for a N scale structure and since I model in HO they needed to be enlarged so as to get a HO scaled drawing. Office Depot was able to do this for a very reasonable cost. Follow along for the build.

One of the key industries for my layout was the ATSF stockyard/feed lot located at Morris.  It was designed to service at least 18 each 40 foot stock cars at a time and their associated livestock.  The purpose of the stock feed lot was to rest/water/feed the livestock while also cleaning & servicing the stock car trains traveling from the west and traveling to Chicago. The original track alignment is shown below.

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The double crossover one=

I am hoping I am not double posting something, somebody has already. But this news crossed the desk just a few minutes ago.

I am in the design phase (have the shelf already up, it is 18" deep by 8'-8" long) but wanted some feedback on my sketch. I'm not good with proportion and arent sure if I will be able to fit it all on there or even more.... The hill and stream must stay put, they are already there on the shelf but if you could give me some operational feedback or anything that would make it better. I want to try and get as much switch as I can without it being too crowded.