I must start this with a bit of backstory, my name is Sandy Saunders and I live in Worcester, England.  For the last twenty years or so I have been a member of an N Scale modular group (Snake Bend - link) and have found it enjoyable and fulfilling.

One of the benefits of my job is that I get to fly around in helicopters.  On my recent trip to eastern Quebec we flew out of the airport at Havre St. Pierre.  The QIT (Quebec Iron and Titanium) railway bridge is just to the west of the airport, so I made a point of requesting the pilot to fly around the bridge so I could take some photos - one of the perks of being the boss.  He did so, and I am thinking I need to figure out a reason to have this bridge on my layout.  Not correct for my locale but pretty cool none the less.

The website for Timbertimes magazine seems to be inoperative; does anyone know if this is just a technical problem or is it indicative of something more serious?  Their publication schedule is so erratic it's hard to tell if they're still in business.

Hello from Belgium,

One of my favorite aspect in the hobby before scenery and scratchbuilding, is trackwork on my N scale layout, with broad curves and flowing track, turnouts are by Fastrack jig, #6 in yard and industrial spurs and #8 on the main.

In many forums I see many discussions about the use of S curves in our tracwork.

Many pro and cons about the use of S curves but feel more cons about them.

If we look at mother nature many real trackwork follow S curves, large ones of course to snake between natural obstacles.