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NO. It's a bad Idea for a multitude of reasons. Just spend $4.00 on some weathering powders! They look more realistic, actually stick to the car/locomotive/structure you're weathering, and dry ultra flat. Plus the smell alone wouldn't be pleasant to non-smokers. Using stove (presumably...

Excellent, I'll see if I can design a yard with a 90 car capacity.

Yeah! A flying crossover would indeed be awesome, something like this (just add catenary!) 3&4 are the mainlines that cross over the mainline at 1&2, with 5 being an industrial spur and 6 being another spur. Earthen fill embankment, with concrete retaining wall and a double track plate girder...

Here's a painfully basic sketch of an Idea I had for your layout. Big sweeping 30" curves, and plenty of industry.

What are the availble measurements for that space you have there, the drawing is worthless without them.

Now THAT's prototype modeling! It's work beyond even the greatest of superlatives!! Truly breathtaking. I doubt anyone else here on this forum, (maybe NKP175) has the paitence to do this. It's just...WOW! :)

Well, you'll just have to see, won't ya? ;) Just kidding. I'll post a rough sketch soon.

A 4X8 is a terrible waster of 8X12 feet of your room, why not embark on a completely new, larger layout? I went from a 4X8 to a 9X12 modular, around the walls layout (not that it needs to be) in the exact same space as my 4X8 and gained alot of track and lost all those sharp curves and...

Very nice work! I was thinking about your modeling when I came across this today: RCR - Roundhouse HOn3 TRUCKS & WHEELS 2 pair (4 pieces) - eBay (item 350036953818 end time Mar-23-08 19:45:00 PDT)

Would you like to go with the 2X4 foot connected module Idea for benchwork? Send me an E-mail, and we'll talk about it in more depth.

Steve, I'll see if I can draw up an alternate plan for you soon. Is the benchwork complete? The last thing you want with the problems you described is a hard to access hatch, they're quite uncomfortable to deal with, no matter how easy they are to get to. wall1

Yeah, the PRoto1000 RDC's are AWESOME...and only $19.99 from trainworld.com (not an ad, but a satisfied customer) How about 30+ cars, due to the lack of rolling resistance of modern rollerbearing freight cars, it doesn't take much to move one.

I have a love for small steam locomotives, and to be honest, very few run well, unless you work on getting better motors for them or improving pickup. However, I've played with most of the brands of steam locomotives out there and I've come up with a small list of Quality based on...

So back to the topic at hand...

Personally I think American Hardware has more architectural detail, and thus is alot more interesting to look at on your layout. Perhaps turn GEO. Roberts into a huge building flat? What happened to that layout extension? Save it for that.

Oh, and as a further note, is there any map of the IOWA division I could see, or have you post here?

Steve, If you have photos of any locations along the line, such as the bridge, or the yards, or other points of interest, post them here for me to look at and see if I can capture it in the trackplan. Does any of the former trackage of the old MILW iowa division exist today? Where?

Here's a preliminary sketch. You have one large yard (Council Bluffs? Clinton? IDK) with enough car capacity to serve the rest of the layout. Each "Module" is an easy-to-build 2X4 feet, and a cuple of 4X8's can store the yard. There's access on both sides for the yard. If you want, I can add a...

Ok, is the layout space reallly 20X20 feet? That's a goodenough space for a dream layout! Let me take a look into it and I'll see if I can whip up a trackplan.

You REALLY need industrial sidings, somewhere for your local freight to put all your cars after it leaves the yard. That to me just looks like a racetrack. A railroad is a Transportation System taking each and every freight car from point A to point B, neither of them being yards, but...