Unitrack, from my own experience, is great for a newbie like me. This is my first layout, and the ability to literally piece together track, dismantle, and then try a new setup is very helpful for someone like me who couldn't draw a trackplan to save my life. I had a vague idea of what I wanted, had suggestions from many people... and then I just started building track.
I also like it because it's nearly bulletproof... which means that cars run smoothly over it without derailing (most of the time). The only issue I've noted is that I have to do some fine tuning to the #4 turnouts in the yard at the front... the #6's behave flawlessly out of the package.
mcbane: I will be painting/weathering/ballasting the track once I start getting the scenery in place. I did some work today in getting more of the risers around the layout, but I imagine that painting/ballasting the track is still a few months off yet.
Grumbeast: you of all people will notice the extraordinary liberties I am taking with this layout. In real life, the yard is part of the CBCNS line and would be located on the branch instead of the main, the planned tire factory is on the Oxford spur out of Stellarton, and not on the main CBCNS line, same goes for Neenah Paper... although there's enough paper mills out there that it doesn't matter too much. I am also planning on painting up my EMD locos in the traditional CBCNS colours, even though they only saw use on the old Alco units. If I ever get an Intermountain SD45-2, I may paint it up to be in HATX colours, just to have one rent-a-wreck on the road. --All this is why I've called it "Truro Junction"
That having been said any pictures of structures around there I wouldn't mind making use of. I personally like the look of the VIA Station in Amherst, rather than the mall entrance in Truro... so I may transplant that particular building in one of my many liberties with the prototype
I also like it because it's nearly bulletproof... which means that cars run smoothly over it without derailing (most of the time). The only issue I've noted is that I have to do some fine tuning to the #4 turnouts in the yard at the front... the #6's behave flawlessly out of the package.
mcbane: I will be painting/weathering/ballasting the track once I start getting the scenery in place. I did some work today in getting more of the risers around the layout, but I imagine that painting/ballasting the track is still a few months off yet.
Grumbeast: you of all people will notice the extraordinary liberties I am taking with this layout. In real life, the yard is part of the CBCNS line and would be located on the branch instead of the main, the planned tire factory is on the Oxford spur out of Stellarton, and not on the main CBCNS line, same goes for Neenah Paper... although there's enough paper mills out there that it doesn't matter too much. I am also planning on painting up my EMD locos in the traditional CBCNS colours, even though they only saw use on the old Alco units. If I ever get an Intermountain SD45-2, I may paint it up to be in HATX colours, just to have one rent-a-wreck on the road. --All this is why I've called it "Truro Junction"
That having been said any pictures of structures around there I wouldn't mind making use of. I personally like the look of the VIA Station in Amherst, rather than the mall entrance in Truro... so I may transplant that particular building in one of my many liberties with the prototype
