Here is another option for the Spiral Tunnels being considered.  This arrangement completely alters a section that has 4 towns/locations as switching options.  The towns have some scenic value but have never been of great interest for switching moves.  Most folks want to run a longer train a longer way around the layout.

Just catching up....still settling in to my new home, and making repairs and improvements.   House was vacant for a couple years and has some issues, but nothing serious. 

On a happy note , I managed to get the hard drive on my old computer and saved about everything!  New back up hard drive is coming soon.

The garage measures about 11 x 28 and has no windows.  May be the home of whatever I try to build, exploring options. For right now, I'm thinking TOMA and starting small. 

I conducted a series of experiments recently to determine if I could develop a scenery adhesive that would not require the use of alcohol as a preparatory step to reduce the surface tension of granular materials, while having a minimal number of ingredients. For these experiments, I prepared scenery material samples of three types:

Here are a few photos and article of the completed Intermodal Yard on my layout, the Trenton Subdivision in N Scale. More below.

Do me a favor y'all, let me know in the comments which one you like better.

Do not do what I did. A short story on how I bricked my new Digitrax DT602D throttle.

My biggest issue with the new Digitrax throttle was that it beeped when the LCD went to sleep. So I was very excited when I heard that Digitrax released a new firmware update that would disable the beeping.

Getting ready to move, tearing down the CSX shelf layout, thought I would share some pictures, http://mycsxlayout.wordpress.com

For my next video, I am working on adding some trees.

Now that I know the locations that I want the trees, I am going to go back and add more details to the ground cover before gluing in the trees.

Refer to this article ... https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/magazine/mrh2020-05/electrical-impulses