I’ve posted the beginnings of a new journal on the new (temporary) forum site. I hope you will check it out and comment! 
 

S&NE (Garden) Railway
 

Thanks for looking. 
 

Here we are in another month! Let's see your current workbench and layout projects!

Eric

Eric Hansmann
Contributing Editor, Model Railroad Hobbyist

Follow along with my railroad modeling:
http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/

Exactly 8 months after moving to our new home, I was finally able to start trackwork on the IAIS's 4th Sub, so I thought it might be time for a new post devoted to that topic. My plan is to cover each prototype scene in a bit more detail as I go for comparison to the corresponding portion of the layout.  Each layout scene is a track-for-track representation of the prototype, so the overall design was relatively easy as layouts go.

As a guide to help orient things as we go, here's the layout plan again:

I have a bunch of Micro Engineering HO switch stands that I would like to add Txrail backsavers to.  What is the best way to modify these and attach the throw handle so it looks fairly correct and accurate?  I've seen pictures so I know that people are doing it, but there isn't enough detail to tell exactly.  Thanks.