Have not posted in a while so I thought I would share some pictures of my progress of the first couple of modules. As you can see nothing is complete...and I mean nothing!! But I am slowly pushing forward! (sorry about the sideways photos...can't figure out how to turn them

I plan on using Martin's toilet paper method in the harbor

I worked most of my weekend trying to find the right combination of RE magnet holding power and steel pin shaping. I did find that the pin would stay "hovering" in the up position if I didn't add a small amount of weight to pull it down right away. I think if I use a copper tube like Neil did, the steel pin might release easier. 

Anyways, heres a video of what I was trying to overcome, (derailed caboose every time) and how it was solved by Neil and his creative mind. 

I am building a baseball stadium with lights. I recently purchased 2 Lionel Pug and Play Double Floodlight Towers (6-82013). I am confused on how to supply power to them...any model train enthusiast out there that can help me figure this out? I am not into trains (my sincere apologies) but I figured I would go to the experts on this. I want to keep it as simple and straight forward as possible. Thanks.

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Here’s an overall pic  sorry bout the format I’m doing this from an iPhone  

Ok, So I started my first N Scale layout in 40 years this week.  I've got the layout marked on the bench, but now I've got a question for the group.  What's the best way to lay roadbed?  This will be a DCC layout with some DC Switches on it.  (Hope to get them upgraded to DCC when I can afford it.)  I've also left plenty of room on the bench for expansion.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and I will be posting Pictures as I can.

Russell

I've decided to give the layout photos their own blog post, primarily because there are going to be a lot of photos here, so there will be some pretty long pages. 

On Friday I decided to try something different - I have a 10-18mm wide angle lens, and I wanted to see how well it would do for layout photography. I went back to my normal 18-135mm zoom on Saturday, because I decided I wanted the ability to zoom in more than I could with the 10-18. 

On with the layouts.... 

I think it’s a bit of a milestone reaching Op Sess 250 (yes I have been counting.) My first operating session was in January 2014 after doubling the size of my Kayton Shortline (see MRH #54 - Aug 2014) Two years ago a massive 2 foot by 3 foot extension was added to create the current (and final) “J” shaped layout.

Just a reminder that I will be live streaming the final op session tonight in two blocks, 3:30-5:30 and 6:00-8:00. Hope to see you there.

I’m in the planing phase for an around 3 walls freelance industrial switching layout.  I prefer not to compress my industries much.  I do like to know about the prototype for any given industry rather than just making them up.  I have been fussing around in CAD for a while trying to find the best way to lay out the industries I thought I wanted in the space available, and not really converging on something I was happy with.

So I decided to try something completely different.

A few recent scenes of Alco 9106 working from Nitro to Spring Street yard: