Can't decide what scale you want between HO and N?  That was Michael Rose's problem so after switching scales a couple of times he hit upon a great solution - have both scales!  I've already posted a video of his N scale layout so this video is of his HO scale German layout - the Breitenbach-Rosenheim.  When I visited on 12-5-14 he was kind enough to run around a doodlebug (the Germans call it something else) on his layout.  I hope that you enjoy the brief video!

To All: Anyone know if Wells Fargo had express boxcars? Is the Athearn car even slightly prototype? Where can I find pics?  Yours, Elvin Howlans/E.St.Louis Rail Group Layout

The rough-in of the main and third levels has been completed.  The full size paper design has been glued down on plywood, cuts made for planned scenery features, and risers put in place to raise the levels to their appropriate height. The first video shows what the overall layout will look like to include some final old-school hand-drawn track center adjustments made to some planned bridges near the city of Paradigm (see layout diagram below).

This should have been a duh, no brainer, but I didn't think of it until my second pass at running wires under the layout. I color coded each end this time. Made hooking it up much easier. I bought a package of electrical tape in five colors. Tape the same color at each end when running the wire and you don't have to keep running back and forth trying to keep which wire is which. The color also goes into the documentation of how I wired this thing for later trouble shooting.

Doug Maddox