With out getting into a discussion about the color of ties.... Does anyone have any suggestions on staining ties to match give or take the color that Micro Engineing used?  The point of this is I have a bunch of turnout ties I need to stain and I use ME track so I would like to get them close to that in color. That way I have a common starting point for weathering the ties.

-Doug M

The section of the layout that is in the video is where the double track mainline goes in/out of the west helix, the branch line goes in a loop above the west helix, and the town of Michaelson is against two walls.  The depth of this section is 30 inches and so I found that it would be easier to remove each module and work on them when I was sitting down as opposed to stretching over them after they are screwed down in place on their support structure.

Hello,

I have started laying track in the visible area of the layout. I use a jig to keep the right spacing between the ties. I have stained the ties with an alcohol-ink mixture.

I use a adhesive tape to hold the ties in place.

My next "bright loco" project looks to be CNJ's Coast Guard RS3s, bright red body with white "racing stripe" herald.
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_cnj1543a.jpg
Atlas did run of them, and they show up occasionally on Ebay and quickly go for much more then my budget.  Herald King makes the decals for the standard Coast Guard scheme.