Right back at 'cha Joe. Your work is very nice. I am a fan.

I do not have a layout drawing just yet. I gave a friend of mine my dimensions and a crude track plan. I fear he has had no time to draw one up as he is too busy working. Sorry about that.

This might give you an idea though: (Kindly ignore the unfinished lower level)

Love it! I've been following your work over on TheRailWire forum. Glad to see you here.

What do you use for push/pull control on your turnouts?

James

I am using blue points for now. Someday my mainline passing sidings will get tortises (torti?), but all in good time.

This might give you an idea though: (Kindly ignore the unfinished lower level)

That's a HUGE staging yard!  The WC must have had a lot more traffic than the IAIS. 

Staging? No, thats a "hub" yard. Staging is in another room. I'll have to get a picture later.

I'm guessing the WC had more traffic back in the day indeed.

I have looked around the Council Bluffs yard. What a neat place! You have captured it well.

Staging? No, thats a "hub" yard. Staging is in another room. I'll have to get a picture later.

Wow!  Now that's a yard! 

I have looked around the Council Bluffs yard. What a neat place! You have captured it well.

Thank you!  I'm not far from there, so please let me know if you're ever back in the area.

I would be at the show this weekend, but I am the featured layout for the local NMRA division meeting on Saturday. I doubt I'll make it there. Dang it. Maybe this summer?

Here are a couple cellphone videos my friend took of the layout during the open house this weekend for the local NMRA division. I am reminded that I need to weather the trains themselves and spend less time on scenery. Ah well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbRm6Ez8Otg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkNXXaKgGk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Really nice work there!  It's not often that I can be fooled by N scale photos/video passing for the prototype, but if it hadn't been for the background chatter, I think some of these segments could do just that.  Great job!

My "final" version of the Waupaca depot. It is full of inaccuracies, but it will work for a background item: