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CY&P RR - Making a big change
There have been a number of threads in recent times involving layout size, having time to complete a layout, or other areas of satisfaction. On my layout, things have been kind of standing still except for some structure and rolling stock work. I have decided to down-size by quite a bit. Partly the reason is my aging knees are finding it harder to continue the duck-unders in what I have going. It was a feasible thing for quite a while, but has been getting to be a chore so much lately that I wasn't operating the layout very much. The duck-unders
Welcome to Canadian Pacific's Area H (Canpa Subdivision) Industrial Spur
After many years, I am finally graduating from armchair modeller/locomotive & rolling stock collector to layout builder and operator. Being an apartment dweller, space is at a premium for me, so N scale was the obvious choice.
I am basing my layout on Canadian Pacific's Area H Industrial Spur, located in Etobicoke, Ontario (map). Below is my finalized track plan.
My Layout (Yes My Layout!!) First Module Done (and review)
Thanks to Arizona Rock and Mineral my model railroad dream will become a reality. I am doing a product review on their ballast and ground cover which will be featured on my 2'x5' switching layout. Construction will begin Monday and I can't believe it is really happening!!!
The plan:
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My first module - Painting castings - The fun begins
This is a reminder of where I am heading towards.
Now that the plaster castings are in place I could start painting, the fun part.
Are Metal Wheelsets Worth it?
I have rolling stock mainly consisting of older tyco and some trainset quality life-like cars that I am using for my switching layout. They all not have body mounted Kadees and the question remains should I convert them to Metal Wheelsets? I have 18 cars being used on the "layout" and was curious what is the cheapest/most economic way to get enough for them all? I as many of you know have an extremely small budget so whatever help you can give would be appreciated!
My first module
This is my first module. The first tentative steps beyond just collecting.
This module is a mainline through a tunnel over a small bridge beside a stream in the mountains. Inspired by Pelle Soeborg. Hopefully it will look like a piece of the Canadian Rockies.
These are how it was looking a few week ago after I'd completed the first ground cover layers.
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