Hello folks. I've finally screwed up my courage to post a track plan I've been working on for some time. It's meant to be a single module with staging on the right side. As of now this is all the room I have.

Anyhow, here we are...my first real attempt at an N scale railroad empire. The module is 18" x 60" I'm using Atlas code 55, the turnouts on the main are #7s and #5s everywhere else.

Hi everybody,

For a long time I've stayed on the side and tried to learn from your experience. I'll try now to share my progress as well and document also for myself what I'm doing.

What I have to start with is a big thank you to MRH, it's a fantastic resource! Reading back all the magazines was a great way to jump start the hobby. And seeing all your projects made me want to do something like this as well. But that sets the bar very high for a newbie :)

A couple months ago I was posting about my layout's signature scene, but this time, I thought I'd veer from that to discuss my favorite scene:  The crossovers at the west end of Atlantic, Iowa.

Details in the first reply.

I love me some bad jokes and puns...

The staging yard gets some detailing and planning and refinements to the layout plan...

I know I seem to bring this up often but the issue is parents and me requiring to change ideas and find one they will go for. The latest one will use two Ikea shelves measuring: 74 3/4x10 1/4 each. It will be the two side by side. Currently I am leaning towards a small bakery being served by tankcars, boxcars and covered hoppers maybe with a small scrapyard if there is still room. Does anyone know where to find some good info on railserved bakeries?

Here is another recent project done, this one for my fleet. This is a Walther's Mainline car, that has four different mediums on the car. Roof, rust, and couplers were all done with a rust texture. Decals and visibility stripes are from SmokeBox Graphics:

Abandonment notices are never fun, especially when they’re unexpected. However the Grimes Line is being dismantled.

Over the past weekend I spent some time making the Flin Flon smelter area look more industrial.  A few years ago I bought a CD of steel industry textures and kits from Clever Models <http://www.clevermodels.net> with the plan to use some or all of the items on the CD on the smelter and other areas.

Marathon painting session for the downtown area in Watersmeet on the CNW Peninsula Div. HO layout.