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After tackling the water tower, I figured a sandhouse would complement it nicely. And the makings of an engine service facility begins :) Thanks Mat for the inspiration!

Hello All, I've been relegated the least favourable environment for my layout, the Laundry Room (gasp) To make lemonade from lemons, I'd like to put some sort of valance and lighting above to help minimize dust accumilation. What height from the layout would you recomend? The layout is...

Not to mention that with plastic sovent glue, you have to go out of your way to glue your fingers together:oops:

Thanks for the link, love a good mystery :)

Here we go again...YIPPEEEEE:thumb:

A more friendly place on the Net I have yet to find...all this talk about the founders though, is there a history of the gauge anywhere aroung here?

And finally, what keeps it all level

The layout cassette gap...

The stoppers...

The short cassettes

Cassette Staging Thanks Ralph, was thinking about the fan trip idea as well. Got the staging idea from the April '03 MR. Got about 20' of aluminum angle for under ten bucks, enough to make 8 cassettes, 4 @ 2' and 4 @ 6". The 2 footers will hold about 6 cars and then you tack on the engine on...

Read somewhere that the MDC 2-8-0 that I have is from the late 1800's, when did f7's come around? I might do logging fo rthe second layout...right now it's easier to make rocks than trees :)

Aged MDC 2-8-0

Hi all, was talking to some folks on the chat about being new to the hobby. Here's my first kick at the can for disection (I learn best by diving right in). Beyond the quasi yard to the right and Glacier Gravel surounded by a grade down beside that, i have to figure out another industry or 2...

Just to clarify :) This is what I meant by clipped nail :oops:

ROFL I just clued in to how that might be misinterpreted, I'm cheap, but not that cheap :)

Had a bunch of 1/2 inch nails with flat-ish heads that I bought at a hardware store to hold my track down. Thought I was being smart rather than pay for the more expensive Atlas nails. That was before I discovered my wife's sewing pins work much better and are way cheaper for that sort of...

Thanks Arlaghan, here's one more b4 calling it a night...

And another view with more of the MDC 2-8-0 in the shot :)

It's been a while since I've had a chance to sit and play trains! Finally got around to finishing the spout...