I've finally got taken some time to work on the BNML again. Lets get some light on the situation!

In this thread, I will describe my lighting, beginning with the valance and lighting structure.

- Bill

STATUS:

• January 15, 2016 - The lights are all up! Just need to finish the Valance.
• January 27, 2016 - The valance is done!

A portion of my layout is going to have fairly shallow benchwork, shallow enough that the standard method of mounting a Tortoise won't conceal them completely.  What alternatives, either machine of choice or mounting technique, would folks recommend?

Mike

Because I'm only using a 12 x 12 space in my basement, I've decided to make the layout a pure switching layout. Basically, a single industry covers the entire layout. I will have staging tracks at one end, with a small section of "main line" leading into the actual industry.

While living in Barrie, Ontario about ten years ago, I noticed several covered hoppers spotted on a siding at a facility which I hadn’t previously paid much attention to.  I had figured that the trackage in and around Barrie was completely unused since being abandoned by CN in 1996 so I was quite surprised to see evidence of railroad activity.  I went right to the Google and found scattered information and photographs of what I found out was a municipally owned shortline called the Barrie Collingwood Railway.