Uploaded the first video of operations on the Highland. This video shows the first job of the morning - switching out the paper mill. This is my first attempt at video editing and only my second operating session so go easy on me. 

On a side note... this video is shot with my new iPhone 11. I’m quite impressed on the quality of video, especially since most of it is hand held. Anyway, enjoy!

I am building a section of layout that requires a large section of track, including turnouts, embedded in concrete streets.  I have done this before (pics posted on this site someplace) using plaster. That worked out well except for one detail, the SOUND!  It was horrible, sounded like the train was running on glass rail! I vowed never to do that again. 

On the last layout the track was laid on foam, no roadbed. This time the track is laid on homasote over plywood. 

So today is another one of those days that highlight the constant changes that can be, and that are often made to a model railroad as they are being built.
It's often the case of a fresh set of eyes can change things, and the below case is just another example.
The yard lead into the Shippensburg Yard will undergo yet another change that will make operations much better & smoother too.

is just a stage. I'm taking the philosophy that I'm going to complete my layout one scene at a time. I view the layout as a series of 'sets' that the viewer passes through. Each 'set' will be visually isolated from the others to a certain extent so that people experience them one at a time. Within each 'set' will be a series of detailed scenes that the viewer has to carefully analyze to get an overall idea of the time and location of the layout.