Another one of my "summer reruns" from my past layout.  I've got pieces / parts of the process sprinkled here and there in different threads so I though the summary in one place could be interesting.  Maybe you will find it entertaining so here's the process for the mountain on the previous Richlawn Railroad.

The fact that I intend to have some type of turntable on my new layout has me looking at  loco storage. I had thought I would go with some type of two stall engine house but a  roundhouse  may be in the cards. Looking at the Walthers offerings I see they have two, a roundhouse and a "modern" roundhouse. Any one know the era timeframe for each of these?  Obviously the modern roundhouse is more um...."modern" but  I wonder what time frame it would have been built vs. the other roundhouse they offer. Very curious about this.

Great article this month got me thinking about how I want to create my layout. I have an icing house and line and wondered what other buildings were beside it. Sure, the office and maybe a shack, but what else was in the yard next to the icing ramps and line? Car repair shed? What would that look like? I'm going with a southern California theme so it will have to work with that. Anyone have any ideas what to add to make the module look authentic?

Suggestions please.

Thanks.