Hello all, I put in an order to Cascade Rail supply, and can't get in touch with them to check on my order. Just wondering on there time to get an order out. I understand they have to make it.  Has any one used there Homabed?    God Bless Ya   Dave Aarons  

Here we go again!  Lumber is on hand for the start of construction on my fourth iteration of my proto-freelanced Port of Green Bay Railroad.  I went back to basics to plan for my new 29'x11' finished layout room, starting with the Version 2 plan that I really enjoyed (Version 3 was too big!).  Take a look at the attached plan...and some photos of that layout in action.

For the longest time I've used  commercial DCC systems, specifically Digitrax. I might still be using them today had they not drawn my ire by refusing to sell me a rubber keypad membrane that I figure probably cost no more than a quarter but that's water under the bridge now. I was at a point on my pike where I wasn't running many trains and I have a little homebrew DC throttle for testing anyway so I sold my Zephyr and moved on.

I posted this in response to a comment I had last night, and it really shows the extent of the scenery at this point. All of the track work is down and the railroad is operational. It took me about three years to get there, and was pure work - wiring, track laying and all is not my favorite. The track is Micro Engineering code 83 ande I hand built the turnouts. The bench work is 3/4" x 2.5" tall plywood grid on 12" x 12" centers with 1" construction foam over and 2" construction foam risers for the roadbed. Whew! Glad that's done!