In this video we´re builing a modular vitrine wall display with de-attachable shelfs which allows for easy ROLL-IN and ROLL-OUT of trains.

I recent purchased an Athearn HO EDM Model 40 critter.  A little gem. Only 11 i believe were built in the early 40's.  Installed an ESU Ver 5 Micro DCC decoder.  I first tried to add sound inside the cab. There was plenty of room for a sugar cube type speaker.  However it was very muted because the cab is sealed and there really are no openings in the frame or grills for sound to emit..

Well, three years in and my layout is starting to look like something more than the plywood central!  The layout isn't large: a 12 foot by 40 inch rectangle with a 4-foot staging yard tacked onto one end.  One side is a massive paper mill inspired by the Cascade mill in Berlin, NH, and the other a pretty much freelanced town with a station model of the big station in St. Johnsbury, VT, a transload business, and a siding for a yet-to-be-determined business.  Operationally two railroads rule the iron: the St.

stay tuned, a progress report (with more photos) will be posted.  disclaimer, the shay in the image is not assembled, the parts are just sitting in place for a photo

While the majority of the switching on the 4th Sub will involve agriculture - covered hoppers and tank cars - there was also an interesting move related to 52' gondolas during my era that I'm looking forward to replicating.  There's a large steel recycler on the UP in Council Bluffs, Alter Metals, that shipped shredded steel east on the IAIS in IAIS-controlled, but TR- and HS-marked, gons.  These loads went to steel mills on the IC&E in Davenport, IA and on the NS in Elkhart, IN. 

Four days of drawing, going over my list of what must be on the layout and what I could drop from the layout. Here is what I come up with so far. The layout will have freight and passenger service in 1959. the Joint line is South of Denver going to Palmer Lake. The Colorado and Southern is north of Denver to Longmont. 

Does anyone have a solution for MTH Berkshires and some 2-8-0's with the pony wheels jumping off the track at frogs or diamonds and causing derailments? It's driving me crazy. One minute thewy are sailing along smoothly at scale speed with a few cars and a cabin and the next trip around the layout they derail at every mainline switch and diamond.

I think it's the fact that there is not enough weight forward to keep them on the rails, but I'm at a loss as how to correct the problem if that is it. Any ideas that work? Thanks.

Hi All!

Here’s the latest update video on the Seaboard Central. In this video we will follow three ScaleTrains SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors on SC train 484.

SC 3010 is still in the original SC scarlet red and dark gray paint and is definitely showing it’s age. Hope you enjoy watching these three ex SP units still earn their keep on the SC.

Tim

https://youtu.be/QU01BYWAWOI