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Whoops. Sorry guys... the short story is... I totally spaced it. It's been one of those weeks and I had the rare opportunity this morning to be lazy and sleep in. The rest of the morning, we spent running errands. It's probably for the better as my train budget has been depleted for a while...

Sounds like fun. Maybe instead of building just the structure, you can add a little of the surrounding scenario by building a small diroma (like in the picture) for now that you can "plug" into your main layout later. Welcome back!

I also thought that you had a higher chance of derailments when you push a train. I would think that putting pushers on the end would be a dangerous ordeal.

My last cell phone had the choo chooo chugga chugga ringer. My new one does not and I sure miss it. That'd be cool to download your own but that's way beyond me.

Soooo, has the hobby shop had a chance to replenish it's stock after you wiped him all out of blended green turf?:eek: Probably not hmmm. I think you need to open up your own hobby shop. Maybe start out of your garage at first. With your connections, you could make a go of it!:thumb: Aren't...

That is most definitely an impressive train! I love sitting at the crossing gates on Enterprise road and watching those impressive trains thunder right through the middle of town. The Southwest Chief will always have a special place for me as the one time I got to ride Amtrak was from Toledo...

He's got some interesting critters there doesn't he? Does this mean you'l be building an O scale layout too? Very last picture, middle locomotive... that's a monster! I don't think I know a whole lot about that one.

Thanks a lot. I've found with my scenery that the techniques I was using when I first started this layout have changed and evolved to the point that I now want to go back to the far left side, and modify it using some of those new techniques. My motivation has been lacking lately and I need to...

Hmmmm, good thoughts. I did not think towards the future... just the here and now. The HOn3 will be for me so that will stay as is. Upon your comment, I was thinking that I would probably reclaim some of the HO real estate and turn it back over to the N scale division. However, I would...

I plan on being there.

They all looked like your standard double stack trains to me. Thanks Dave for the info. We make that trip 4-5 times a year and this is the first trip I've seen them consistently do something like this. I guess it seemed to work well for everybody else so they figured they'd give it a...

This last weekend, my family and I drove the flat, boring stretch between Phoenix and Tucson. I've done this trip many times in the past and we usually pass 4-5 freights either way. Thing is, the usual sight is to see the freight being pulled by 4 engines. This trip, almost all the trains we...

I'm more of a sit'n watch'em go round'n'round type of person but this idea looks appealing. It also looks very..... accurate.

I've caught wind that Bachman has just announced GE-44 tonner switcher engines equipped with DCC at the NMRA convention!!! They will be using dual mode decoders so they will run OK on analog (DC). Besides undecorated versions there will be 5 road names issued. So I thought to myself, how cool...

I'm thinking a little propane heater. There is no need for exterior venting and those little suckers get hot fast. Plus, you can hook them up to a thermostat if need be. My parents use two of them in a 3,000 SF ranch house and they get the job done.

Since summer arrived, I haven't made much progress on the G scale layout in the backyard.

Cool! It's a group effort! Neat stuff. I wish I had me access to one of them laser cutters!

For some reason, everytime I try and envision your layout, I see it at night. Reason I asked about your bridge is because I will also have a big long sweeping curved bridge. I want mine to be an arched stone viaduct looking thing. Trouble is, I think I'm goin'ta have'ta scratch one myself. I...

Scott, Just take that desktop layout you've been working on and cover it with a nice coating of WS snow. After Christmas, vacuum it up. Just make sure to not sneeze anytime between now and then!!!!

Lookin' good Scott! They must get a lot of rainfall in that part of the country with the grass that thick and the beautiful twin lakes.