I was playing around with some virtual ops on my track plan, using the CAD program I design layouts with.  It came to mind that on our model layouts, it's easy to push long cuts of cars (e.g. say longer than 12 cars) in our switching because we can see the whole train from above, and the model engines can handle it.

Hi folks,

   I’m ready to start laying down drywall mud for roads and grout for a scenery base, on pink foam board. Do I need to coat the foam with anything to make sure the mud and grout sticks??

Best, Scott 

I have been working for the last couple of years on my fictional East Texas Branch of the Texas & Pacific Railroad.  The era is early 1940s.  All steam.  Located in East Texas it branches off west from the T&P mainline somewhere between Atlanta, Tx and Jefferson, Texas.   All trains run from Texarkana, Tx yard and Terminate at the end of the branch at Casey.  There are two towns, Casey and Mckenzi Junction, both named after my daughters.  There is a 3 track yard and multiple industries in Casey.  Casey is the west end of the branch.

This was recently posted on one of the forum discussions, but I'm not sure I understand it.??

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