Some people have asked what the track arrangement is for my switching layout. Below is a sketch:

Bill Michael

I have been using snipe signs as temporary structures for a while now so i thought I would share a few pictures. For those unfamiliar with snipe signs, they are also called bandit signs, Buy Your House signs, Sell Us Your Car signs, We buy Junk Car signs, etc etc. Where I live they are considered litter and can be removed from the side of the road by anyone. So I do.

Here is an example. This will be Carbitt Paint. A spot for tank cars, 2 loading door spots and a spot for covered hoppers.

 While I haven't been posting, progress has been made on the W&N.  the latest focus has been on the Elsmere Jct. portion of the railroad.

Below is a schematic diagram of the initial phase of the layout construction.  Elsmere Jct is in the SW corner of the room, just outside Wilmington.

For folks who may be interested, I thought I'd put up a quick update about the Barre Branch.

We moved from the Middle East to California last year, and after renting, found and closed on a house. That's the good news, the bad news, is like most Southern California homes, it's too small for the layout.

And so, it goes.

Hello everyone, Welcome to my blog on this site. I model a freelance prototype in 1:29 scale called the Atlin Transfer.My main interests are industrial switching and modern short line modelling.

Presently, I am in the process of building a paper mill complex and warehouse facilities.

Building in 1:29 scale has been challenging and extremely rewarding at the same time.I will have a few pictures in the future to show the progress of the railroad.

I am working on a design for a small scene for demonstrating scenery and track work for out model railroad. It will be small (roughly 1ft. x 1ft. with the front curving) I am looking for design ideas and what an interesting scene would be. Any ideas from those on here?

Thanks for all of your suggestions everyone. Thurmand seemed like a good location and the below area is what we will model. It will include a cantilever signal seen on the right and the three buildings as low relief background structures. 

The 2-mile-long Atlantic Spur has long been a bit of a thorn in my side.  Its location puts it in an aisle on my layout, so I've never been able to really do it justice, only modeling about the first 30" of the spur.  Which means I've never been able to model ADM's Harlan Elevator at the end of the spur (see http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/18055 ).

I created a simple switch machine for controlling my Peco Turnouts from the fascia on my layout this week. The criteria I had in mind for these were as follows:

Hello everyone! This is my first blog post on Model Railroad Hobbyist.  I've been perusing the magazine and forums for a while now and decided to finally jump in and post something myself.