My prototype layout is based on the BNSF Industrial Lead in Seattle. I’ve been hard at work with many aspects of completing the layout, including scratch building 5 new buildings. I’m super excited to get 3 of them painted this weekend.

Two attachments provide some pictures of the layout.  The first attachment has a lumber yard in Barton, a boarding house in a to be named town on the Conn River Line, and a couple of shots of the engine facility at the North end of Newport, Vt.

The second attachment is all of the lower level of Cambridge Jct.  While not prototypical in track arrangement it represents the Central Vermont line from Essex Jct. to Cambridge Jct.  The Shared Trackage/Conn River Line is carried over the state highway on the through truss bridge.

I scratch built the building out of plaster, sticks, and junk mail. The vehicles are modified from old models that are more like toys.

Since my original post, I now have and have selectively been reading parts of Joe Fugate's "Make it Run Like a Dream" and Jeff Wilson's "Getting Started in Model Railroading." I have read many of the posts and responses in the Getting Started category. I have reached out to the local MR club, region 7 , I believe, but am waiting for a response.

I have a 4' x 8' table from the past so I have ruled out the smaller module idea at least for now. Perhaps use modules in the future to try new things or add to my existing table.