I've been spending the last couple of weeks blissfully running 3-2-2 Inglenook sessions on my grain mill layorama. With five total cars, there are 60 possible three-car trains that can be made up. And I've found that it can take as little as three moves to build a train. Contrast this with a 5-5-3 and its eight total cars producing 6,720 possible five-car trains, and you can see how the puzzle complexities of each variation are orders of magnitude apart.  While still entertaining, this can get rather unsatisfying even when working at prototypical speeds.

Been working on the small N scale layout and converting it to Wenatchee-Trinidad, WA on The Columbia River Sub.

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Index

1. "A tale of three Bridges - New Jersey".

2. "A rail journey pt. 2".

3. "N.E. Pennsylvania pt. 3".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 1".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 2".

5. "Great Northern's Class R's compared to SP MC-1's".

I'm painting some BLMA concrete grade crossings and not having much luck finding a color I'm happy with.  Does anyone having any suggestions for a concrete paint color?

A mere 16 years after starting layout construction, I'm finally to the point of tackling what I consider the signature scene of my prototype, what the IAIS refers to as "the High Bridge", on the east edge of Council Bluffs.  My hobby progress has been crawling along at a snail's pace in recent months, so this could take a while, but I'm really looking forward to finally recreating one of my favorite places on the IAIS.

Bird's eye view of the High Bridge courtesy of Bing Maps:

I am currently building a modular layout based in the swamps of Louisiana. The layout will be based on a fictional short line called the Cypress Creek and Southern. The CC&S operates through swamps to haul Bald Cypress trees to interchange with Norfolk Southern. I know exactly what I am doing for every bit of scenery, except how to make a Bald Cypress tree. I have looked around but have yet to find something I like that looks good, and is easy and cheap to make. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated!

I have laid the bulk of the track. I have found out that I am short of about 3 yards of straight so I have them on order.  In the meantime, I can get on with the wiring and fitting the point motors.

Here is where I am at the moment.

My latest YouTube video is on muddy roads. 

As I'm on my iPhone, embedding it is beyond me but here's the link:

Regards

Kathy

Here are pictures of what I have been working on for the town of Watersmeet. The basic road coming out of Ironwood.

The road leading from Ironwood to Watersmeet.