Here is some up-dated scenery.... I wasn't liking the Puff Ball look so I switched over to Woodland Scenics Clump Foliage (see previous post). That too, didn't create the look I wanted. So here is my latest attempt.

Shown is my trackplan for moving into the yard. Track 94 to be the through track with 92 & 93, being arrivals and departures. My question is.... should turn outs 96/95 be separate blocks or could they be joined into 1 block for Detection and Signaling purposes?

Thank You,

Hey everyone, been a while since my last post.... I imagine everyone is busy also. I wanted to ask the group for some Roofing suggestions on my AR Tower project. Shown are a molded shingle on the garage and the tower has add on paper shingles. What has the better look?

Thanks for the input....

Hey everyone, I am struggling on the design of my yard.... look this over and give me some suggestions. It is loosely based on Juniata / Conrail. Needs to handle 10ft trains, have engine service buildings, fuel and sand facilities and classify trains. 

Does it work better with the mainline in the front or rear?

Thank you, sorry about the poor drawing but Autocad didn't create a PDF very well...

Here’s a neat way to organize your wiring… I use Drive Rings. They are economical and simple to use. I used the 1/2″ size. They cost about $15 for 100 pc.s.

I had to store my Time Saver layout in the garage over the winter and this is what happened. Some animal got in and stayed a few weeks and he was eating the scenery. I think it was a squirrel....These photos are after I cleaned up the mess, but he/it even chewed up one of the vehicles. So.... BEWARE when Animals ATTACK.

Hi every one...I am struggling at making trees. Joe makes the pine tree scenery look so good, us plain old folks trying to model eastern railroads don't have a chance. So here is the issue... how do we make realistic eastern type forests of trees? I have never been a real fan of the puff ball. Model Railroader used them on their Virginian project railroad and it doesn't have the realism I am looking for (see - Joe has spoiled it for the rest of us).

Hi Folks, I have been working on  some new signals and thought I would show the group. The store bought ones seem to expensive and most of the time are not to scale. I have combined a TrainCat kit with Oregon Rail Supply heads. I cut the backs off the heads and use just face and hoods... not perfect but pretty good. The LEDs are surface mount without lenses (from Mouser) and I am using Zebra Wire to hook them up. I glue the LEDs to the head with gap filling ACC.     How does it look... any suggestions?

Don Carman

Hi everyone,

I am working on a model of the OC Bridge. Follow along and lend some advice.

Thanks,