In about a month the 22nd Avenue Secondary might be making a 1700-mile trek across the country ('might' because I don't know if I'm actually going home between college graduation and starting work). Unfortunately this cannot be accomplished with the layout in a single piece, as compact cars can carry only the tiniest layouts whole. I would have to make a single cut somewhere around this line and split the layout into approximately 7- and 3-foot halves.

Operations session at Art Cunningham Sierra Lines during Hograils 2015. This is really one of the great operational layouts I have been on.  Best part is hearing the whole story of what happened to get the five RRs into one track. Part I and II

I am in the process of installing a Central Valley trestle with Chooch Ent.

Took a few photos of the small Greenfield Ethanol plant in Johnstown, ON on the weekend and noticed an interesting arrangement of ballast and wood crossing at the end of the spur for corn unloading. Is the ballast there to slow down any stray covered hoppers before they hit the bumper? What might the wood crossing be for; the track mobile to get on/off the rails?

Here's a photo showing the end of the spur in relation to the rest of the plant.