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I've been tinkering with layout plans on and off for the past several weeks. I have a 2' x 3' sheet of plywood, so I started brainstorming some trackplans that would fit the space. I thought I'd share one of them. I just stuck the track together on the bare plywood--no roadbed or even...

Sweden and Switzerland are TWO SEPARATE COUNTRIES?!?!?? Well, that explains a lot... Now I know why I kept getting funny looks the other day at the grocery store when I was trying to order Swedish Cheese and Swiss Meatballs! Seriously, though, I think you Swiss are trying to pull a fast...

Oh yeah... Amarillo is Am-a-rill-oh. But we still pronounce tortilla as tor-tee-ya. Go figure. dash10... That reminds me of a story I heard about one of my great great uncles from Missouri... This was fairly near McComb, in the southern part of the state. Anyway, he had a still up in...

Cid, BBQ may have started out as pork, but it was perfected with beef. Of course, any good BBQ cookout will include both! And maybe some chicken. MMMMMmmmmmm....BBQ.....

Elgin is El-gin, not El-jin. Dripping Springs is Drippin' Springs. Manchaca is Man-chack, not Man-cha-ca. Pedernales is Per-din-al-es. Well, that one's hard to explain...maybe Perdn-al-es is more accurate... Bedias is bee-dize. Some of the old-timers say bee-die. Humble (the...

Is that moo-cue-lar or moo-clear???

I thought those shelving units looked strangely like parts from a chemical weapons factory...

I would be in favor of limited military attacks against Sweden if we had conclusive proof that they were hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction. Satellite photos have observed lots of trucks delivering supplies to IKEA stores all over the globe. I think they're preparing for a global invasion...

Cid, As long as a Texan is in the White House, it's new-cue-lar. If y'all gotta problem with that, then y'all c'mon down here and we'll give y'all a lessin in pro-nun-see-a-shun. :):D:p For example, San Jacinto is not San Ha-sin-toh. It's San Jah-sin-toh. San Felipe is San Fe-leep...

So is it my-cad-doo or my-ca-doh? I say it mi-kah-doh. From what I understand, the name is used to describe the Japanese emperor or some of his ministers. I think the name for the locomotive came about because some were shipped to Japan early on.

Welcome to The Gauge! This is a great place for information. There are a lot of great people here! Here are a few links to websites that have track plans: N-scale, so basically double the dimensions for HO: http://www.naisp.net/users/mfischer/m_train2.htm A little of everything...

I went to a train show this weekend. One of the things that I learned, was the proper pronunciation of "Kato." (Actually, I heard it on Trains on Tracks on PBS that morning.) I always thought it was pronounced kay-toh. I learned it's kah-toh. This is the result of my being physically...

Shawn, My deepest condolences on the loss of your father. My father passed away when I was 12, but among the many legacies he left me was a love for railroads and model railroading. Always remember the good things. Cherished memories are more precious than diamonds. -Rory

And finally, a module on a Z-scale layout!

This was a neat looking town on an HO club layout. I took the picture through the plexiglass shield. If you look carefully you can see the reflection of the camera. :)

Refinery.

That's the "Debbie Dee Mine" at the top-center.

Lots of mines...

Wide-angle shot. There's a larger cutaway of the mine in the lower-right.

We went to the show in Plano yesterday. We had a good time. We never made it to the layout tours...we were too tired! There were a lot of nice club layouts. I took a few pictures, but as always I get to the point where I just want to look rather than have to fool with the camera! These...