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Let there be light! Well i finally got around to putting up the light fixtures i bought oh 5 months ago....... As well i managed to add some tunnel portals as well. More hopefully tommorow after some of the glue dries :)

Scale Drawings. Does anyone know of a website that would have scale drawings of assorted buildings and tunnel portals? Thanks in advance

Well thankfully in a way it rained today. Gave me some time to work on the layout. Mainly the mine area. Starting to build up the hills. The upper part will be removable to allow access to the 2 tracks in the tunnels. An overall shot of the area being built up. And some land appears...

Well i managed to make a little more progress today. Layed out the Mine track. Some of you may recognize the mine. It was one of Robins creations that was sent to me. I think it will fit well once some scenery goes in.

Well were finally getting somewhere. Me and my assistant worked for 3 hours last night and came up with this. Base Colors added. First coat of ground cover. The local MOW crew And a basic start, and some ballast

And the Main Line is DONE!:D Last night marked the first full run of the layout.....now for some scenery. Short video of the first train. its 5mb http://www.mts.net/~thetung/The%20first%20train.wmv

Its 3' wide at each end to allow for a wider radius, then narrows to 2' in the middle. The total layout is 12' long for now:rolleyes:. Single track main line, with one branch line/staging area.

I never even noticed that. That isnt the current plan hanging there. That was the previous attempt. But i will post a plan in the next few days.

Ya it is a 2% grade on the layout that line just goes up the hill, across the bridge and back down. Would like to have less. But im trying not to occupy the whole room:rolleyes:

Well I had a very productive saturday. And as of this post time I have completed the roadbed for the entire main line,and staging. Even got to test run the lower half:thumb: A shot showing the branch lines approach along the river. The grade heading towards the overpass. The down grade shot...

And a little more progress. This is the front edge of the layout along the main street of a small town. An overall shot of the yard area in this town. 2 engine service tracks and a few industries will be here. And one last one showing the town and yard area.

And today we made more progress. Put all the rough risers in to get an idea of spacing. A little further down showing the elevated line and some of the town. A shot looking away from the yards. The line to the right will be from staging, and follows a river bed in to town And one last...

Well i finally started work again. Todays work started with a complete rebuild of the bench work. It is now twice as strong. As well as new sheets of foam, i have started to map out the track on the one end of the layout. Looking towards the yard and engine facility Looking towards the...

The Railrodder.

Late start to the weekend for me, but as of 10am tommorow im taking the entire layout down and rebuilding the bench work. Not happy with the stability and square of it. Todays purchase of a new 10" mitre saw will fix that. Pics to follow.

I just use a metal yard stick with holes drilled at every inch mark, and half inch mark. Put nail in one end and your pencil/marker in the other and draw. works perfect every time

Hi there, not sure if Robins family is still reading this forum or not. Everything arrived today and is in good order, and will be put to good use. Still baffles me how he made some of these buildings. He had alot of talent:thumb:. I do however have a tender here with no engine. So if you have...

Doesnt show but there was 30-40 CN Rail people around, couple railway cops, transport canada, news crews, and a whole lot of heavy equipment. This is the main line east/west for CN out of winnipeg, This is also blocking there line to the border, as well as CEMR adn BNSF run through this yard. By...

Happened across a derailment that happened in the Fort Rouge yard here in winnipeg today. It looks as if a yard switcher backed into a passing train on the main line.

Security Tech I mostly install CCTV and card access systems in commercial settings. As well as Nurse call and patient wandering systems in hospitals. Can be intresting work, but not what i plan to do forever. Once i can afford the EMT course im hoping to be a paramedic for the remainder of...