I've just bought "Make it run like a Dream: Rolling Stock".  It's an excellent book and a "must have".  I model Danish railways in the late 1960s (the very end of a very long steam-to-diesel transition period for the state railways), so not everything is relevant to my situation but there is more than sufficient meat to make the book a very good purchase.

The last chapter in the book on car weight is thought provoking, and as Joe Fugate suggested, likely to cause some controversy.  So, let me add a footnote to the controversy.

I am asking the MHR community for some help in solving a problem I created with my choice of layout scenery. My layout was originally conceptualized 25 yrs ago as a much smaller layout with no intention of adding a backdrop or anything like that. I started this current version with the old idea then expanded it because I had the room to do so. Although I do plan on adding a backdrop at some point, I didn't take this into consideration when I stuck with the basics of how I originally thought the scenery would look. 

Just bought the Allagash Story volumes 1 through 4 for the unbelievable low cost of $29.99.

Let me tell you what an unbelievable bargain this set is. If you have hesitated on buying anything from the MRH store....DON'T... this is the 4th or 5th thing I have purchased and each and everyone has been a stellar bargain not to mention a plethora of absolutely priceless tips, techniques and information. 

Now that I have gone over most of the build for my layout up to present day (I will take pics of the newest table with the mountains and rock faces in place and post them soon), I thought I would show some of the details I have been working on like tunnel portals, bridges and structures. Since I didn't take any before pics of the portals or bridges before I painted/weathered them, I found pics online of what they look like out of the box.