Several evenings of television netted me 9 tree top armatures. I spent Sunday giving them trunks and foliage and planted them on Monday. Just below the tracks I am getting ready to build my first town, but I figured I'd better give this hill some personality first so I'm not reaching over the miniature inhabitant's homes and shops...

Well as some of you may be aware, I am starting to tear down the current Johnstown & Maryville in preparation for a move to a new house. While its always hard to demo a layout, the new space, a FULL basement, will give me a chance to go 12' x 16', possibly as large as 12' x 20'! Thats almost double the size I have now.

To give an idea of what I have planned, here are some conceptual designs of what I am planning. This is the 12' x 16' design.

Kia ora fellow modelers,

Down here in New Zealand, I'm building a small DC layout recreating central California in the late 1950s, and want to set up an operating signal system that a) interlocks with turnout position b) shows red if the block ahead is assigned to another cab (remember this is DC). 

I have two DC controllers, with 12 blocks assigned by 3 Atlas 215 selectors.

My trusty Truck tuner has gone MIA so I ordered another that came in today.  It looks different than the old one but as long as it works right.  It was tight getting it in there so I thought the truck really needed to be turned.  Went to do the other half of the same truck and SNAP went the truck.  I knew it was tight but the truck shouldn't have broke.  Grabbed another one of a different brand and the exact same thing happened!   I put the tuner next to a wheel set and the tuner is noticeably  longer.  So, does this look right?