I am doing some track planning, at this point I'm just layout out the benchwork edges. I have a protrusion to deal with. It's a solid concrete post, probably rebar reinforced, load bearing, and definitely not modifiable. Don't even think about cutting into it. I need to narrow the layout width at the point that it squeezes past this protrusion, and I want the layout wide enough for a pair of parallel tracks. 

So I've started actual benchwork!

I am new to the MRH Forums so please excuse me if this isn't the correct place to put a request.  I know there are many of you who would really appreciate a chance to show us your collection, and so I have decided to start this thread to give you all a chance to show off your locomotives... namely steam locomotives...

Hey guys, getting ready to precut all the parts for the first new layout module this evening (hopefully) after we get some yard work done and wondering about the height requirements for modern equipment. I know with my 50's stuff 4 to 41/2 is plenty, but it would be nice to be able to run loaded intermodal and the like every now and then or when I have people over to run trains. Despite having the layout set in the 1954, I do have an interest with modern stuff. Looking for actual height from bottom of wheel - not including flange - to the top of the car.

Two AGW SD40-2F’s move a empty grain train southbound at McHenry, Illinois.

Why?

1. The Walther's paper mill is nowhere big enough¹.
2. Why waste a perfectly good wall against the backdrop where it will never be seen?

Construction has been slow, because I am planning each move carefully, to avoid any "Oh %#@! it doesn't fit right!" moments. The result has been that on average about two pieces get added each day.

¹ Actually, this is just going to be the admin and shipping building. The main machine building will be a big low-relief thing next to it.

My recent work on IAIS GP8 481 had an unintended benefit:  It provided a surplus IC orange, frog-eye-equipped nose from the Intermountain GP10 that I could use to model the scene in the Erik Rasmussen pic below, with the last remains of GP8 7976 languishing in the weeds near the Bluffs enginehouse:

Bridge project complete.  This will be part of a “lift-up” hinged section that allows entry into the train room and continuous run when wanting to watch the trains.
 

Joe

Hello, "Bonjour tout le monde"  everyone and above all thank you for your comments and advice. Since it seems that old French cars interest you, here is the complete collection that I have. Citroen, Peugeot and Renault. These are models from the 50s and 60s.