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Tht's horrible, I'm sorry for your loss and the manner in which the cemetary has treated you and your family. You would think that the people who oversee the cemetary would be a bit more tactful, all things considered.

That benchwork's very well done! I like how you've incorporated all the bridges into the layout, form and function really come together there sometimes. How do you ensure a good connection on the track when the bridge is down? I'm starting my first benchwork tomorrow. Luckilly for me, it's...

Actually, it was like that when I bought it. I got it in an educational toy store; when I saw it I knew it had to go on my layout!

Of course, there will also be sidings at the ranch, quarry, and mine, and the radii and grades are going to have to be worked out. The shortline will be serviced by a 4-4-0, and the trains will likely be 4 to 6 cars long.

Thanks for the links about operations, that first one has a lot of information and I'm slowly putting a plan together of what I want and what I can realistically expect to be able to do with what I've got. My main industrial line will start in town, and head north, then west, along the way...

What is a good resource for learning about operations? I'd like to see what various sidings look like and how they operate; how would a small siding (perhaps servicing one industry) shuffle cars, as opposed to a larger one (serving an industrial park)? Especially in the steam era, before the...

So here's the short version of a long story: I've wanted to build a model railroad for ages, and finally decided to do it a few months ago. The going was slow, since I was finishing up college, but now I've graduated and I have more time to devote to my railroad. When I first started, I...

Dr. Carter, from one of the big museums out east, has made the find of a lifetime with this well preserved Tyrannosaurid. One picture has too much flash, the other has too little. This needs to be touched up a bit, I'm going to plaster him in there a little better so it doesn't look like he's...

Here are close-ups of the aforementioned mine, the rockwall, and the bluffs and caves. When all is said and done, the rockwall will be painted stony gray and I'll stuff something behind the caves so you can't see clean through the layout.

The biggest picture I can upload is 620x280? Ouch. Below are a few pictures of my layout (Or the completed fraction, at least.) First, a panoramic (well, as panoramic as a 620x280 jpg can get) view of this edge of my layout. On the far left is the mine, in the middle you can see a place...

I've checked out carendt.com, it's a great resource for getting the most out of a small area. I don't think I'm going to use roadbed, I want the layout to have a very rustic feel (I probably would've been better off with HOn3, but I've already got a loco and trackin HO scale.) I'm using the...

Thanks for the input, everyone! I just checked out Micro/Small Layouts for Model Railroads, there are some amazing ideas there! I've tacked my rails down with pins and it seems that the whole thing works, despite some tight turns and steep grades (the layout is inspired by the Durango &...

Hello everyone, I'm a month away from graduating college and have wanted a model railroad ever since I was a little kid, when I'd get depressed when the christmas train went into a box for another year. I've been reading up on model railroading a lot lately and have been reading these forums...