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Foam risers IMHO the even 2%, 3%, 4% grade of the risers is smoother and more reliable than trying to use cookie cutter techniques

Apologies sschaer: I understand your worry. :oops: but if the use 'SS' for 'Screwy Squirrel' it certainly should have no connotation for 'Schultzstaffen.' -- If I'm anything, anti Nazi is certainly one of them. I had over 200 family members killed in Europe between 1939 and 1945. That...

Ethafoam looks a little coarser than the extruded foam insulation sheets. It looks to be a cushioning foam, which might be a little soft for track use. I'd test it with a small amount of track first

Time to get it out, clean it, and run some trains, RC :)

I've used them and they make rises very convenient

Another point: The company that probably made the Locos has been out of business for over 140 years, going under in 1858. The records are gone for the company itself

trains Knowing it'll be a few days before I can run trains again, I spent a long time watching trains circle around before starting:

Ballasting Started ballasting. this is laid on a no-roadbed layout (for an industrial short line look)

Lots of pics of trains and stations from Okinawa to Hokkaido http://members.aol.com/hisakyu/index_eg.html a few samples: from Shikoku: Hokkaido: Bullet trains: One of the stations: And just for Interurban: The Kagashima City Tram: and one of many Kunamoto City...

well, actually, it appears these were unusually large 2-2-2T engines from the 1850s....probably destined for the Cumberland Valley, but never arrived. very similar to, but much bigger than the Smithsonian's 'Pioneer' 2-2-2T

looks like a lot of the benchwork is 4 ft long. can you reach the back??

Turnouts are called 'Points' in teh UK and much of the commonwealth. In the US (and Canada?) they are called 'Switches'. I presume 'points' comes from the 'pointed' tip of the actual turnout mechanism track. the US 'switch' comes from the lever used to change from one track to the other.

MIRAcle Max ("Have fun storming the Castle!")

nice stuff! :wave:

No room? I thought you were in N scale?

Welcome to the Neighborhood, Yakko. I'm right down the Highway in Raleigh.

And Welcome to the Gauge! :wave:

I call that 'pre-weathered!' Go ahead and post some 'before' pics, so we can tell if it needs cleaning

dirty Is it Dirty or weathered?

Not over yet I have 4 players and a defense active tonight