I worked on one of the signature scenes of the layout Long Ravine.  This is where the Southern Pacific crossed over the Nevada County Narrow Gauge below.  A lot of prototype photos were taken here.  My scene is compressed quite a bit relative to the real one but I tried to get the flavor.  In this picture, my largest locomotive an AC-12 Cab Forward  (HO scale) is passing over my smallest NCNGRR #9 (HOn3).

I have finished all of the track work on my Donner Summit layout! It's micro-engineering code 83 flex with fast tracks turnouts. I built all the number 6's because I have the jig and I had Cream City build the rest 8's, 5's and a curved turnout. I have a lot of feeders to add to keep the track running reliably.

I spent most of the week working on some backdrop paintings for my Donner Summit Layout.

I painted a nice backdrop for Grass Valley shown in these two photos.  I haven't put the track down in this area so I just put #9 on (NCNGRR HOn3) on some track for these photos.

Real progress recently on my Donner Summit layout. The graders are above Colfax pushing for the summit!

Here is a link to a video update I made.

www.tamvalleyrr.com/blog/donnersummitprogress.html

The subroadbed is made of 1/2" gatorfoam as is the 3-level swinging entry door.

And of course all the turnout motors are RC servos :-)

Any comments are welcome.

Duncan

www.tamvalleyrr.com

I have started work on a new layout which is based on the Donner Summit crossing of the Southern Pacific between Roseville and Reno.    The layout is going to be a helper district with tains arriving from staging that need a helper added to get over the hill.  The layout was designed around some of my favorite scenes on the prototype - the town of Colfax, Cape Horn, the Yuba Gap and the summit tunnels.  A big aspect of the railroad is defienitely going to be the railfanning aspect and I also like to take photos, so great scenery is a priority of mine.  To add o

Here is my first attempt at a blog entry.  I apologize if you have seen some of these images on other forums.  I am figuring out how to upload and post images in posts on this site :-)

Railfanning a train pulled by a trio of tunnel motors on the Tam Valley RR.  You can see more about this railroad at my website www.tamvalleyrr.com.

OK lets follow some SD45T2's on my Tam Valley RR as they cross the Sierras.  We start in the foothills on the west side where we catch the train grinding slowly up the steep grade.