I have posted many photos of my layout. All of them have been the 'plywood pacific' variety. After years of trackwork and wiring, I finally started to cover up that plywood and foam with some basic scenery.

Since the last ballasting I did was around 1992 or so, I had re-learn how to do it, plus how to weather the ballast and track. Like most things I try, I started out terrible, but got better the more I do.

Here's a B&W shot of an E7 headed east

A side by side comparison of similar locomotives with dissimilar decoders.

The same operation is performed. The results are quite different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsQRFTKc65Q

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5UJcSqsPKg

This is a fairly basic video of a few test runs following an installation of a Soundtraxx Tsunami 2 EMD decoder. This is a BLI E8 customized with a Highliners nose and custom modifications and scratchbuilt details too numerous to list here. She is a museum quality build by Mr. John Tyson (yes, the same talented modeler with the incredible HO scale RC vehicles and shrinky dink automobiiles). The best Easter Egg discovered during the install was the cab signal indicator nestled between the windshields.