Ken K wrote:

With beets, coal and covered hoppers full of chemicals being delivered, and freight cars of finished product being shipped the factory should be fun to switch.

Yes, I greatly enjoy the sugar factories.  They provide huge amounts of traffic and use many car types. For those that are interested, I will describe the three factories on my Great Western layout and how they are switched.

Photos of the in-progress modeling can be found on my website.  

This is a blast from the past and Frank takes us on a tour of his layout.  He talks about DC systems shows us panels and wiring and we see how operations are conducted in the block system.  A final run of trains demonstrates the method of layout building in the day when dogbone loops allowed for extra operations in a small basement.

Now that the basic bridge is completed and slots correctly, it is time for finishing touches. First is the electrical work of soldering drops to the power buss. I elected for one drop location on the back side (non-visible) of the structure that connects a short distance to the end of the buss using wire nuts.

Here is an update on my progress on the BNML. Letellier to Emerson...

This diagram shows the area covered in this update.

(Letellier is on the right and Noyes is off the bottom, on the left.)

There is some major changes coming to the JL&T soon...

Jas. 

Just testing to see if I can send pictures....

I recently added coal pits to the Loveland and Windsor sugar beet factories.   Coal was stored there for use in the factory boilers.

The first comment has the details.

Hello, I will show you Shelf Layouts I’m working on.
I have found on guest room of my house some space for a shelf layout and, most important thing, my girlfriend agree: D

The layout space is not so big but I’m pretty sure to make something can satisfy me both in functionality and design

I have plane to make some module to be easier to maintaining procedure and change them when I will be more professional with years.

This is video i made for a friend building a new model rr. General comments on how things are done. Hope it helps some one get started.