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For a Northern and Challenger with passenger trains to look any good, I seriously suggest larger curves and turnouts.

I actually like the look of the old plan better. It's the broad S-curve in the lower passing track and the very slight curve in the upper one. It has a nice flowing look. I think it would be possible to add something similar to the newer plan, assuming that the scenery is sufficiently non-flat...

For running on branches with light rail, I assume. There are some similar rebuilds in Chile.

I know I was attracted to trains from earliest youth, but I don't actaully remember those days. I lived in BC when I was young, and wish I could remember what I saw there. My serious interest in railroads doesn't come from real-life experiences at that age, though. I can trace it to some...

I actually do this - distinguishing shades such as Action Red vs. Candy Apple Red. And I sometimes use "Penn Central green". In the case of extremely dark greens, I don't know any non-railroad term, and I'm stuck with Brunswick green.

Just this morning, I ran into this shot of 833: http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=94749

TH&B was jointly owned by CP and NYC, so their equipment appeared frequently. Eventually, though, TH&B was entirely absorbed by CP.

That's backward. A #2 Y has about the same radius on each side as a #4 conventional. You won't find commercial Y turnouts with numbers as high as 6.

Even in the US, I believe there was more 42" gauge than the better known 24".

It might have to do with how long the LS&I 2-8-0s lasted in service - until 1962. Not many people seem to know this.

I like the red lettering showing through on the SD45 - ugly, but such a familiar sight.

Right on both counts. For the GP35, the confirmation is in the fans: large-small-large, exactly like a GP30. The 38-series can be identified by two fans (not three equal-size as on a 40-series) and the filter box making a hump in the roofline (without that box, it's a 39-series).

Actually, 3500 hp for a GP50 and 3800 hp for a GP60. The 50s are being reduced to 2500 hp, like a GP35 (but still 645-engined).

You must really like AAR B trucks. :D

Even ex-ATSF GP60s and GP60Ms are used on locals. Ex-BN GPs include GP38-2s, GP39-2s, and GP39E/M/Vs (rebuilds from GP30s and GP35s). They're also rebuilding GP50s (the ones they haven't sold off) into "GP25"s.

You might actually make me like Ten-Wheelers (my least favorite wheel arrangement).

Interesting... what's the purpose of everything? Even without knowing more, one of those crossovers on the right looks useless.

YES! The wiki's back!... Oh, wait. I can't log in. It tells me my password (the same as I use for the forum) is wrong.

One of those "Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco" signs still around! I'm only used to seeing them on model railroads.

Staging is really useful for exactly this purpose: simulating congestion on layouts that are less than huge. When trains cover the visible mainline in a short time and the yard isn't big enough to make up new trains fast enough, staging is needed.