I’m inclined toward doing a double deck layout that would provide some railfaning on the lower level with an interchange to a branch line on the upper deck. 

My room has some limitations but an access door requires that there be 41” clear below the lower deck framing and, because of sloping ceilings, the upper deck might be shallow - right now it is mocked up at 12” deep but could be less. 

I have an interlocking problem where, in a relatively small space are located  8 track switches and 7 entrances and exits in and out of of the plant.  Also it looks like I will need 18 signal heads to control movements within the this space.  I am modeling the the B&O with a junction with NYC at this point.  One signal (S1) will be NYC format the others are B&O.position light signals.  The B&O also uses marker lights,white, blue, and one called lunar white as well as the red, yellow and green.  The marker lights, with as man

Hello all,

 Its taken me many months of plotting, planning, consulting (thanks Tim M.) and some hard looks at what i can do with limited time and space. I  realized I cannot get the steam era design i want in my space so I am shelving the idea for awhile (or a move to a tilt-up building and a kitchen) and building a modern setting switching layout. I live in Lake Havasu, Arizona so a garage layout is out of the question. The 9 month summer here is deadly to track. So I am building a shelf layout there and will move indoors once it gets hot here.

Latest project has been a kitbashed  boxcar from an old MDC caboose.  I bought the caboose for the Fox trucks, it was in pretty sad shape.

Here is a image I stole off of E-Bay of a similar caboose, except the one in the picture was assembled neatly.

As you can see the workers are diligently working to create  corridor for Truck traffic so that production of high quality styrofoam stone can be readily available..lol

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Ok now for the real stuff, this pic is of the benchwork, and the next is the sub layers to support the soon to be quarry

I have received great advice from the folks on this forum as my plan for the Day Branch extension of the railroad in my middle school classroom has evolved (see earlier threads on this blog), and I’d settled on a si

Hello everyone!

I've gone back and revamped my railroad, the CNW Marshline Subdivision.  I took a real hard look at what I had built before and what the plan is now.  I weighed out my limitations as well as my Givens and Druthers to create a plan I really wanted, and most importantly could build without getting stuck or frustrated.

Follow along as I assemble a 3D print of Illinois Terminal Combine 277. 

If the photos don't work, click here.

I have been working on an Adirondack forest diorama for a history project.

Today, by viewer demand, is the re-edit of the BNSF Intermodal video with minimal edits. For those of you who love long intermodal train runby's, this is your video.