Hi All,

Its been a while since I posted anything about my layout, more to come about that in another post, so I thought I would post some photos of my efforts. These are all unpainted kits that have been painted and assembled. I tackled the Atlas Silverline GP40-2 first and finished with the Athearn blue box mechanical reefer. This may seem an odd choice of order for first projects but in my defence I had six of the Athearn kits and it made sense to do them all at once when I felt more comfortable with the painting. The P-S 60' waffle sided box car is an ExactRail kit.

This is the current track plan.

the two corner modules contain all the switches and the majority of the industry and I shall concentrate on them first.

I plan to make all the turnouts before getting started laying track.

My first switch, a left hand No 6.

As part of my ongoing preparation for my layout I have been experimenting with the livery for my rolling stock and Locomotives. I had planned to get the decals made from my own graphics file. As with a lot of first tries at good ideas there were a few gotchas. I thought I would share.

the design I settled on was magenta lettering on royal blue. 

Hi All,

As well as planning the track layout for my new industrial shelf switching layout I have been developing the back story to the railroad that operates there. I wanted to have a fully rounded layout that had good reasons for being there. It may not have existed but it could have.