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Looking great SeanM, I admire you for tackling such a big project. Now just pray for not being relocated by the company you work with. Jacques

Excellent work Bill. Thank you for sharing it. Extremely well detailed and weatherd. Could you please elaborete about your weathering techniques? are you using acrylic paints, pastels or both ? Is it for a diorama ? Jacques

I think a switching puzzle is a yard but with limited space so moving cars is more challenging that in a real yard. Real railroad are here to make money and work fast , not to provide intellectual challenges to the switcher engineer. Jacques

Shouldn't you have a runaround track to have some interesting switching on the 2 spurs ? Jacques

Thanks cn nutbar for taking some of your valuable time to post those pictures. What does a ( SW(/1200 ? I have it in N scale ) TH&B engine doing on a CN yard ? Jacques I'm interested in the structure behind the TH&B engine because I want to have "digital" ( pictures ) structures to glue on...

pgandw, I hope you'll be kind enough to post some info and pictures when you start your Gum Stump & Snowshoe layout . I like switching layouts. Jacques

The complete outfit, nice Ralph. I must have a similar neckerchief . Impressive control stand too. You just need to apply some soot on your face. Well done Casey Jones. ( It reminds me of the TV show back in the fifties ) Jacques

When running his/her model railroad ? Post your picture here. Next week I'll pay my annual visit to Exporail in Montreal and I think I'll get a wooden engine whistle to go with my engineer cap. Jacques

I try to support my LHS ( Udisco and Hobbieville here in Montreal ). So far I odered from 5 online stores ( 2 in BC, 2 in Ontario and 1 in the States ). So far I'm very pleased wit the online stores I ordered from. Jacques

Drew, I like the idea of adding a small amount India ink to the rubbing alcohol. Thanks for the tip. I agree with you, using rubbing alcohol to wet the ballast works better than using water with 1 drop of detergent. I'm using Testors pipettes now , it gives a better control than using an...

Les, The picture are so well color corrected that now they are invisible lol :smile: Jacques

Thanks for the info EngineerKyle. I googled "tempura powder" but all I got back was a bazillion links to ... Japanese sushi recipes lol. Is it like a pigment ? who makes it ? If it's a pigment it shoild be very interesting to make N scale dirt roads ( mix it with spackling compound ) Jacques

Nice shot Kurt, great camera angle. Enjoy the summer ( that's what we do here in Canada because we know that winter will be very looooong ). Jeffrey , EngineerKyle nice subtle weathering EngineerKyle, are you using weathering powder for the rust on the hopper car ? Jacques

Nice work everyone :thumb: jbaakko, the picture will even look better after you add some scenery. jeffrey-wimberl, you are lucky, I rarely find any bargain at my ( RC oriented ) local hobby store, let alone offering a bonus car. Packers#1, nice yard. The beauty of N scale: an impressive yard...

Things gets a little more complicated than I was expecting :) Thanks Relic, Squidbait, railwaybob, Wayne, wjstix and Triplex for supplying additional URL link , pictures and information. For example, the CN GP9 # 4403 ( picture starting the thread ) was first CN# 1727 built by GM in 1955 then...

Mike, I'm impressed ( at least ) jawdrop A lot of model railroad clubs would envy your private layout. I hope you have a good track cleaning car. Jacques

All right, let's hear it straight from the horse's mouth. Today I received the reply from Atlas. Jim Miller kindly replied to my enquiry, here is a copy of the e-mail: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacques, I apologize for the confusion. We may need...

Thanks again for the help Charlie. We like your positive attitude here, even if you are not back to modeling ( yet ) you still keep in touch with model railroading and help your fellow modelers. As suggested by seanm I contacted Atlas today so we'll get ( I hope ) the information straight from...

In Montreal you just have to mention "wife beating" and you''ll have 5 police cars ( for a total of 5 policemen and 5 policewomen ) the next minute. Next time try that trick Kevin. Jacques