While laying the track trough the wall to the staging area I found my On30 K27 got stuck on the same spot.

Couldn't see what was going on until I made a short video with my EGO mini aka 'sports' cam mounted on a flat car:

I was asked on another thread how I designed the ops plan for the BC&SJ. Since this i

Op session goals (not in any particular order) for a PEOPLE point of view:

Good morning gents,

Another update on my foray into the creation of a switching layout.  This morning, I have pictures of the "underlayout"!

This picture is from the first module with the USB interface in place.

As I'm installing a soft valance I moved the webcam from high up in a corner of the layout to the center of it.

Just high enough for me to walk under and low enough for it to see under the valance.

http://84.27.3.46:1026 user/pw On30/On30  (you're prompted to load an ActiveX application to get the video)

http://84.27.3.46:1028 shows the staging area in the next room

Here is the link to our recent club Open House  http://youtu.be/iw8hbU_h2Wg  for you to enjoy. Although we hold 5 per year, the club is open to visitors in the Harrisburg, PA area each Monday evening from 7pm to 10pm with operating sessions the 2nd Monday of each month. 

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I'm starting my layout with an aggregate tram line that will interchange with my standard gauge New York, Vermont &Northern Rwy.

I'm going to use an old track plan that Chuck Yungkurth designed called the Gum Stump & Snowshoe  for a track plan for my aggregate line. Here's a picture of it courtesy of MR. It will be slightly modified. The layout is 6 feet long by 12 inches wide. Track gauge will be 30" or HOn30 (N scale track).

Recently I began adding rolling stock to my switching layout after converting many to steel wheels and adding weights and adjusting coupler heights. I ran a few of these to check and enjoy the track work and industries at the upper level BD yard. One of the reefers kept derailing at a switch and losing a wheel and coupler. This was an RTR car right out of the box that checked out for weight and coupler height. After several "run bys" and much frustration, I set the "problem child" aside and proceeded onward.

Had a few people ask me to post some over all shots of my steel mill. Here is a direct link to my pictures on Photobucket.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v282/don_csx/Steel%20Mill%20Update/

It has been a few weeks since my last update. SInce then I have been re-examining questionable trackwork on the second level of the BQR and pulled a bunch of it. The back to back turnouts that caused the original problem with my Canadian cars has been replaced with a single turnout and some long, smooth curves going through a custom curved diamond. Recognizing that what was done was a really bad idea, more than a few hours were spent running trains in my head through the area until a better plan emerged. A problem that folks who model prototypes don't have to the same degree...