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Well, I still have no layout :o but I have some old locomotives from my childhood. Several years ago, I sold almost all old stuff, but I maintained four locomotives from the french brand "Jouef". The oldest are this SNCF BUDD railcar and this electric SNCF CC7100, that I got the Christmas...

Hi grlakeslogger, Thanks for the advice. I will have it in mind when I check the things before "gluing". :) This is my first layout, and I have tried to maintain it simple and don't succumb to the initial impulse of keep adding yards and structures and making a mess of it (that wasn't...

This is the Fleischmann Profi. It comes in a nice "natural" color:

This is the Roco-Line. Notice the ballast cutted to fit in the slips:

As Arlaghan has suggested, you can use track with built-in roadbed. In Germany you surely will find easily Fleischmann-Profi track or Roco-Line track. The Roco-Line track have a detachable ballast that is very prototypical, and you can hide the switch motors under it. It accepts well to be...

I was looking for the long announced Roco GP40-2 with DCC and sound, initially to be due this October. I wanted to know if they would came with RP25 or NEM flanges, and as my usual shop don't had any news about this loco, I contacted with Rainer Hartmann, of All-American Trains, because this...

Good work! Nice photos, Luis. :cool: I love these old Alco's RS. And you have spanish material too! :D :D

My God!! Rich, I'm tired only to imagine the WORK of building that enormous layout!! :eek: In the other side, you will have fun for years... ;) :p Ahhh, You made me jealous. If only I had ½ of this space to expand my layout... But... wait a minute... I NOT EVEN have started to build...

Hello, David. This type of double-slip is a bit "special", yes. It's called "Baeseler" type, and it seems a german/austrian only prototype. This is the info that I have found in the net about this slip: «...as far as I know the Baeseler type was named after someone called Baesel. It's...

Hello Chris, It's good thing to have nice people and experimented modelers around here! You can always find good advice & ideas. :D Roco made these double slips in two lenghts: -The one in the previous photo is the "small" one, without ballast. Its two branches measure 230mm long each...

Hi, 60103 Yes, there are three tracks over the feedmill. By now, the upper track doubles as staging yard and second runaround, but -maybe- in the future expansions, it could be used as spur for connect another section (blue lines). You're right about the curve in the shop top spur. It was...

No problem, Tyson! Tyson, Tachaan!! --> Switch-X :D Very «popular» in the european layouts (I suspect that is due to space constraints that you, fortunate americans, don't suffer) :rolleyes: :D Hummm. Maybe it's not prototypical to U.S.-railroads, it is? :confused:

Wow! It seems to me that you have a busy industrial area here! :) I'm not very good calculating in feet and inches. 30" are about 75cm, but, how are 11'? about 9 meters? Thats a LOT of real state! :eek: You're very fortunate If you can dedicate this space to your layout! :D :D The most...

This is a versión with some vegetation & paths added. Lots of weeds at the shop backyard and near the elevator. Visible patches in other areas. A tiny creek runs under the mill yard tracks, passing thru culverts. The path coming from the elevator crosses the creek over an small wooden bridge...

2nd. version This second plan shows some minor improvements, as "bending" upwards the lead yard. This way, I add some perspective and break the general "straight effect" (and gain some centimeters, too). ;) Scenary side, I have added an oil tank next to the shop service tracks, and a wooden...

Well, that's something like a project! :D :eek: :p In the upper plan here, I have applied your suggestions: First I have added an upper yard that can double as runaround. In the future, I can convert it in a spur for conecting other modules. I had the choice of use 4 "normal" switches or 2...

Congratulations, Shamus! :cool: Just I have ordered the 2004 Catalog. I'm eager to have it and see your art. :)

Ron and family, Please, accept my sincere condolences. Never is easy to endure the loss of a loved one.

Nice yesteryear photos, Clerk. :cool: Living in that scenary, I supose that for a child it can be almost unavoidable to become a railfan! (I would have loved it) You're fortunate too, TrainClown. Nice views (I hope that they won't run too early in sundays) :D

Hello, shamus & screwysquirrel. Thanks for the comments, friends. I plan to extend the lead yard (upper left track) two segments. This way, I will be able to switch car strings of lenght similar to the a/d track. SS, your suggestion for gain space at the elevator branch by shortening the...