My hidden staging is under the Emerson to Letellier portion of the layout and climbs out at Morris.

This staging represents anything north of Morris including Winnipeg.

The RIP Track is directly above my Modeling Bench.

It isn't much to look at presently, but that will change!  You can only determine so much with still pictures, so I put my tripod in the middle of my layout room, attached my digital still camera (640 x 480 - ugh!) and made a little video about 2:45 long to give you an idea of the space.

The layout tour for Trains 2013 in Burnaby BC is now wrapped up and the Hudson Bay Railway survived the experience.  There were about 50 people (at least who signed the guest book) that came through as part of the tour.  It was interesting to see the tour from the other side of the layout as it were, as I have been going on the tours for the past 10-12 years. 

Well the exhibition season has once again drawn to a close - ending what has been a very hectic year. The layout's last show was in September, where the layout was shown at the National Railway Museum, as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations - what a venue, the museum had two steam loco's in action - 457mm gauge 'Bill' and 2'6" gauge 'Peronne', as well as heritage 'redhen'  diesel railcars 400/321 running shuttles out to the mainline interface at Port Adelaide Junction.  Anyway, below are a few photos of the layout on display.

My 300 square inch layout is making progress, work is beginning to take place on the scenics. 

Please drop across to my website and take a look at progress

I am building a diorama of a farm, with most of the structures based on plans from the South Dakota State University web site.  http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension-aben/buildingplans/  They many plans online, and many really old plans from the early 1900's.  I am modeling 1949, so I have chosen appropriate plans.  For most of the buildings and details, I am drawing and 3d printing the items.  My first project was the smokehouse.