See 18:30 or so...

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

Nice models.  10,000-100,000 a piece...USD.

Completed my first test run on the new layout!  Locomotive ran the full mainline and yard tracks without issue.

Next step is to start measuring footprint for industries that will be switched and start laying spur lines. 
 

Video is from an earlier “section test” after finishing wiring and track cleaning.

Over the years, and through many different layouts, I have tried to model street running track using various methods. Most of these used some sort of plaster and turned out with mixed results.

I have seen styrene used for roadways with good affect but was faced with an area 18 x 44 inches with two curved tracks running through. 

I got a request from my son wanting information about Prussian/German trains in 1860 to talk about them in his European history class at college/university.

I have not done any research yet myself, but I was thinking that instead of just googling I would ask here for recommended resource, hoping someone who has researched the subject could point me to a good link or two to read.

Thanks in advance,

After much consideration with regards to my time, funds, and available space, I've decided to put my Dawson Creek subdivision layout on hold for now. It'll be a project to tackle in a few years once I get an external garage built with proper space for a layout.

This is an independent review of an accessory lighting controller for layout structure LED lighting; the unit provides automatic current matching without resistors, supports up to 64 LEDs, supports any of 100 different lighting effects on each of 16 ports, and can be programmed from a front panel or using a DCC throttle.

Heritage Type Co. of Berlin, Germany, www.heritagetype.com, recently released a bundle of digital vintage-appearing type fonts that have many possibilities for use in creating scale structure signs, station signs, advertisements and more, appropriate for many past eras. This is a review of that product.