I'm 90% of the way through my 1st structure for my layout and thought I would share some pictures.  With my engine house I'm looking to capture all of the "beauty" that was New York in the mid 70's. 

As promised (or threatened as the case may be), here are some shots from the Kyoto Steam Locomotive Museum, and some others from around Japan.

I was happy to be able to ride everything you see here, from a small excursion train pulled by that 4-6-2 under steam, to a 300kph Shinkansen (新幹線) bullet train. For a trip that wasn't rail oriented, it kinda worked out nicely! 

I wish I modeled modern N scale. No I mean it, I really do. 

We just returned from Japan, where I was able to ride some trains, do some rail-fanning, and visit a number of hobby shops in Tokyo (although that wasn't the main purpose of our visit). Although mostly Japanese prototypes, the selection of N gauge items were amazing - the range of vehicles, and things like shipping containers were mind boggling.

I am learning Xtrakcad. I have asked a few questions on MRH and got some great answers. It's a hard program to learn but maybe I can help others out. I have a small video that I posted on Youtube. So here it is.

 I've been on vacation/staycation for the past week, its nice to have a little time of work to pursue other things, oh of course I have plenty of work to do around the house, but I also want to have some fun while on staycation, So I made a trip over to Dana's RR Supply and ran a train, couldn't afford to buy anything, since we were surprised last Saturday that we needed to put a couple of tires on the car, (tires are sure getting expensive these days), and after buying gas, purchasing a locomotive last week, I wasn't doing much of anything else! But I did run a train!

a layout update for the Fallen Flags Model railroad plese feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what you think. thank you for all your help and support!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJW6s_ma1-k

After calling around to every lumber yard and home improvement store within 50 miles, NONE carry homosote! Checking into the blue/pink foam material, I'd have to buy a truckload (not this week, anyway) to get some for my roadbed for the 4' x 20' layout.

 Here I am again, to offend you with my compelling rhetoric!

 Another report, so you can continue to be offended by my compelling rhetoric!

On Friday I hosted a fellow British Columbia Railway modeller from Vancouver who had come to Calgary to take in the 'Supertrain' show.  The trip provided an opportunity for him to see my N Scale Fort St. John Subdivision in person, and to have some fun with interchanging a train (His layout contains part of the Fort St. John sub as staging).  There were a few challenges including the fact that neither of us has yet to lay track to Septimus (where are two layouts "meet"), and there is a difference in eras (mine is 2002 vs. his at 1977).