I've been wanting to try a Homosote spline roadbed but my sectional approach has led me to try making my own roadbed. A 4x8 sheet of "sound deadening board" costs about $20 from the lumberyard so I wasn't in the mood to cut it to match my plywood sub-roadbed for fear of too much waste. Using 1/2 board cut into 1-1/2" strips seemed flexible enough to use like giant cork pieces but with enough profile to look right under my On30 trains. Center-to-center is from 2-3/4" to 3" (or more) so two pieces under the ties with similar strips cut with a sloping edge works out pretty nice.

I have finally made some more progress on my scratchbuilt loco that i posted earlier in my blog.

I have finished the Keystone locomotive Works cab interior and i am very happy with the way it came out.

Scenery is underway on the Grimes Peninsula and Beisser Lumber on my IAIS Grimes Line layout. The track has been painted and detailed, and the large Beisser Lumber lot is cut, installed and weathered. Late today I finished up NW 54th Avenue, which serves as the northern border of my modeled section.

Hi here is the latest video update on the JL&T...

Cheers,

Jas.

I had to take a break from my Dash 9 project (last blog entry here) because it has been languishing on my workbench for a while, and I need to order some more parts one of these days.

Well I said I was going to work on the 85 Ton Steeple cab but most of my detail parts are delayed so I haven't accomplished much on it.

So this weekend I worked on the 30 yard western since I have most of the parts I planned to put on it.

First the ends. As like most cars there are version changes over the years, maybe specific to a company.

The Model Train Expo in Ottawa, Ontario is eastern Canada's largest model railroad train show, with almost 5,000 visitors attending this year. One of the sponsors was Rapido Trains Inc. MRH spoke with Dan Garcia about some of their new products.

The layout is all Kato unitrack and has provisions for an entry and exit from the layout for operational staging.

hello to all...i am in the process of tearing down my layout...this is a follow up video to ERIC HALL"S (IMRRO,com) video that was done the day on the before. unfortunately i am not able to upload the video we did together but Eric will be posting the edited version on his channel in about 3-4 weeks.we had a little bit of fun while doing the vid. so, if you have not subscribed to his channel, check him out & subscribe.. he has lots of great stuff & how to's. posted

I recently upgraded my saguaro cacti on my Arizona-themed layout:

More to come in following installments.