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The Nipawin bridge over the Saskatchewan river, may make a nice project in the future. its still in use so i can take pictures and possibly even measurements

I hope you guys realise that that was free hand done in winpaint and other then the basic layout shape it does not represent actuall radius or track length. Oh, and i read in a horail magazine about Homasote?? track base construction, what is that in "canadian" no one up here knows what it is. I...

yes, i can find pics, my father has lived around here for 68yrs, hauled lots of grain to Runciman, do you think i can hide the return loop at the back or under the table??

ok hows this,, i could bend tisdale around the corner to gain more room???

heres the end towns, and since at Nipawin the tracks make a 90 bend, i could allways continue the layout at some point.

Allright, i give up. i'm starting fresh, i'm thinking a layout of my home town and a few connecting small jerk water towns. here is a clip of the 1957 map, can 38 miles be fit into 38ft?? I'd like to do the stretch from my home town of Tisdale to the northern town of Nipawin. only problem is i...

what did you want to do change the picture,, or what? use mannage attachments,

in the corner of your post is an Edit button

Belive me if i could change the R of my tracks i would, i was just doing some measuring, my Hudson will clear a 50ft boxcar by about 3/8th inch on 18 curves with 2 inch center to center, two 50ft box cars clear by 1/2inch, at most my current engine cab hangs over 1/2 inch. and the catcher less...

sry, don't really have handy places to store sections, the big end sections are DONE and built heavy, i wounldn't hesitate to stand on any part of my old layout except the mountains.

Ok, This is a bit more accurate, i have just drawn what will remain from the old layout, my 4-6-4 hudson handles 18 and 22r and i just saw a Challenger that claims to handle 18r as well. also I will never run a passenger train on this track. anyway, i flipped it around for proper veiwing, except...

How do i know what fits what car, can i install knuck couplers on my old truck just to pull them around occasionaly? I am a collector of CNR Canadian National, (maybe some CP) i'd like to find closed grain hopper cars, and steam era grain box cars, top of the line is not nessisary at this point...

yes i know, it will be 2ft from the end

first cut, i know i forgot the space at the ends!

i may only have 16in along the wall, and bigger ends. i think about 40 high, i want the neices and nephew to be able to see it but not elbow it off the tracks or something, good idea, i measured 40 deep is about all i can reach! so i'll leave room at the ends, if i can get it moved i may bring...

OK, this is what i've got, This is the aprox area my parents will alow me to use without getting shot lol. any suggestions on how to best utilise this space, and still be some fun, i can have about 3ft accross the end, and about 2ft along the wall, around 32in min clearance beneath for...

The last engine i got was a steamer, it came with breakin instructions, few min half speed fwd, half that time rev, fast, slow,, put it to work, all seems good, When they say "break-in" i prefer less of the "break" part. how about "run-in" lol thats better

OK, since im not on couplers i moved to a new thread, is that what i should be doing?

sounds like a good idea, i'll look into it next time im in the hobby store

just posted lol