As I mentioned in a previous post, once I was satisfied that a model railroad produced good chemistry in my classroom, my initial thought was to add a simple yard module so that trains could actually arrive on the Inglenook from somewhere, and to develop the industries which were now just empty car spots. Even those two things, I realized, would provide many additional dimensions and allow us to incorporate a more robust rationale for the distribution of specific car types.

As a boy growing up in St Matthews, Ky (East of Louisville) I drove past Palmer Asbestos during the 1950's and 60's dozens of times.  The building is memorable to me because of it's large smoke stack with "PALMER" lettered on it vertically.  I'm going to ROUGHLY model this on my layout by kitbashing Walther's "Gas Plant".  Notice that I said roughly....and that's because I am only going to do enough to satisfy my fuzzy memory of the building and it will be severely compressed because of my small available real estate.

VIA Rail's, Kokanee Park passes through the Car Wash Area in VIA's Maintenance Shop, on my Trenton Subdivision in N Scale.

I have always wanted a Passenger Yard on the layout.  Setting up passenger trains, shop area and an opportunity to display unique rolling stock and engines in VIA Rail Service, provides another level of modeling and operations.

Usually when I am making decals, I use my ALPS for white only and use a super impressive laser 'press' for everything colour. This means using 2 layers of decal when white underlays are needed. There are a few reasons for this choice, not the least of which is that; unless you are using solid colours, the ALPS does crappy job of colour - the laser press however, is amazing.

I don’t know if the room dimensions shown on the sketch in my previous post are correct. I’ve never checked.

When I decided to start thinking about layout plan options I asked a couple of kids who had finished their classwork early to measure the room. I made a rough chalk sketch of the major features on the blackboard, handed them a variety of different measuring tapes and asked them to fill the sketch in with the lengths of each section of wall and the distances between opposite walls. This is a photo of the results:

These are pictures of the rough scenery. The bridge is edging strip normally used to edge tile.

I think I figured out how to add pics. These 3 show the first lower loop set down and my two upper loops on the foam risers

After looking at all the other posts on here I decided to start my own blog. Attached are pics of my coffee table central n scale layout. It started with a 3 by 3 coffee table from a yard sale. I think its an IKEA model but I'm not sure. It measures 37 inches square and the layout itself is 36 inches square. 1/2 pink foam was glued and svrewed to the table top. As there are no turnouts or grades I cut risers for each progressively taller loop from extra foam. The roadbed is also pink foam joined at the seams with foil tape.