And one more for the night.....

I needed a little change of pace so I decided to go ahead and get the mountain profile boards in place.  These are made of dollar store foam core and are necessary because I don't want to attach any part of the layout, scenery or otherwise, to the backdrop. I'm hoping my son and I will be able to pick up the entire layout and move it out of the room if  it becomes necessary. Anyway, these should give some idea of how I envision the mountain behind the TT area. Also laid out some old salvaged  track pieces  to try and work out the rest of the outdoor area.  I apologize for the quality of the pic. I don't like to use flash and either I can't get the camera to quite focus right or the shakiness in my hands is causing a slight blur. Good enough to get the general idea of what's going on though.

Michael

Who made your Geep?

I'm more or less dieselized for the time being, though i have a steamer floating around that i might part with. 

Tongue in cheek....

It was more or less a tongue in cheek comment....hence theand the.  For the record though, it's  a Bachmann GP-7 with DCC. Pretty decent runner too.  I'm hoping to fill the three stalls of the roundhouse up with a couple of Consolidations and a Mikado at some point. Been eyeing a Pacific  too but I think those were mostly passenger locos and my layout is anything but passenger oriented.... I haven't quite nailed down my era yet, it could be all steam or it could stretch into transition in which case the GP-7 wouldn't be totally out of place. It's my "test" loco right now but I may part with it at some point depending on what my era actually becomes.

Michael

figured such

I'd say hold on to it, and use it either as a leased unit or foreign power waiting in an interchange yard.

for a steamer - a couple of the newer roundhouse 2-8-0's (one of the "modern" versions, with electric, instead of oil burning headlights) I think would fit nicely